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Company: Valero Refining-Texas, L.P.
Current Parent Company: Valero Energy
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Penalty: $1,950,000
Year: 2008
Date: June 10, 2008
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stemming from an oil spill into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel by paying a civil penalty of $1.65 million and performing a supplemental environmental project costing about $300,000.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Texas
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.