A judge has approved a settlement of $16 million among several Hartford residents and two big refining companies in an ongoing dispute over a huge plume of gasoline beneath the village. Only two of several plaintiffs, Premcor and Equilon, have agreed to settle.
Settlement
Two refiners, Premcor and Equilon, settle with Hartford residents for $16 million
Colo. gets $35 million from Army, Shell for arsenal cleanup
Shell Oil Co., which made pesticides and other chemicals at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, will provide $21 million in cash and land under an agreement announced Thursday to settle a 25-year-old state lawsuit. The Army and the federal government are providing the rest.
Shell, Army OK $35M arsenal-pollution settlement
Shell Oil and the U.S. Army which produced all manner of nasty chemicals from 1942 until 1982 at the arsenal, northeast of downtown Denver have agreed to pay the state $35 million in damages for polluting groundwater at the arsenal, state Attorney General John Suthers said today.