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Company: Frontier Refining
Current Parent Company: HF Sinclair Corporation
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Penalty: $142,380,000
Year: 2009
Date: February 10, 2009
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Refinery Pollution
Violation Description: Frontier Refining and Frontier El Dorado Refining agreed to pay civil penalties of $1.38 million and spend approximately $141 million in pollution control upgrades for alleged Clean Air Act violations at its refineries in Cheyenne, Wyo., and El Dorado, Kan.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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