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December 2009

AMERICAN ELECTRIC: I&M Records $7Mil Remediation Expense in 2009

American Electric Power Company, Inc. says that its subsidiary, Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), recorded additional expense of US$7 million for environmental remediation in 2009.

By-products from the generation of electricity include materials like ash, slag, sludge, low-level radioactive waste and…

XCEL ENERGY: WildEarth Motion in PSCo Lawsuit Filed Last Oct. 28

Xcel Energy Inc. says that, on Oct. 28, 2009, WildEarth Guardians (WEG) filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in an environmental lawsuit filed against Company subsidiary, Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo).

WEG has filed a lawsuit against PSCo alleging…

DOW CHEMICAL: ROHT Facing Case on Violations at Deer Park Plant

The Dow Chemical Company’s subsidiary, Rohm and Haas Texas Incorporated (ROHT), is party to an Administrative Complaint on breaches at its Deer Park, Tex., manufacturing facility.

ROHT received the Complaint dated Feb. 29, 2008 from the Texas Council of Environmental Quality…

PSEG INC: Cites $715M Non-Current Environmental Cost at Sept. 30

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated recorded non-current environmental costs of US$715 million as of Sept. 30, 2009, compared with US$743 million as of Dec. 31, 2008.

Company subsidiary PSEG Power LLC recorded non-current environmental costs of US$52 million as of Sept.…

AMERICAN ELECTRIC: Beckjord Station Claim Appeals Still Pending

American Electric Power Company, Inc. says that defendants’ and plaintiffs’ appeals filed in 2009, in a lawsuit regarding the Beckjord Station, are still pending.

The Federal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, certain special interest groups and a number of states alleged that…

PSEG INC: Still Involved in Occidental RI/FS on Newark Bay Area

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated still participates in and partially funds the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study conducted by Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC) on the Newark Bay Study Area.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established the Newark Bay Study Area, which it…

AMERICAN ELECTRIC: Involved in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Actions

American Electric Power Company, Inc. and its subsidiary, American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEPSC), continue to be parties to public nuisance litigation on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

In 2004, eight states and the City of New York filed an action in…

NORFOLK SOUTHERN: Cites $33M Environmental Liability at Sept. 30

Norfolk Southern Corporation’s Consolidated Balance Sheets include liabilities for environmental exposures in the amount of US$33 million at Sept. 30, 2009, and US$42 million at Dec. 31, 2008 (of which US$12 million is classified as a current liability at the…

PSEG INC: Passaic River Study Still Scheduled for 2010 Release

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated says that a revised focused feasibility study on the Passaic River is still expected to be released later in 2010.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that a six-mile stretch of the Passaic River in…

FPL GROUP: Discovery in Georgia Power Case Stayed Since June ‘01

FPL Group, Inc. says that discovery in an environmental case, which was filed against Georgia Power Company and other subsidiaries of The Southern Company, has been stayed since June 2001.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not yet moved to reopen…

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