Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
**(a)**Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
Our management has evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report, and has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2023.
**(b)**Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The information below describes material developments in a proceeding that we reported in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. There were no new proceedings during the three months ended March 31, 2023 that we reasonably believe have the potential to exceed the monetary threshold noted below.
Environmental Enforcement Matters
We are reporting this proceeding to comply with SEC regulations, which require us to disclose certain information about proceedings arising under U.S. federal, state, or local provisions regulating the discharge of materials into the environment or protecting the environment if we reasonably believe that such proceedings have the potential to result in monetary sanctions of $300,000 or more.
EPA (Benicia Refinery). In our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, we reported that the EPA had issued a Notice of Potential Violations and Opportunity to Confer related to a series of inspections conducted by the EPA arising out of a 2019 emissions event at our Benicia Refinery. On March 30, 2023, we entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order with the EPA resolving this matter.
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