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Company: CITGO
Current Parent Company: PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $8,600,000
Year: 2004
Date: October 6, 2004
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Violation Description: CITGO agreed to pay a $3.6 million civil penalty and spend $5 million on environmental projects to resolve a Clean Air Act case brought by Louisiana, Georgia and New Jersey as well as the federal government. This was part of a larger $328 million settlement negotiated by the U.S. Justice Department; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Venezuela
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: government-owned
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.