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Company: Thrifty Oil
Penalty: $1,600,000
Year: 2003
Date: February 12, 2003
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: MTBE violation
Violation Description: Thrifty Oil agreed to pay $1.6 million to the Orange County District Attorney to settle a lawsuit over the groundwater contaminant MTBE.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Orange County (CA) District Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: Orange
Source of Data: Second lawsuit settled over MTBE; District attorney will continue prosecuting gas stations over leaks into groundwater, Orange County Register, February 12, 2003 (via Nexis).
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