Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Valero Energy Corp.
Current Parent Company:
Valero Energy
Penalty:
$236,250,000
Year:
2007
Date:
August 16, 2007
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corp. providing for a $4.25 million penalty and $232 million in new and upgraded pollution controls at refineries in Tennessee, Ohio and Texas that were formerly owned by Premcor Inc. The state of Ohio and Memphis-Shelby County, Tenn. also joined in the consent decree and were to receive a portion of the civil penalty.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Texas
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
oil and gas
Specific Industry of Parent:
oil & gas
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
