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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Iowa Fertilizer Company
Current Parent Company: Koch Industries
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Penalty: $40,345
Year: 2015
Date: August 19, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: water pollution violation
Violation Description: The Iowa Fertilizer Company and Orascom E&C USA have agreed to pay a $80,689 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act associated with the construction of a new fertilizer plant in Wever, Iowa, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 announced today. (The announcement did not indicate how the penalty would be divided. Here it is split equally between the two companies.)
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Iowa
Facility City: Wever
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Kansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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Notes: Note: This penalty is a duplicate of an amount shown in another record (either because it applies to a multi-location settlement or because Violation Tracker contains an agency record and a settlement announcement for the same case).
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.