The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) reached a settlement with Shell Chemical LP over alleged Clean Air Act and other violations at Shell’s chemical plant in Norco, Louisiana. Federal and state authorities alleged Shell violated laws by failing to properly operate industrial flares at the facility. Shell agreed to spend approximately $10 million to install and operate air pollution control and monitoring technology to reduce harmful air pollution from four industrial flares at the Norco plant. Shell also paid civil penalties totaling $350,000 ($262,500 to the United States and $87,500 to LDEQ).