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Unilever Violates Clean Water Act

Will pay $1 million in fines for 2008 incident

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Failure to comply with reporting requirements under the US Clean Water Act will cost Unilever $1 million in fines. Unilever’s US business announced it has entered into an agreement with the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and the Environmental Protection Agency related to a single incident on December 5, 2008 at its former Clinton, CT, manufacturing facility. The incident involved two non-managerial wastewater operators who bypassed portions of the facility’s wastewater tre...

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