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Simplot is now one of the largest [[Private company|privately owned]] companies in the world (ranked
[[File:J. R. Simplot Company "World's largest dehydrating plant".jpg|thumbnail|A view of the Simplot plant in Caldwell, Idaho, circa 1930-1945. The caption in the image states "World's Largest Dehydrating Plant."]]
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In June 2012, Simplot partnered with two conservation groups and three [[phosphate mining]] companies in an effort to improve the water quality of the [[Blackfoot River (Idaho)|Blackfoot River]] in [[Eastern Idaho]]. The parties are: J.R. Simplot Company, [[Monsanto]] and [[Agrium]]/Nu-West Industries, the [[Idaho Conservation League]] and [[Trout Unlimited]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idahopress.com/news/state/miners-conservationists-join-to-save-river-trout/article_91b8db11-46b7-5ad5-8e9b-fad1dbf2fcea.html|title=Miners, conservationists join to save river, trout}}</ref>
More recently, Simplot settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations related to modifications made at Simplot's five sulfuric acid plants near Lathrop, Calif., Pocatello, Idaho and Rock Springs, Wyo. Under the settlement, Simplot was required to spend an estimated $42 million to install, upgrade and operate pollution controls that significantly cut sulfur dioxide emissions at all five plants, fund a wood stove replacement project in the area surrounding the Lathrop plant, and pay an $899,000 civil penalty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US EPA |first=OECA |date=2016-04-20 |title=Reference News Release: J.R. Simplot Company to Reduce Emissions at Sulfuric Acid Plants in Three States |url=https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/reference-news-release-jr-simplot-company-reduce-emissions-sulfuric-acid-plants-three |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.epa.gov |language=en}}</ref> The company settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice resolving Simplot’s liability for alleged violations at the Rock Springs, Wyoming facility under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including failure to determine if a solid waste is a hazardous waste (40 C.F.R. § 262.11); treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste in the phosphogypsum (gypsum) stack without a permit or interim status (42 U.S.C. § 6925(a) and 40 C.F.R. Parts 264/265 and 270); failure to perform land disposal determinations and to meet land disposal restrictions for hazardous wastes (40 C.F.R. Part 268); and failure to submit complete Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) annual toxic release reports (42 U.S.C. § 11023 and the implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 372). Simplot agree to pay a civil penalty of $775,000 to resolve the alleged past violations of RCRA and EPCRA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US EPA |first=OECA |date=2020-07-09 |title=Simplot Settlement Information Sheet |url=https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/simplot-settlement-information-sheet |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.epa.gov |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, Simplot agreed to pay a $65,248 penalty for violations of federal pesticide handling and storage requirements at its storage and retail facilities in Umatilla, Oregon and Moreland, Idaho.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US EPA |first=OA |date=2021-07-22 |title=Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations |url=https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/simplot-pays-65k-epa-penalty-pesticides-violations |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.epa.gov |language=en}}</ref>
==Genetically modified potatoes==
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