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Valero Energy Corp.

Failure to Make Proper Notification of a Marine Vessel Import

Date: 06/01/2005 (Date of Settlement - approximate)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: State/Local

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $7,500

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: "Valero self-reported [to the California Environmental Protection Agency] their failure to make proper notification of a marine vessel import of July 3, 2003, on the vessel O/S Philadelphia. One of the tanks into which the fuel was offloaded was designated a production tank, and a predictive model was in effect for that tank which the imported fuel did not meet, although it met all flat limits. The case was settled for $7,500 and was closed in June 2005."