Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced SearchCompany City/Town: Haslingden
Company County: Rossendale
Company Nation/Region: England
Penalty: £8,057,434
Year: 2017
Date: 16 June, 2017
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: oil spill
Violation Description: Tesco pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Environment Agency and Lancashire County Council that it breached its Environmental Permit and Health and Safety at Work laws when approximately 23,500 litres of petrol leaked from a petrol station operated by Tesco and entered the sewerage system and local rivers, killing fish and affecting residents with fumes. It was fined £3 million for the environmental offence, £5 million for the health and safety offence, and ordered to pay approximately £57,434 costs.
Settlement Type: Guilty Plea
Agency: Environment Agency
HQ Country of Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Parent: retail-supermarkets
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