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Valero Energy Corp.

EPA Region VI v. Diamond Shamrock Refining Company (Record-Keeping and Reporting Violations)

Date: 09/20/2001 (Date of Consent Decree)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: EPA

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $1,825,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Valero subsidiary Diamond Shamrock Refining Company settled with the Environmental Protection Agency allegations of various record-keeping, reporting, operating and permitting violations at the McKee Refinery and Three Rivers Refinery. Pursuant to a consent decree entered by the federal district court on September 20, 2001, Diamond Shamrock paid a penalty of $1.2 million and funded a supplemental environmental project in the amount of $625,000.