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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 12
BY SENATORS BROWN AND GARY SMI TH
A RESOLUTION
To recognize April 22, 2013, as "Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day".
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a company with a one hundred
twenty-five year history, became an independent corporation listed on the New York Stock
Exchange in 2011; and
WHEREAS, health and safety, environmental stewardship, integrity, corporate
citizenship, and an inclusive culture are core principles that guide Marathon Petroleum
Corporation's approach to doing business; and
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation is the nation's fourth-largest
petroleum refiner, with a total crude-distillation capacity of 1.69 million barrels per calendar
day across its seven-plant refinery system, and distributes petroleum products via an
extensive network of pipelines and terminals; and
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Garyville refinery, which
commenced operations in St. John the Baptist Parish in 1976, is the last grassroots refinery
built in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the Garyville Major Expansion Project (GME), completed by Marathon
Petroleum Corporation in 2009 at a cost of $3.9 billion, is one of the largest private-sector
capital investments in Louisiana history; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the GME and subsequent debottlenecking, the Garyville
refinery has a crude-distillation capacity of 522,000 barrels per calendar day, ranking it as
the third-largest petroleum refinery in the United States and the largest refinery in Louisiana;
and
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Louisiana Refining Division is
committed to safety and environmental stewardship, evidenced by the fact that the
company's Garyville refinery is the nation's only petroleum refinery admitted to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Voluntary Early Reduction Program for Air Toxics SR NO. 12 ENROLLED
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under the Clean Air Act, has been an Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Voluntary Protection Program Star site since 1994, and has received fourteen Governor's
Environmental Leadership Awards; and
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates have a
full-time Louisiana workforce of more than nine hundred dedicated and talented company
employees, plus approximately six hundred skilled contractor employees; and
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Louisiana Refining Division and its
employees are actively involved in their communities through numerous volunteer efforts,
including humanitarian aid and relief following Hurricane Isaac; partners in education with
East St. John Elementary, Garyville Mt. Airy Magnet School and East St. John High School;
scholarships and internships for South Central Louisiana Technical College-River Parishes
Campus; the Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children; St. John the Baptist Parish
United Way; the San Francisco Plantation Frisco Festival; and many other community
organizations and activities.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize April 22, 2013, as "Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Marathon Petroleum Corporation.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE