# ASHLAND PETROLEUM CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30205`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0237
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2.88M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4.30M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- ASHLAND PETROLEUM CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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