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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Shell Chemical/Shell Chemical Yabucoa Clean Air Act Settlements
Under two separate settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Shell Chemical L.P. and Shell Chemical Yabucoa, Inc., agreed to pay $3.5 million in penalties and spend an estimated $6 million to install pollution-reduction equipments at refineries in Louisiana, Alabama and Puerto Rico. The EPA alleged violations of Clean Air Act requirements covering emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic emissions and benzene at each of the facilities.
- Misconduct Type
- Environment
- Enforcement Agency
- EPA
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Announcement
- 3/31/2010
