March 2009

The Dow Chemical Company faces a total civil penalty of US$354,000 over alleged air emission events at its Freeport, Tex., site.

In Oct. 1, 2007, the Company received a Notice of Enforcement (NOE) from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)…

The Dow Chemical Company says that amounts charged to income on a pretax basis related to environmental remediation totaled US$140 million in 2008, US$92 million in 2007 and US$125 million in 2006.

Capital expenditures for environmental protection were US$193 million in…