Shell Oil to Pay $4 Million for Taking Double Profits in Oil Spill Cleanup
From Ring of Fire:
Shell Oil Company has been ordered to pay $4 million to settle False Claim Act allegations that it requested double reimbursements for a hazardous waste cleanup in Massachusetts. The company sought payment from the Massachusetts tank cleanup fund as well as from private insurers, Law360 reports.
Shell and Motiva Enterprises LLC requested reimbursements from Massachusetts Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund program for more than 100 gas stations throughout the state. The companies did not reveal to state authorities that it also requested and received reimbursements from insurers, according to the state Attorney General Martha Coakley.
The scheme of major oil companies profiting from oil spill cleanups recently came to light after it was reported that a former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) engineer and an environmental and civil rights attorney partnered with a team of lawyers, investigators, and experts to conduct an ongoing investigation into the double-dipping practice.
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