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October 2009

UGI CORP: Investigating KeySpan Claim on Sag Harbor, N.Y. Issues

UGI Corporation’s subsidiary, UGI Utilities, Inc., is in the process of reviewing information provided by KeySpan Energy and is also investigating a claim on environmental matters at a site in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

By letter dated June 24, 2004, KeySpan informed…

AVENTINE RENEWABLE: VOC Emissions Probes in Ill. & Nebr. Ongoing

Federal and state environmental authorities’ investigations on alleged excess volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions and other air emissions from many U.S. ethanol plants, including Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.’s Illinois and Nebraska facilities, are ongoing.

The matter relating to the Company’s…

AVENTINE RENEWABLE: Spends $600T on Envt’l. Projects at June 30

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., during the first half of 2009, spent about US$900,000 on capital projects, of which US$600,000 was spent on maintenance and environmental projects and US$300,000 was spent on its suspended capacity expansion projects.

Pekin, Ill.-based Aventine Renewable…

AES CORP: Valparaiso Court’s Decision on Campiche Plant Affirmed

The AES Corporation says that, in June 2009, the Supreme Court of Chile affirmed the ruling of the Valparaiso Court of Appeals (VCA), which reasoned that the relevant land regulation did not allow for the Campiche Thermal Power Plant’s construction.

Construction…

HERTZ GLOBAL: Accrues $2.3Mil Environmental Liability at June 30

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. accrued US$2.3 million for environmental liabilities as of June 30, 2009, compared with US$2.2 million as of Dec. 31, 2008.

The accrual generally represents the estimated cost to study potential environmental issues at sites deemed to require…

CONSTELLATION ENERGY: Paid $4.1Mil at June 30 for Envt’l. Costs

Constellation Energy Group, Inc., as of June 30, 2009, paid about US$4.1 million for environmental costs, out of a US$7.9 million environmental liability.

The remaining liability at June 30, 2009 is US$3.8 million.

In October 2007, a Company subsidiary entered into a…

AES CORP: Cayuga in Talks w/ DEC to Resolve Coal Ash Violations

The AES Corporation says that officials of its Cayuga facility are in talks with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to resolve violations regarding volume limits of coal ash.

On Feb. 2, 2009, the Cayuga facility received a Notice…

AES CORP: Records $29Mil Liability for Envt’l. Remediation Costs

The AES Corporation, as of June 30, 2009, had recorded liabilities of US$29 million for projected environmental remediation costs.

Due to the uncertainties associated with environmental assessment and remediation activities, future costs of compliance or remediation could be higher or lower…

DELEK US: TECQ’s Confirmation on Tyler Plant CEMS Issued July 31

Delek US Holdings, Inc. says that, in a letter dated July 31, 2009, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) confirmed that the Company is no longer required to install a continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) on the wastewater flare…

UGI CORP: Accrues $11.6Mil Envt’l., Cleanup Liability at June 30

UGI Corporation’s accrued liability for environmental investigation and remediation costs related to a Consent Order and Agreement was US$11.6 million.

The Company’s subsidiary, UGI Central Penn Gas, Inc. (CPG), is party to a Consent Order and Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department…

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