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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Perdue Agribusiness LLC
Current Parent Company: Perdue
Penalty: $11,900,000
Year: 2024
Date: July 31, 2024
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Violation Description: Perdue AgriBusiness, LLC entered a consent decree with MDE to settle alleged air pollution violations when it added an expansion to its Salisbury soybean facility without obtaining the required permits. Perdue agreed to obtain all required permits, pay a civil penalty of $8 million, invest more than $3.5 million into pollution reduction at the facility and provide $400,000 to the City of Salisbury to fund a project that included planting trees.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Maryland Department of the Environment
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Maryland
Facility County: Wicomico
Facility City: Salisbury
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Maryland
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: poultry processing
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