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December 2009

CF INDUSTRIES: Still Involved in Plant City Environmental Issues

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. continues to be involved in environmental matters concerning its Plant City, Fla., phosphate fertilizer complex.

In December 2004 and January 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inspected the Plant City phosphate fertilizer complex to evaluate the facility’s…

DOW CHEMICAL: Accrues $598M at Sept. 30 for Envt’l. Remediation

The Dow Chemical Company, at Sept. 30, 2009, had accrued obligations of US$598 million for environmental remediation and restoration costs, including US$88 million for the remediation of Superfund sites.

The US$598 million balance includes US$159 million of environmental liabilities assumed from…

CF INDUSTRIES: EPA to Respond to Submittals on Plant City Issues

CF Industries, Inc. says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not yet responded to the Company’s submittals regarding the Plant City, Fla., phosphate fertilizer complex.

Under a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice dated July 28, 2008 that was sent…

DOW CHEMICAL: Rohm and Haas Colombia Faces Case on Water Release

The Dow Chemical Company’s subsidiary, Rohm and Haas Colombia Ltda., faces an Administrative Complaint for an alleged violation over a release of water into a river near Rohm and Haas Columbia Ltda.’s Barranquilla, Columbia, manufacturing facilities.

Rohm and Haas Colombia received…

PSEG INC: Units Still Facing 3rd-Party Action on Passaic Matters

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated’s subsidiaries, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and PSEG Power LLC, continue to be third-party defendants in litigation involving the Passaic River.

In 2005, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) sued a potentially…

CF INDUSTRIES: Still Involved in Donaldsonville Envt’l. Matters

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. continues to be involved in environmental matters concerning its Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex, which is located in a five-parish region near Baton Rouge, La.

As of 2005, the Donaldsonville facility was designated as being in “severe” nonattainment with…

AMERICAN ELECTRIC: Plaintiffs’ Claims Dismissed in Kivalina Case

American Electric Power Company, Inc. says that, on October 2009, a federal court judge dismissed claims the Native Village of Kivalina and the City of Kivalina, Alaska, on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

In February 2008, the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in…

AMERICAN ELECTRIC: Facing Amended Lawsuit on GHG in Mississippi

American Electric Power Company, Inc. is a defendant in a pending fourth amended complaint, which asserted that greenhouses gases (GHG) emissions exacerbated the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

In October 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by the…

CORNING INC: Still Involved in Ellsworth Industrial Park Action

Corning Incorporated continues to defend a remaining environmental action regarding the Ellsworth Industrial Park in Downers Grove, Ill.

The Company has settled claims for contribution for personal injury and property damage arising from the alleged release of solvents from the operations…

PSEG INC: $643M Expended for Mercer, Hudson Projects at Sept. 30

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated’s subsidiary, PSEG Power LLC, expended US$643 million as of Sept. 30, 2009 for projects at the Hudson and Mercer generating stations.

The Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)/New Source Review (NSR) regulations, promulgated under the Clean Air…

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