Claims against Huntsman International LLC by third parties persist for cleanup liabilities at about 10 former facilities or third party sites, including sites listed under the U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA).
Under CERCLA…
Huntsman International LLC continues to face possible prosecution regarding wastewater effluent discharge at its facility in Wilton, U.K.
In May 2007, the Company’s operation in Wilton, U.K., allegedly caused a discharge of wastewater effluent to be made to Northumbrian Water’s Bran…
Huntsman International LLC reports in its latest Quarterly Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its facilities in Port Neches, Tex., and Geismar, La., remains subject to ongoing remediation requirements under the authority of the U.S. Resource Conservation…
Huntsman International LLC continues to face the Australian (Victorian) Environmental Protection Agency’s cleanup notice, as revised in September 2007, in connection with its facility in West Footscray, Australia.
By letter dated March 7, 2006, the Company’s Base Chemicals and Polymers facility…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, on May 7, 2008, has approved a settlement on alleged excessive environmental releases due to a fire at Huntsman International LLC’s Port Arthur unit in Texas.
On April 29, 2006, there was a release of…
Huntsman International LLC reports in its Quarterly Report for the period ended June 30, 2008, that subsidiary, Huntsman Advanced Materials Holdings LLC, had recently received notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the North Maybe Canyon Superfund site near…
Huntsman International LLC, as of June 30, 2008, accrued US$8.3 million for environmental liabilities regarding anticipated environmental cleanup obligations, site reclamation and closure costs and known penalties, compared with US$7.2 million as of Dec. 31, 2007.
Of these amounts, US$5.7…