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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 12
BY SENATOR BROWN
SENATE. Recognizes April 22, 2013, as "Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day".
A RESOLUTION1
To recognize April 22, 2013, as "Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day".2
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a company with a one hundred3
twenty-five year history, became an independent corporation listed on the New York Stock4
Exchange in 2011; and5
WHEREAS, health and safety, environmental stewardship, integrity, corporate6
citizenship, and an inclusive culture are core principles that guide Marathon Petroleum7
Corporation's approach to doing business; and8
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation is the nation's fourth-largest9
petroleum refiner, with a total crude-distillation capacity of 1.69 million barrels per calendar10
day across its seven-plant refinery system, and distributes petroleum products via an11
extensive network of pipelines and terminals; and12
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Garyville refinery, which13
commenced operations in St. John the Baptist Parish in 1976, is the last grassroots refinery14
built in the United States; and15
WHEREAS, the Garyville Major Expansion Project (GME), completed by Marathon16
Petroleum Corporation in 2009 at a cost of $3.9 billion, is one of the largest private-sector17
capital investments in Louisiana history; and18 SR NO. 12
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WHEREAS, as a result of the GME and subsequent debottlenecking, the Garyville1
refinery has a crude-distillation capacity of 522,000 barrels per calendar day, ranking it as2
the third-largest petroleum refinery in the United States and the largest refinery in Louisiana;3
and4
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Louisiana Refining Division is5
committed to safety and environmental stewardship, evidenced by the fact that the6
company's Garyville refinery is the nation's only petroleum refinery admitted to the U.S.7
Environmental Protection Agency's Voluntary Early Reduction Program for Air Toxics8
under the Clean Air Act, has been an Occupational Safety and Health Administration9
Voluntary Protection Program Star site since 1994, and has received fourteen Governor's10
Environmental Leadership Awards; and11
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates have a12
full-time Louisiana workforce of more than nine hundred dedicated and talented company13
employees, plus approximately six hundred skilled contractor employees; and14
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Louisiana Refining Division and its15
employees are actively involved in their communities through numerous volunteer efforts,16
including humanitarian aid and relief following Hurricane Isaac; partners in education with17
East St. John Elementary, Garyville Mt. Airy Magnet School and East St. John High School;18
scholarships and internships for South Central Louisiana Technical College-River Parishes19
Campus; the Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children; St. John the Baptist Parish20
United Way; the San Francisco Plantation Frisco Festival; and many other community21
organizations and activities.22
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana23
does hereby recognize April 22, 2013, as "Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day".24
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to25
Marathon Petroleum Corporation.26 SR NO. 12
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Brown SR No. 12
Recognizes April 22, 2013, as "Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day".