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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Mid-Valley Pipeline Company and Sunoco Pipeline L.P.
Current Parent Company: Energy Transfer
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Penalty: $1,400,000
Year: 2006
Date: August 15, 2006
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: oil spill
Violation Description: The federal government today reached a settlement with Mid-Valley Pipeline Company and pipeline operator Sunoco Pipeline L.P. requiring the companies to pay a $2.57 million penalty--including $1.4 million to the federal government--relating to a January 2005 spill that dumped more than 260,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pipelines
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pipelines
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.