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Company: Equilon Pipeline Company LLC
Current Parent Company: Shell PLC
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Penalty: $25,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: December 11, 2002
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Equilon pleaded no contest to criminal charges resulting from the 1999 rupture of a pipeline in Bellingham, Washington that spilled 236,000 gallons of gasoline, some of which ignited and caused three deaths. It also settled related civil allegations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Western District of Washington
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
Facility State: Washington
Facility City: Bellingham
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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