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Company: PDC Energy Inc.
Current Parent Company: Chevron
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Penalty: $22,500,000
Year: 2017
Date: October 31, 2017
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: PDC Energy agreed to pay a fine of $2.5 million and spend $19.7 million on air pollution controls to resolve allegations that it violated rules regarding the emission of volatile organic compounds from its oil and gas operations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
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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