Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Premcor Refining Group
Current Parent Company:
Valero Energy
Penalty:
$800,000
Year:
2001
Date:
July 12, 2001
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
Premcor Refining Group (formerly Clark Refining and Marketing) agreed to pay $2 million in settlement of allegations it violated the Clean Air Act when it made major modification to its Hartford facility to increase production without installing legally required pollution control equipment. $1.2 million went to the United States and $800,000 to Illinois. The settlement was also announced by the Justice Department; see the Violation Tracker entry at https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker/-premcor-re...
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Illinois Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Facility State:
Illinois
Facility City:
Hartford
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.
