Shell Oil to Pay $19.5 Million to Settle California Fuel Storage Tank Violations

摘要

Shell Oil Co. will pay $19.5 million to resolve alleged violations of California's hazardous waste and underground fuel storage laws under a stipulated settlement and judgment announced Nov. 6 (California v. Equilon Enterprises LLC, Cal. Super. Ct., No. RG09475973, settlement announced 11/6/09).rnEntered in California Superior Court in Alameda County, the settlement caps a statewide three-year investigation into underground storage tank operations at more than 1,000 of the company's gasoline stations.