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ChevronTexaco Corporation

Failure to Replace Compromised Piping in a Timely Manner

Date: 06/29/2001 (Date of Penalty)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: Interior

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $350,000

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the Department of Interior fined Chevron U.S.A. Inc. for a violation occurring between July 21 and August 3, 1999. According to MMS, the violation involved: “Failure to replace compromised piping in a timely manner or remove it from service resulted in pipng [sic] failure and release of 32,000 cf gas with 18,000 ppm H2S, causing damage to facility and placing platform and lives of all personnel on platform in substantial danger.”