The Mosaic Company says that, on June 30, 2010, the Sierra Club, Inc., Protecting Peace River, Inc., and Manasota-88, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida,…
The Mosaic Company established accruals for environmental matters of US$26.2 million as of May 31, 2010, compared with US$27.6 million as of May 31, 2009.
Material expenditures could be required in the future to remediate the contamination at known sites or…
The Mosaic Company is in talks with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve Notices of Violation from the EPA related to the handling of hazardous waste at the Company’s Riverview (September 2005), New…
The Mosaic Company continues to engage in ongoing discussions with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency representatives to resolve matters over “New Source Review” requirements of the Clean Air Act.
In January 2006 and March 2007, EPA Region 6 submitted administrative subpoenas to…
The Mosaic Company is in discussions with federal authorities over the prevention of migratory bird fatalities at the Company’s potash facility in Carlsbad, N.M.
The Company’s potash facility has implemented a program, in cooperation with federal authorities, to prevent and mitigate…
The Mosaic Company says that environmental matters concerning kiln testing issues for the production of Mutltifos animal feed at its New Wales, Fla., phosphate concentrates plant are ongoing.
The Company has reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida…
The Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in March 2009, issued a final permit for The Mosaic Company to mine the Hardee County extension of the Company’s South Ford Meade Mine in central Florida.
The mining reserves of the…
The District Court of Appeal, on February 2009, upheld the issuance of an environmental resource permit for the Ona extension of The Mosaic Company’s phosphate mines in central Florida.
Certain counties and other petitioners challenged the issuance of the permit, alleging…
The Mosaic Company faces a possible enforcement action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice over apparent violations of Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
The DOJ sent a letter dated…
The Mosaic Company accrued US$29 million at Feb. 28, 2009 for environmental remediation, compared with US$22.8 million at May 31, 2008.
The Company accrued about US$29.1 million for environmental matters at Nov. 30, 2008. (Lloyds Environmental Litigation Reporter, Jan. 20, 2009)
The…