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Company: Tesoro Corp.
Current Parent Company: Marathon Petroleum
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Penalty: $425,450,000
Year: 2016
Date: July 18, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Mega-Scandal: Refinery Pollution
Violation Description: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $425 million settlement with subsidiaries of Tesoro Corp., and Par Hawaii Refining that resolved alleged Clean Air Act violations at six refineries. Under the settlement, the two companies agreed to spend about $403 million to install and operate pollution control equipment, and Tesoro agreed to spend about $12 million to fund environmental projects in local communities previously impacted by pollution. Tesoro also agreed to $10.45 million civil penalty.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
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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