Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/10/2006 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (General Services Administration (GSA)) | EPA orders companies to cleanup wastes - including benzene, naphthalene, ethylbenzene - contaminating the surrounding soil and groundwater of Superfund site - Shell $398,821.91 & GSA $809,729.34 | Del Amo, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/1972 - 01/01/1940 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (General Services Administration (GSA)) | Synthetic rubber manufacturing plant responsible for soil and groundwater contamination; VOCs, PAHs, pesticides, PCBs and heavy metals. Cleanup costs for Shell and GSA - $55 million. | Del Amo, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 13/07/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | EPA orders Shell's facility to clean up releases of hazardous waste (petroleum, benzene, toluene, and other petroleum constituents and additives) polluting groundwater and nearby wetlands. | Piti, Guam | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 16/07/2001 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Motiva Enterprises) | Companies fined for Clean Air Act violations at petroleum terminal loading rack; excess VOC emissions (22.5 tn). Civil penalty - $390,155. | Bridgeport, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 09/08/1999 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Motiva Enterprises) | Shell receives Clean Air Act violation notice for loading a total of 28.4 million gallons of gasoline onto barges without required vapor recovery equipment for seven days in 1997. This loading resulted in about 56 tons of uncontrolled VOCs emissions. | New England, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 12/01/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Petrochemical facility fined for excess discharge of pollutants into Santiago Creek and Caribbean Sea at unpermitted locations, failure to report discharge data, and lacking adequate operation and maintenance of a discharge pipe. Penalty - $1,025,000. | Puerto Rico | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Pollution | |
| 22/06/1997 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Check valve failure causes explosion and fire in facility from flammable gas release; several workers injured; closure of transportation routes; property damages. Check valves were deemed inappropriate for use. Penalty - $350,000. | Deer Park, TX, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency, (2) | Pollution | |
| 30/03/2009 - 25/02/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Petrochemical facility unlawfully discharged pollutants for 14 days, and did not properly operate and maintain a diffuse pipeline for 105 days. Penalty - $153,057 | Puerto Rico | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 05/09/2013 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Numerous air permit violations were documented on Shell arctic ship fleets exploring and drilling for gas and oil. Settlements - $1.1 million. | Alaska, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 10/06/1999 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Equilon Enterprises) (Olympic Pipeline Company) | Ill-maintained pipeline ruptures and releases over 230,000 gallons of gasoline and ignites - 3 people killed, including two ten-year-old boys; over 9 injured; home destroyed; resulting fire killed over 100,000 fish and other aquatic organisms; massive environmental damage on creeks and soil. Civil and criminal penalties on Shell and Olympic - $92 million. | Bellingham, WA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution |