In 2000, BP Amoco acquired ARCO, a Los Angeles-based oil group.[65] In 2003, California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) filed a complaint against BP/ARCO, seeking $319 million in penalties for thousands of air pollution violations over an 8-year period.[66] In January 2005, the agency filed a second suit against BP based on violations between August 2002 and October 2004.