Northrop Grumman Corporation, as of Sept. 30, 2008, estimated about US$189 million to US$280 million for future costs for environmental remediation sites.
Of the estimated costs, the Company accrued US$230 million in “other current liabilities” as of Sept. 30, 2008.
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Celanese Corporation’s environmental reserves for remediation matters were US$104 million as of Sept. 30, 2008, compared with US$115 million as of Dec. 31, 2007.
Due to its industrial history and through retained contractual and legal obligations, the Company has the obligation…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — October 28, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered 11 public drinking water systems throughout the state of California to reduce the level of arsenic in their respective drinking water systems or face penalties…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — October 28, 2008 — An Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Complaint alleges multiple violations of federal hazardous waste laws by the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, based in Hanover, N.H. The facility may be subject…
The Travelers Companies, Inc., at Sept. 30, 2008, had net reserves of US$485 million for environmental matters, compared with US$512 million at Sept. 30, 2007.
Net paid losses in the first nine months of 2008 and 2007 were US$90 million…
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Victoria Division, on May 20, 2008, entered an agreed order of dismissal regarding alleged personal injury and property damage due to air emissions at a Texas facility of Alcoa Inc.’s…
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — October 24, 2008 — Flaw Inc. has settled a case involving alleged violations of federal regulations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at its used oil storage facility at 1600 South 25th St., Easton, Pa.
In a consent agreement with…
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — October 24, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Kidde-Fenwal, Inc. has settled alleged violations of federal toxic chemical reporting at two plants located in Ranson, W.Va.
EPA cited the company for violating the Emergency Planning…
SYRACUSE, New York — October 23, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Syracuse announced that hazardous materials abandoned at the former Otisca Fuels building have been removed.
EPA, in partnership with the city, removed flammable,…
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — October 23, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that 11 gas stations in the City of Baltimore and the surrounding county have agreed to pay civil penalties and come into compliance with Clean Air Act…