May 24, 2017
A New York federal judge gave a green light Tuesday to a $39 million settlement in New Jersey’s suit accusing ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66 of polluting the Garden State’s waters with methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, a gasoline additive.
October 05, 2015
Companies under the umbrella of Kinder Morgan Inc. will pay $20 million to New Jersey to exit federal litigation in which dozens of companies have been accused of polluting state waters with methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, a gasoline additive, according to a notice in the state register on Monday.
July 06, 2015
Switzerland-based oil trader Vitol SA has reached a $2.15 million settlement with New Jersey to exit federal litigation in which the state has sought to hold dozens of companies responsible for the pollution of its waters with a gasoline additive, according to a notice in the state Register on Monday.
April 21, 2014
Hess Corp. and related entities have agreed to pay $33.5 million to settle a New Jersey environmental regulator's lawsuit in New York federal court that accused dozens of companies of contaminating state waters with a gasoline additive, according to a notice Monday.
January 06, 2014
Valero Energy Corp. and several of its affiliates have agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle claims that it was responsible for contaminating New Jersey's water supply with a gasoline additive, the state's Department of Environmental Protection announced Monday.
December 02, 2013
One of several defendants in litigation in New York federal court brought by New Jersey's environmental regulator over water contamination by a gasoline additive has agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle liability claims for past cleanup and removal costs, according to a notice in the state Register on Monday.