# MOBIL - SANTA CLARA RIVER
> **Judicial** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53558`
- **Case Number:** 09-2000-0290
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- MOBIL OIL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A JUDICIAL REFERRAL PURSUANT TO CWA SECTION 311      ISSUED WITH RESPECT TO VIOLATIONS BY MOBIL OIL CORPORATION   (EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION IS A SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST).  THE   VIOLATION INVOLVES A DISCHARGE OF CRUDE OIL THAT KILLED AND  DAMAGED WILDLIFE AND HABITAT, INCLUDING THE HABITAT OF AN    ENDANGERED SPECIES, THE UNARMOURED THREESPINE STICKLEBACK.   THE REFERRAL REQUESTS THAT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILE A      COMPLAINT SEEKING PENALTIES.  STATUTORY PENALTIES ARE UP TO  $1,770,000, UNLESS GROSS NEGLIGENCE IS SHOWN, IN WHICH       CASE THESE PENALTIES CAN BE TRIPLED.

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