BOSTON, Massachusetts — October 28, 2008 — An Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Complaint alleges multiple violations of federal hazardous waste laws by the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, based in Hanover, N.H. The facility may be subject…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — October 28, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered 11 public drinking water systems throughout the state of California to reduce the level of arsenic in their respective drinking water systems or face penalties…
Matters regarding alleged non-compliance with certain federal air emission regulations at Alcoa Inc.’s Hutchinson, Kansas facility has been closed, the Company disclosed in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended Sept. 30, 2008.
Previously, on March 7, 2008,…
Monsanto Company is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve hazardous waste management regulations breaches at its phosphorus manufacturing plant in Soda Springs, Idaho.
On Oct. 20, 2004, the EPA issued a Notice of Violation to the Company,…
Federal-Mogul Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, had total environmental reserves of US$27.1 million, compared with US$30.4 million at Dec. 31, 2007.
Of the US$27.1 million reserves at Sept. 30, 2008, the Company recorded US$4.5 million as current liabilities and US$22.6 million…
Covanta Holding Corporation’s subsidiary, Covanta Essex Company, remains a potentially responsible party regarding the remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS) at the Lower Passaic River Study Area.
In August 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency notified Essex that it was potentially…
The ServiceMaster Company’s subsidiary, Terminix, is in negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency to resolve Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) matters with respect to the Vertut Packaging and Blending Superfund Site in Memphis, Tenn.
On April 11,…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — October 27, 2008 — The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, filed a complaint seeking more than $22 million to recover past…
Celanese Corporation had provisions totaling US$11 million as of Sept. 30, 2008, for the investigation and cleanup of about 50 sites, compared with US$13 million as of Dec. 31, 2007.
The Company has a potential liability under the U.S. Federal Comprehensive…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — October 28, 2008 — An oil distribution company will pay $8,000 for failing to adequately prepare and implement Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans at two of its Stonington, Maine facilities.
An inspection by EPA and…