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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Mar-Cone Appliance Parts Co.
Current Parent Company: Mar-Cone Appliance Parts Co.
Penalty: $1,090,534
Year: 2010
Date: March 19, 2010
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Mar-Cone Appliance Parts Co., a Missouri corporation with its headquarters in St. Louis, was convicted and sentenced in connection with the illegal receipt, purchase, and sale of ozone-depleting refrigerant gas that had been smuggled into the United States contrary to the Clean Air Act, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 545. Immediately following the guilty plea, Marcone was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay a $500,000 criminal fine. Marcone was also ordered to perform community service by making a $400,000 payment to the Southern Environmental Enforcement Training Fund, a not-for-profit training organization. In addition, as a special condition of probation, Marcone was ordered to implement and enforce a comprehensive Environmental Compliance Plan. Finally, Marcone was ordered to forfeit to the United States $190,534.70, which represents proceeds received as a result of the crime.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: Florida
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous manufacturing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: appliance parts
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.