The Mosaic Company is negotiating an agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the City of Hutchinson, Kans., over measures to address risks presented by five former wells.
In January 2005, a sinkhole developed at a former…
The Mosaic Company says that, during the Jan. 15, 2009 and Feb. 5, 2009 hearings, the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners (Manatee County Board) granted all necessary approvals to begin mining the Altman Extension of the Company’s Four Corners…
The Mosaic Company says that, on Feb. 17, 2009, Sierra Club, Inc., Joseph Rehill, John Korvick, Mary Sheppard and Manasota-88, Inc. brought two lawsuits in the Manatee County Circuit Court.
These suits allege procedural defects by the Manatee County Board of…
The Mosaic Company accrued US$29 million at Feb. 28, 2009 for environmental remediation, compared with US$22.8 million at May 31, 2008.
The Company accrued about US$29.1 million for environmental matters at Nov. 30, 2008. (Lloyds Environmental Litigation Reporter, Jan. 20, 2009)
The…
The Mosaic Company faces a possible enforcement action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice over apparent violations of Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
The DOJ sent a letter dated…
The District Court of Appeal, on February 2009, upheld the issuance of an environmental resource permit for the Ona extension of The Mosaic Company’s phosphate mines in central Florida.
Certain counties and other petitioners challenged the issuance of the permit, alleging…
The Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in March 2009, issued a final permit for The Mosaic Company to mine the Hardee County extension of the Company’s South Ford Meade Mine in central Florida.
The mining reserves of the…
The Home Depot, Inc. is in discussions with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection over alleged violations of recordkeeping requirements pertaining to the use of generators.
On Sept. 26, 2008, the Company received an Administrative Order and Notice of Civil…
Merck & Co., Inc. and 12 other entities are defendants in an amended complaint filed by about 2,200 plaintiffs in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California.
The suit asserts claims under the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery…
Merck & Co., Inc., in 2008, incurred capital expenditures of about US$18.7 million for environmental protection facilities, according to the Company’s 2008 annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company is also remediating environmental contamination resulting from past…