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The following is a description of legal proceedings that involve governmental authorities as a party and the company reasonably believes would result in $1.0 million or more of monetary sanctions, exclusive of interest and costs, under federal, state and local laws that have been enacted or adopted regulating the discharge of materials into the environment or primarily for the purpose of protecting the environment.
−Removed: As previously disclosed, Chevron received correspondence from California’s Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) seeking to resolve certain Notices of Violation (NOVs) related to alleged violations that occurred at Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, California, between 2019 and 2022.
−Removed: The parties negotiated a resolution of the NOVs, including additional NOVs from the first half of 2023, in a settlement effective February 12, 2024.
−Removed: Resolution of these alleged violations will result in the payment of a civil penalty of $20 million.
−Removed: As previously disclosed, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office of Spill Prevention and Response (CDFW, OSPR) issued a Complaint - NOV to Chevron for alleged violations related to oil spills and impacted habitat and species occurring between January 2018 and May 2022 at different Chevron fields within Kern County, California.
−Removed: Chevron is negotiating a potential resolution of the NOVs with CDFW, OSPR.
−Removed: Resolution of the alleged violations will result in the payment of a civil penalty of $1.0 million or more.
−Removed: As previously disclosed, the California Department of Conservation, California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) (previously known as the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources) promulgated revised rules pursuant to the Underground Injection Control program that took effect April 1, 2019.
−Removed: Subsequent to that date, CalGEM issued NOVs and two orders to Chevron related to seeps that occurred in the Cymric Oil Field in Kern County, California.
−Removed: An October 2, 2019 CalGEM order seeks a civil penalty of approximately $2.7 million.
−Removed: Chevron has filed an appeal of this order.
−Removed: Chevron is currently in discussions with CalGEM regarding a settlement to resolve the order and all past and present seeps in the Cymric Field, which will increase the amount of penalty paid.
−Removed: On March 17, 2022, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Harris County, Texas filed a civil lawsuit alleging violations of the Texas Clean Air Act in connection with a fire at Chevron’s Pasadena, Texas refinery.
−Removed: The Pasadena refinery is currently negotiating a potential resolution that may result in the payment of a civil penalty of $1.0 million or more.
+Added: As previously disclosed, on May 20, 2024, the New Mexico Environment Department issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Chevron for alleged violations of state and federal regulations of air quality between October 2022 and September 2023 at different Chevron facilities in New Mexico.
+Added: Resolution of the alleged violations may result in the payment of a civil penalty of $1.0 million or more.
+Added: On May 26, 2023, Chevron’s refinery in El Segundo, California notified the U.S.
+Added: EPA that it had inadvertently overstated the number of biofuel credits generated by co-processing in 2022 in violation of the Renewable Fuel Standard program.
+Added: The parties began negotiating a resolution of the violation in October 2024.
+Added: Resolution of the violation may result in the payment of a civil penalty of $1.0 million or more.
+Added: On October 31, 2024, California’s Bay Area Air District (formerly Bay Area Air Quality Management District) issued two NOVs for the alleged noncompliance with permit conditions that governed operation of certain equipment associated with low-NOx burners at the thermal oxidizers and stack gas heaters for sulfur recovery units 1 & 2 at Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, California.
+Added: Resolution of the alleged violations may result in the payment of a civil penalty of $1.0 million or more.
+Added: As previously disclosed, in April 2015, Noble Energy, Inc.
+Added: (Noble) entered into a joint consent decree (Consent Decree) with the United States Department of Justice, the U.S.
+Added: EPA, and the State of Colorado to improve emission control systems at a number of condensate storage tanks within the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin.
+Added: The associated civil penalty was paid by Noble previously, and Chevron paid $1.5 million in stipulated penalties for noncompliance with the Consent Decree in August 2024.
+Added: On December 20, 2024, the parties entered a joint stipulation terminating the Consent Decree, which was approved by the U.S.
+Added: District Court.
+Added: Accordingly, the Consent Decree has been terminated and no outstanding obligations remain.
Please see information related to other legal proceedings in Note 16 Litigation .
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