Valero says it could be facing $1.3M fine from Texas Attorney General

The Texas Attorney General's Office may be fining Valero Energy Corp. more than $1 million for an incident in 2016 that left Corpus Christi residents without water for three days, according to the company's earnings report.

According to Valero's quarterly earnings report released on May 7, the company received a letter and draft agreed final judgment from the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The proposed $1.3 million fine is related to a contaminated water backflow incident that occurred at Valero's Corpus Christi Asphalt Plant, the report states, which occurred in December 2016.

"We are working with the Texas AG to resolve this matter," the company's earning report states.

Read more: https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2019/05/14/valero-says-could-facing-1-3-m-fine-texas-attorney-general/1192540001/
(Corpus Christi Caller-Times)