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Company: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Current Parent Company: Chevron Phillips Chemical
Penalty: $3,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: September 30, 2004
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company agreed to pay a $1.8 civil penalty for Clean Air Act violations that led to two explosions and releases of chemicals into the air from a chemical manufacturing plant in Pasadena, Texas in 1999 and 2000. The company also agreed to spend $1.2 million on two supplementary environmental projects.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Texas
Facility City: Pasadena
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: joint venture (owned 50-50 by Phillips 66 and Chevron)
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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