VALERO ENERGY: $1.319M Fee for Wilmington Plant Paid on July 28

Valero Energy Corporation, on July 28, 2009, paid a mitigation fee of US$1,319,505 requested by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for the Company’s Wilmington Refinery.

On June 26, 2009, the SCAQMD issued a Request for Flare Minimization Plan…

VALERO ENERGY: EPA Seeks $1M Penalty for Violations at Paulsboro

Valero Energy Corporation says that, on July 9, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a demand for a US$1,017,500 stipulated penalty under a Section 114 Consent Decree for an acid gas flaring incident in September 2008 at the Paulsboro…

VALERO ENERGY: Settlement Talks on Corpus Christi Plant Ongoing

Valero Energy Corporation says that its continues settlement discussions on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) claim on violations at the Company’s Corpus Christi West Refinery.

In the second quarter of 2009, the TCEQ issued a notice of enforcement (NOE)…

VALERO ENERGY: LARWQCB Case on Wilmington Settled in 2009-2nd Q.

Valero Energy Corporation, in the second quarter of 2009, settled the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (LARWQCB) complaint on violations at the Company’s Wilmington Marine Terminal.

In December 2007, as part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit…

VALERO ENERGY: Provides Updates on Environmental Liabilities

Valero Energy Corp., in its latest annual report on Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosed proceedings arising under federal, state, or local provisions regulating the discharge of materials into the environment or protecting the environment.

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