30 articles for

November 2009

PEPCO HOLDINGS: Unit Faces Potential Liability at Peck Iron Site

Pepco Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), may be a potentially responsible party (PRP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) over the cleanup of the Peck Iron and Metal site in Portsmouth,…

WILLIAMS PARTNERS: Accrues $3.1M Liabilities for Conway Matters

Williams Partners L.P., at Sept. 30, 2009, accrued liabilities totaling US$3.1 million for environmental cleanup costs at its Conway storage facilities.

These activities relate to four projects that are in various remediation stages including assessment studies, cleanups and remedial operations and…

EASTMAN KODAK: Evaluating EPA Claim on Breach at Rochester Site

Eastman Kodak Company is evaluating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s allegations on the Company breaching the Clean Water Act at its primary manufacturing plant in Rochester, N.Y.

On Oct. 12, 2009, the EPA commenced an administrative enforcement action against the Company…

GREAT PLAINS: Accrues $500,000 for Cleanup Expenses at Sept. 30

Great Plains Energy Incorporated, at Sept. 30, 2009, had US$500,000 accrued for environmental remediation expenses, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The US$500,000 includes $300,000 accrued by subsidiary Kansas City Power & Light…

PEPCO HOLDINGS: ACE Potentially Liable at Frontier Chemical Site

Pepco Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary, Atlantic City Electric Company (ACE), is a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Frontier Chemical Waste Processing Company site in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

In June 2007, ACE received a letter from the New York Department of Environmental…

NEWMONT MINING: Still Potentially Liable at Grey Eagle Mine Site

Newmont Mining Corporation continues to be a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Grey Eagle Mine Site near Happy Camp, Calif.

By letter dated Sept. 3, 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified the Company that the EPA had expended US$3…

DPL INC: DP&L Potentially Liable at Tremont City Landfill Site

DPL Inc.’s subsidiary, The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L) is a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Tremont City landfill site.

In December 2003, DP&L and other parties received a special notice that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers the…

GREAT PLAINS: Westar Facing Claim on Breaches at Jeffrey Energy

Great Plains Energy Incorporated says Westar Energy, Inc. is facing environmental-related claims related to violations at the Jeffrey Energy Center, in which Company unit KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (GMO) has an eight percent interest.

In January 2004, Westar received notification…

DPL INC: Duke Energy Ohio Facing Claims on Violations at Zimmer

DPL Inc. says that Duke Energy Ohio Inc. is subject to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s claim on alleged environmental violations at the Zimmer generating station.

The Company’s subsidiary, The Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L) is a co-owner of the…

NEWMONT MINING: Still Party to Pinal Creek Contamination Lawsuit

Newmont Mining Corporation still faces a suit brought on Nov. 5, 1991 in U.S. District Court in Arizona by the Pinal Creek Group, alleging that the Company and others are responsible for some portion of costs incurred to address groundwater…

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