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FISCAL YEAR: 1992
1. PRINCIPAL DEFENDANT: Chevron, U.S.A., Incorporated
D. California CR-92-408
D. California CR-92-408
Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. is a corporation incorporated in Pennsylvania, and doing business in Ventura, California as the Southern California Division of Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Chevron owned and operated an oil drilling and production facility, known as Platform Grace, in the waters of the Outer Continental Shelf, in the Santa Barbara Channel, approximately 11 miles off the coast of Ventura, California.
May 18, 1992
Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. was charged in a 65 count information with discharging oil and grease in wastewater that exceeded limits of its NPDES permit in violation of the Clean Water Act - 33 USC 1311(a) and 1319(c)(1).
CITATION: 33 U.S.C. 1319(c)(1)(A), 33 U.S.C. 1346
July 20, 1992
Chevron pled guilty to the 65 count indictment and was sentenced to a fine of $6.5 million, and ordered to pay $1.5 million on the civil case.
STATUTE:
- Clean Water Act (CWA)