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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Sunoco
Current Parent Company: Energy Transfer
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Penalty: $291,900,000
Year: 2005
Date: June 16, 2005
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Mega-Scandal: Refinery Pollution
Violation Description: As part of a Clean Air Act settlement covering its petroleum refineries, Sunoco agreed to spend about $285 million to install improved emission controls. It also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $3 million and spend $3.9 million on supplementary environmental projects.
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: pipelines
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pipelines
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.