The 10 Biggest Texas Pollution Fines In 2009

A look at the most fined polluters in Texas for the 2009 fiscal year, according to statistics from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality:

MOST FINED (with dollar amount and number of incidents):

1. Total Petrochemical USA Inc.: $1.58 million (11)
2. Dow Chemical Co.: $1.14 million (8)
3. Exxon Mobil Corp.: $1.1 million (23)
4. Shell Oil Co.: $684,174 (5)
5. BP PLC: $662,650 (2)
6. BASF Fina Petrochemicals: $603,628 (5)
7. Chevron: $568,910 (18)
8. Enterprise Products Operating LLC, $551,550 (2)
9. Valero Energy Corp.: $354,896 (8)
10. Dupont Co.: $306,544 (11)

LARGEST INDIVIDUAL FINES:

1. Total Petrochemicals USA Inc., $749,910
2. BP PLC, $650,000
3. Dow Chemical Co., $648,904
4. Enterprise Products Operating LLC, $541,450
5. Total Petrochemicals USA Inc., $529,300
6. Exxon Mobil Corp., $496,201
7. Houston Refining LP, $481,105
8. Shell Oil Co., $345,744
9. South Hampton Resources Inc., $274,433
10. BASF Fina Petrochemicals, $250,753