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Company: University of Illinois, the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District and CEDA, Inc.
Current Parent Company: University of Illinois
Penalty: $65,000
Year: 2008
Date: September 19, 2008
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: water pollution violation
Violation Description: The University of Illinois, the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District and CEDA, Inc. agreed to pay a total of $65,000 in settlement of allegations of water pollution after thousands of gallons of toxic wastewater overpowered treatment facilities of the District, resulting in significant loss of aquatic life, during cleaning of boilers at the Abbott Power Plant.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Illinois Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Illinois
Facility City: Champaign
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: university
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: There was a separate federal and state settlement in Oct 2007 of $491,000
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.