PepsiAmericas, Inc. remains a defendant in lawsuits regarding chemicals and metals contamination at a facility in Willits, Calif.
From about 1945 to 1995, various entities owned and operated a facility that manufactured hydraulic equipment in Willits, Calif. The plant site was…
Oshkosh Corporation is addressing a regional trichloroethylene (TCE) groundwater plume on the south side of Oshkosh, Wis., the Company disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended Sept. 30, 2008. The Company said that there may…
PepsiAmericas, Inc. recorded a remaining self-insured retention of US$58.1 million at the end of the first nine months of 2008.
During fiscal year 2002, as part of a comprehensive program concerning environmental liabilities related to the former Whitman Corporation subsidiaries, the…
LOS ANGELES, California — November 20, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Oxnard, Calif.- based Catalytic Solutions, Inc., $16,970 for failing to submit toxic chemical reports detailing the amount of nitrates it released, a violation of the…
Oshkosh Corporation has been named a potentially responsible party with regard to three multiple-party sites, the Company said in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended Sept. 30, 2008. However, the Company did not disclose the details…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — November 20, 2008 — The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice have lodged a Consent Decree in federal court proposing the recovery of $2,734,199 in costs, plus interest, from Berkshire Gas Company for cleaning…
PepsiAmericas, Inc., at the end of first nine months of 2008, had US$40.7 million accrued to cover potential indemnification obligations, compared to US$40.2 million recorded at the end of fiscal year 2007. This indemnification obligation includes costs associated with about…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — November 20, 2008 — Picking up where state and local resources left off, the Environmental Protection Agency will continue to remove hazardous soil present at the former Wilder Thermometer Factory property in Peterborough, N.H.
The area of concern…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — November 20, 2008 — Two residential construction companies and an excavating company have agreed to a settlement of $110,000 for violation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) including a $50,000 cash penalty and a $60,000 supplemental…
NSTAR, as of Sept. 30, 2008, recorded a liability of about US$800,000 for potential multi-party environmental sites.
The Company’s subsidiaries face possible liabilities as a result of involvement in several multi-party disposal sites, state- regulated sites or third party claims associated…