Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/02/2005 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Equilon Enterprises) (Texaco) (Chevron) (Mobil) (Exxon Mobil) (Thrifty Energy Products) | Service stations operating in 1990s released large amounts of gasoline containing MTBE - potential carcinogen - nearby water wells, significantly contributing to Charnock Sub-basin drinking water problem. Replacing Santa Monica drinking water $3 million/year & $1.5 million investigation costs & cleanup costs over $200 million. | Santa Monica, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency, (2) | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 21/03/2001 | (Motiva Enterprises) (Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos)) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Saudi Aramco) (Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership) (Equilon Enterprises) | 3 petroleum refiners controlling 9 refineries ordered to reduce illegal harmful air pollution - NO & SO2 - by over 60,000 tons/year & also fined for alleged hazardous waste and toxics violations - civil penalties $9.5 million & environmental projects for pollution affected communities $5.5 million & installing pollution-control equipment ~$400 million. | Delaware, Louisiana, Texas, California, Washington - US | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2003 - 01/01/2003 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Toxics Release Inventory counted 881 thousand pounds toxic waste released on environment by Martinez refinery in 2003. | Contra Costa, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 19/08/1999 | AlliedSignal (Part Of Honeywell) | Group of companies deemed responsible for disposing hazardous waste at Superfund site; 18,500 cubic yards of soil contaminated by VOCs, PCBs and lead. Cleanup settlement - $23 million | Piscataway, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 19/08/1999 | (BASF SE) (Ashland Inc) (Colgate-Palmolive Company) (Curtiss-Wright Corporation) (Benjamin Moore & Co.) (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (Dow Chemical) (Fisher Price) (Ford Motor Company) (General Electric) (General Motors) (Hoffmann-La Roche) (HNA Group) (Henkel) (Gulton Industries Inc) (Du Pont) (Exxon Mobil) (Cytec Industries) (Johnson & Johnson) (Kimberly-Clark) (Mattel) (PPG Industries) (Pfizer) (Olin Corporation) (Novartis) (Mobil) (Morton Salt) (Mayco Oil & Chemical) (International Flavors & Fragrances) (International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Texaco) (Union Carbide) (W.R. Grace and Company) (Tang Realty) (Solutia) (Rohm and Haas) (Reichhold) (Pratt & Whitney) | Group of 39 companies deemed responsible for disposing hazardous waste at Superfund site; 18,500 cubic yards of soil contaminated by VOCs, PCBs and lead. Cleanup settlement - $23 million. | Piscataway, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/1989 - 01/01/1973 | Rhône-Poulenc (Part Of Sanofi) | 49 private and public entities sent millions of pounds of hazardous waste in Casmalia disposal facility causing 'longstanding environmental problems'. Cleanup costs - over $100 million. | Santa Maria, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/1989 - 01/01/1973 | (Aerochem Inc) (Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings) (Chevron) (Dow Chemical) (Deutsch Co) (Clairol) (Exxon Mobil) (General Dynamics) (General Electric) (General Motors) (Procter & Gamble) (Pacific Gas and Electric Company) (Waste Management) (Northrop Grumman) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Lockheed Martin) (AstraZeneca) (Union Pacific Railroad Company) (Unocal) (Texaco) (Square D) (SoCalGas) (Romic Environmental Technologies) | 49 private and public entities sent millions of pounds of hazardous waste in Casmalia disposal facility causing 'longstanding environmental problems'. Cleanup costs - over $100 million. | Santa Maria, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2005 - 01/01/2005 | Exxon Mobil | Toxics Release Inventory counted 1.1 million pounds toxic waste released on environment by Torrance refinery. | Los Angeles County, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2005 - 01/01/2005 | Chevron | Toxics Release Inventory counted 1.857 million pounds toxic waste released on environment by two Chevron refineries in 2005. | CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2005 - 01/01/2005 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Toxics Release Inventory counted 872 thousand pounds toxic waste released on environment by Martinez refinery in 2005. | Contra Costa County, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution |