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March 2009

FORD MOTOR: DEP Ruling on Concrete-Disposal Matter Still Pending

Ford Motor Company says that it expects that after completing a review of comments, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will finalize a Consent Order over a concrete disposal matter during demolition of the Company’s Edison Assembly Plant.

During demolition…

PEABODY ENERGY: In Renewed Settlement Talks with EPA & DOJ

Peabody Energy Corporation reports that Gold Fields Mining, LLC, a dormant, non-coal-producing subsidiary, is participating in settlement discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Environmental claims have been asserted against Gold Fields related to activities…

DOMTAR CORP: Has $99Mil Provision for Environmental Expenditures

Domtar Corporation, as of Dec. 31, 2008, had a provision of US$99 million for environmental expenditures, including certain asset retirement obligations (such as for land fill capping and asbestos removal). The Company’s provision as of Dec. 30, 2007 was US$119…

DOMTAR CORP: Records $81Mil in Operating Expenses for 2008

Domtar Corp.’s operating expenses for environmental matters in 2008 amounted to US$81 million.

The Company made capital expenditures for environmental matters of US$4 million in 2008 for the improvement of air emissions, effluent treatment and remedial actions to address environmental compliance.

In…

ROHM & HAAS: Cleanup Ongoing at Morton Plant in Paterson, N.J.

Rohm and Haas Company is currently undertaking remediation of the former Morton plant at Paterson, New Jersey under New Jersey’s Industrial Site Recovery Act.

The Company closed the site in December 2001. It removed contaminated soil from the site and constructed…

ROHM & HAAS: Remains as Party to Martin Aaron Superfund Claims

Rohm and Haas Company continues to be a potentially responsible party at a Camden, New Jersey former drum recycling site.

U.S. EPA Region 2 issued a Record of Decision in 2005. The project is divided into two phases: Phase I will…

ROHM & HAAS: In Talks on Cost-Recovery Issues over Berry’s Creek

Rohm and Haas Company is in continued discussions with parties under an agreement tolling the deadlines for filing cost-recovery litigation related to contamination at Berry’s Creek, which runs past the Company’s Wood-Ridge, N.J. site

The site is the location of a…

DOMTAR CORP: Taking Remedial Actions at Wood Preserving Sites

Domtar Inc., a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Domtar Corp., continues to take remedial action under its Care and Control Program, as such sites mostly relate to its former wood preserving operating sites, and a number of operating sites due to…

ROHM & HAAS: Faces Ringwood Air, Groundwater Contamination Suits

Rohm and Haas Company is facing lawsuits, filed in April 2006 and thereafter, claiming that its Ringwood, Illinois plant contaminated groundwater and air that allegedly reached properties a mile south of the plant site. Also sued was the owner of…

ROHM & HAAS: Continues to Monitor Groundwater at Certain Sites

Rohm and Haas Company is continuing groundwater remediation and monitoring programs after major remediation for certain sites, such as Kramer, Whitmoyer, Woodlands, Charlie Burch and Goose Farm has been completed.

Reserves for these costs have been established.

In addition, the Company has…

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