Nucor Corporation’s total accrued environmental costs were US$38.8 million at July 4, 2009, compared with US$27.1 million at Dec. 31, 2008.
Of the US$38.8 million at July 4, 2009, about US$21.8 million was classified in accrued expenses and other current liabilities…
MDU Resources Group, Inc.’s affiliate Morse Bros., Inc. (MBI) continues to be a potentially responsible party (PRP) at a riverbed site, which is part of the Portland, Ore., Harbor Superfund Site.
In December 2000, MBI was named by the U.S. Environmental…
The Company is the subject of an ongoing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigation for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
In March 2009, the EPA issued a Finding of Violation (FOV) related to alleged violations of the CAA, specifically the…
MDU Resources Group, Inc.’s affiliate, Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, is involved in two claims on contamination and cleanup at manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in Washington.
The first claim is for contamination at a site in Washington and was received in…
Mirant Corporation says that, on June 25, 2009, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and four individuals filed a complaint against Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC and Mirant Chalk Point, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
The plaintiffs allege…
Of Campbell Soup Company’s US$345 million in capital expenditures made during fiscal 2009, about US$5 million was for compliance with environmental laws and regulations in the United States, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange…
The Manitowoc Company, Inc., as of June 30, 2009, held reserves of US$1.3 million for environmental matters related to subsidiary Enodis plc locations.
As of June 30, 2009, the Company also reserved US$600,000 for environmental matters at another location.
At certain of…
Devon Energy Corporation, as of June 30, 2009, recorded US$1 million of accrued liabilities, reflected in other long-term liabilities, related to environmental remediation liabilities.
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in matters in which it has been alleged that such…
Sunoco, Inc., along with other refiners, manufacturers and sellers of gasoline is a defendant in about 24 lawsuits in five states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which allege methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination in groundwater.
Plaintiffs, who include water…
MDU Resources Group, Inc.’s affiliate, Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, is party to a claim for soil and groundwater contamination at a manufactured gas plant (MGP) site in Oregon and was received in 1995.
There are potentially responsible parties (PRPs) in addition…