ENROLLED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 75
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Marathon Petroleum Corporation Day at the state
capitol.
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a company with a one hundred
thirty-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 third-largest petroleum
refiner, with a total crude-distillation capacity of one million eight hundred seventeen
thousand barrels per 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 commenced
operations in St. John the Baptist Parish in 1976; 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 the subsequent optimization, the Garyville
refinery has a crude-distillation capacity of five hundred forty-three thousand barrels per
calendar day, ranking it as the third-largest petroleum refinery in the United States and the
largest refinery in Louisiana; and
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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 United
States Environmental Protection Agency's Voluntary Early Reduction Program for Air
Toxics under the Clean Air Act, has been an Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Voluntary Protection Program Star Site since 1994, and has received twenty-two Governor's
Environmental Leadership Awards; and
WHEREAS, Marathon Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates have
a full-time Louisiana workforce of more than nine hundred dedicated and talented company
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 major storms and floods; partners in
education with all local kindergarten through twelfth-grade schools, providing monetary and
mentoring support in St. John the Baptist Parish; scholarships and internships for Louisiana
State University, South Central Louisiana Technical College, and River Parishes Community
College; 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 House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as Marathon
Petroleum Corporation Day at the state capitol.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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