HLS 17RS-1570 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 75
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Marathon
Petroleum Corporation Day at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To recognize Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day at the state
3 capitol.
4 WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a company with a one hundred
5thirty-year history, became an independent corporation listed on the New York Stock
6Exchange in 2011; and
7 WHEREAS, Health and Safety, Environmental Stewardship, Integrity, Corporate
8Citizenship, and an Inclusive Culture are core principles that guide Marathon Petroleum
9Corporation's approach to doing business; and
10 WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation is the nation's third-largest petroleum
11refiner, with a total crude-distillation capacity of one million eight hundred seventeen
12thousand barrels per day across its seven-plant refinery system, and distributes petroleum
13products via an extensive network of pipelines and terminals; and
14 WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Garyville refinery commenced
15operations in St. John the Baptist Parish in 1976; and
16 WHEREAS, the Garyville Major Expansion Project (GME), completed by Marathon
17Petroleum Corporation in 2009 at a cost of $3.9 billion, is one of the largest private-sector
18capital investments in Louisiana history; and
19 WHEREAS, as a result of the GME and the subsequent optimization, the Garyville
20refinery has a crude-distillation capacity of five hundred forty-three thousand barrels per
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1calendar day, ranking it as the third-largest petroleum refinery in the United States and the
2largest refinery in Louisiana; and
3 WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Louisiana Refining Division is
4committed to safety and environmental stewardship, evidenced by the fact that the
5company's Garyville refinery is the nation's only petroleum refinery admitted to the United
6States Environmental Protection Agency's Voluntary Early Reduction Program for Air
7Toxics under the Clean Air Act, has been an Occupational Safety and Health Administration
8Voluntary Protection Program Star Site since 1994, and has received twenty-two Governor's
9Environmental Leadership Awards; and
10 WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates have
11a full-time Louisiana workforce of more than nine hundred dedicated and talented company
12employees; and
13 WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's Louisiana Refining Division and its
14employees are actively involved in their communities through numerous volunteer efforts,
15including humanitarian aid and relief following major storms and floods; partners in
16education with all local kindergarten through twelfth-grade schools, providing monetary and
17mentoring support in St. John the Baptist Parish; scholarships and internships for Louisiana
18State University, South Central Louisiana Technical College, and River Parishes Community
19College; St. John the Baptist Parish United Way; the San Francisco Plantation Frisco
20Festival; and many other community organizations and activities.
21 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
22Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Marathon
23Petroleum Corporation Day at the state capitol.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR Original 2017 Regular Session Schexnayder
Recognizes May 2, 2017, as Marathon Petroleum Corp. Day at the state capitol.
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