PPG Industries, Inc. says that investigation activities have not yet begun for the remaining six sites covered by a 1990 Administrative Consent Order, which cover sites contaminated with hexavalent chromium.
Since 1990, the Company has remediated 47 of 61 residential and…
PPG Industries, Inc. is a defendant in a matter in the California State Court in San Francisco in which plaintiffs claim that PPG and other defendants manufactured a defective product, the dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene (PCE), and failed to provide…
PPG Industries, Inc. had reserves for environmental contingencies totaling US$282 million as of June 30, 2010, compared with US$287 million as of Dec. 31, 2009, of which US$61 million was current as of June 30, 2010, compared with US$59 million…
PPG Industries, Inc. says that it is expected that feasibility study approval and remedy selection over the Calcasieu River Estuary in Lake Charles, La., could occur in 2010.
Remedy design and approval could occur during 2010 to 2011 and remedy implementation…
PPG Industries, Inc. expects cash outlays related to remediation efforts in New Jersey to range from US$30 million to US$40 million in 2010 and US$30 million to US$50 million annually from 2011 through 2014.
Multiple future events, including completion of feasibility…
PPG Industries, Inc. may be subject to loss contingencies related to environmental matters estimated to be as much as US$200 million to US$300 million as of June 30, 2010, which range is unchanged since Dec. 31, 2009.
This range of reasonably…
PPG Industries, Inc. and other potentially responsible parties have submitted an updated feasibility report on Lake Charles, La., to various agencies during the third quarter of 2008.
The Environmental Protection Agency has completed investigation of contamination levels in the Calcasieu River…
PPG Industries, Inc., as of Sept. 30, 2008, had reserves of US$193 million for environmental contingencies associated with all New Jersey sites, compared with US$195 million at Dec. 31, 2007.
The Company continues to perform its obligations under an Administrative Consent…
The parties, including PPG Industries, Inc., involved in a complaint filed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in May 2005 regarding chromium contamination at 53 sites, reached an agreement in principle during the third quarter of 2008 on…
PPG Industries, Inc., as of Sept. 30, 2008, had reserves for environmental contingencies of US$280 million, of which US$49 million were classified as current liabilities.
Pretax charges against income for environmental remediation costs totaled US$5 million and US$12 million, respectively, for…