Consumers Energy Company is awaiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s final ruling regarding polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) identified at its Ludington pumped storage plant.
In October 1998, during routine maintenance activities, the Company identified PCB as a component in certain paint, grout, and…
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated’s reserves for environmental remediation obligations at Sept. 30, 2008, totaled about US$18 million, of which about US$7 million were included in other current liabilities.
The reserve includes estimated probable future costs of US$5 million for federal Superfund and…
Wolverine Tube, Inc., at Sept. 28, 2008, has accrued undiscounted estimated environmental remediation costs of US$9.6 million related to its operating facilities.
The Company said it has received various communications from regulatory authorities concerning certain environmental matters.
The US$9.6 million accrued at…
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, had reserves of US$444 million for environmental remediation of 164 sites.
The current portion of the Company’s environmental remediation reserves (US$69 million) is included in accrued liabilities and the remaining amount (US$375 million) in…
Consumers Energy Company, at Sept. 30, 2008, had a liability of US$15 million in connection with the remediation of 23 former manufactured gas plant facilities.
The Company operated the facilities on these sites for some part of their operating lives. For…
CONSOL Energy Inc. is still facing a public nuisance suit regarding an alleged noise caused by a ventilation fan regarding its Buchanan Mine in Virginia.
On Oct. 24, 2006, the Company and subsidiary Consolidation Coal Co. were served with a summons…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company reports an accrual balance at Sept. 30, 2008 of US$16 million, including US$11 million in interest bearing escrow accounts, related to the funding of independent science panel health study and water treatment…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, at Sept. 30, 2008, has accruals of about US$400,000 to fund its environmental testing activities at and around its Washington Works site in Parkersburg, W.Va.
In November 2006, DuPont entered into an Order…
CONSOL Energy Inc. and other participating PRPs continue to investigate contribution claims against other, non-participating parties regarding the Ward Transformer site in Wake County, N.C.
As of Nov. 4, 2008, the Company’s portion of probable recoveries is estimated to be US$3.42…
NCI Building Systems, Inc., as of Nov. 2, 2008, accrued US$100,000 to complete the environmental analysis and testing at its facility in Southlake, Tex.
The Company has discovered the existence of trichloroethylene in the groundwater at its Southlake facility.
The Company has…