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Company: DuPont
Current Parent Company: DuPont de Nemours
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Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2000
Date: August 1, 2000
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Justice Department and the EPA reached a $1.5 million settlement with E.I. du Pont de Nemours related to a 1995 chemical release in eastern Kentucky that led to the evacuation of several communities surrounding the plant.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Kentucky
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Delaware
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: specialty materials
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.