The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has fined Signal International of Orange for not filing a permit compliance certification. The fine will be submitted to the court handling the company’s bankruptcy.
TCEQ assessed a $2,813 fine last week for the former Orange shipyard on the Sabine River on Front Street at Green Avenue.
Signal filed for bankruptcy last year after well-publicized litigation filed by workers from India who said they were sold into indentured servitude to work at shipyards in Orange and Pascagoula, Mississippi.
A New Orleans court awarded $14 million to the workers and the company settled more suits for another $20 million. The company then filed for bankruptcy.
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