CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - January 27, 2009 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 begins a US$1 million cleanup of Miller Plating, a bankrupt electroplating facility in Evansville, Indiana. The project will last about four months. Residents near the site,…
CHICAGO, Illinois - January 27, 2009 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has begun a US$1.0 million cleanup of Miller Plating, a bankrupt electroplating facility in Evansville, Ind. The project will last about four months. Residents near the site,…
The Mosaic Company establishes accruals to address penalties that it expects will be sought by the Environmental Protection Agency in relation with its two Sulfuric Acid Plants.
In January 2006 and March 2007, EPA Region 6 submitted administrative subpoenas under Section…
In the first quarter of 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma relieves Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., of its liability amounting to US$2.0 million related to the dredge contractor’s claim for unpaid invoices, and…
Monsanto Company gives an account of the accidental harvest of 0.22 acres of regulated Bt research cotton by a cooperator to the U.S. regulatory agencies.
The Bt protein present in this research cotton is nearly identical to the protein in a…
The Mosaic Company’s potash facility in Carlsbad, New Mexico implements a program, in cooperation with federal authorities, to prevent and mitigate bird fatalities at nearby playa lakes that might potentially be associated with plant activities or operations.
In the spring of…
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.’s Metals Recycling Business, at Nov. 30, 2008, had US$24 million in reserves for environmental matters.
These reserves consisted primarily of the reserves established in connection with potential future clean-up of MRB locations at which the Company or…
Schnitzer Steel, Inc. could still face environmental liabilities over the Portland Harbor Superfund Site.
In fiscal 2006, the Company was notified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) that it was one…
Schnitzer Steel, Inc. says that, in the first quarter of 2009, a judgment in a case over the cleanup of contaminated sediment along the Hylebos Waterway was affirmed on appeal.
In fiscal 1982, the Company was notified by the U.S. Environmental…
Schnitzer Steel, Inc.’s environmental reserves, as of Nov. 30, 2008, include about US$22 million for potential future clean-up of other Metals Recycling Business (MRB) locations at which the Company or its subsidiaries have conducted business or allegedly disposed of other…