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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Dow Chemical Company
Current Parent Company: Dow Inc.
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Penalty: $2,400,000
Year: 2003
Date: April 16, 2003
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Dow agreed to pay a $1 million monetary penalty and spend $1.4 million for environmental projects to resolve violations dating back to 1996.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Louisiana
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Michigan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: materials sciences
Source of Data: Dow agrees to $2.4 million settlement with state, Associated Press, April 16, 2003 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.