ROHM & HAAS: Property Damages Suits on Ringwood Plant Persist

Rohm and Haas Company is still named a defendant in lawsuits alleging property damages due to contaminated groundwater and air coming from a Company facility in Illinois.

In April 2006 and thereafter, lawsuits were filed against the Company claiming that its…

ROHM & HAAS: Still Potentially Liable for N.J. Superfund Site

Rohm and Haas Company is still named a potentially responsible party at the Martin Aaron Superfund Site, a former drum recycling site at Camden, N.J.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, previously issued a Record of Decision in 2005.

The project…

ROHM & HAAS: Reserves $164M at Sept. 30 for Remediation Expenses

Rohm and Haas Company, as of Sept. 30, 2008, has US$164 million reserved for environmental-related costs compared with US$150 million as of Dec. 31, 2007.

Reserves for environmental remediation that the Company sees probable and estimable are recorded appropriately as current…

ROHM & HAAS: Offsite Contamination Probe at N.J. Plant Continues

Rohm and Haas Company disclosed in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended Sept. 30, 2008, that offsite investigation of contamination is still ongoing at its former Morton plant at Paterson, N.J.

The Company closed the plant in…

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