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Company: Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Radius Recycling Inc.
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Penalty: $4,100,000
Year: 2021
Date: February 3, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Schnitzer Steel agreed to pay $1.55 million in civil penalties, $2.1 million towards Supplemental Environmental Projects, and $450,000 in costs in settlement of allegations its metal shredding and recycling facility released particulates contaminated with hazardous metals into the neighboring environment.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
Facility County: Alameda
Facility City: Oakland
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Oregon
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: metals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: scrap metal recycling
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