J. C. Penney Company, Inc., as of Nov. 1, 2008, estimated its total potential environmental liabilities to range from US$34 million to US$46 million and recorded management’s best estimate of US$39 million in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of that…
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved Alabama’s de minimis rule, which will become effective in 2009, related to Clean Air Act opacity limits, Tennessee Valley Authority disclosed in its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended Sept.…
Tennessee Valley Authority remains a defendant in a case on alleged violations for modifications it had made to the Bull Run Fossil Plant.
The National Parks Conservation Association, Inc. (NPCA), and the Sierra Club, Inc. (Sierra Club) filed suit against TVA…
Tennessee Valley Authority is still facing possible sanctions from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a notice of violation (NOV) as a result of TVA’s failure to properly maintain ductwork at Widows Creek Unit 7.
The NOV was received on July 16,…
Tennessee Valley Authority continues to face potential liability for the Ward Transformer Site in Raleigh, N.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency and a working group of potentially responsible parties (PRPs) have provided documentation showing that TVA sent electrical equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls…
Tennessee Valley Authority is awaiting further action from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency’s April 25, 2008 information request under section 114 of the Clean Air Act requesting extensive information about projects at and the operations of 14 of…
Brown Shoe Company, Inc.’s reserve for the anticipated future remediation activities for its owned facility in Colorado at Nov. 1, 2008, is US$7.7 million, of which US$1.2 million is included in accrued expenses and US$6.5 million is accrued within other…
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported an accrued liability of US$1.9 million at Nov. 1, 2008, related to remediation efforts at its closed New York tannery and two associated landfills, which has been discounted at 6.4%. On an undiscounted basis, this…
Tennessee Valley Authority is still facing objections to its current Clean Air Act permit at the Paradise Fossil Plant.
On Dec. 21, 2007, the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Kentucky Heartwood, and Hilary Lambert filed a petition with the…
Disputes are ongoing in a class action suit brought by 14 residents of Mississippi allegedly injured by Hurricane Katrina pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
In April 2006, Tennessee Valley Authority was added as a defendant…