Freescale Semiconductor Inc. continues to manage the remediation of its 56th Street facility in Phoenix, Ariz., under the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund Program.
In 1985, the Environmental Protection Agency initiated an inquiry on the Company’s…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — November 6, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined Reddy Ice Corporation and Granite Capital LLC $75,000 for failing to follow emergency response regulations.
EPA inspectors discovered the violations following an accidental release of 14,000…
LOS ANGELES, California — November 6, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Four Quarters Wholesale, Inc., a Los Angeles, Calif., distributor of general merchandise, $6,000 for distributing unregistered pesticides in violation of federal pesticide law.
The EPA determined…
Newmont Mining Corporation remains a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Pinal Creek Group regarding groundwater contamination emanating from copper mining operations in Globe, Ariz., and Miami, Ariz.
The suit was filed on Nov. 5, 1991, in the U.S. District…
Costco Wholesale Corporation continues to cooperate with agencies on their information requests relating to compliance with regulations concerning air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued an Information Request to the Company, dated Nov. 1, 2007, under the Clean Air…
In the third quarter of 2008, Honeywell International Inc.’s settlement with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality regarding penalties demanded for alleged violations of the state’s underground storage tank regulations at the aircraft engines plant in Phoenix, Ariz. was approved.…
WASHINGTON — October 7, 2008 — An Arizona land developer and a contractor have agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act for bulldozing, filling, and diverting approximately five miles of the Santa Cruz River, a major waterway…
BHP Billiton Limited, as of June 30, 2008, has provided US$125 million for its anticipated share of the planned remediation work of groundwater contamination at a site in Arizona, based on a range reasonably foreseeable up to US$170 million, and…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — September 4, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled with Splash Pool Chemicals, Inc. for failing to prepare written emergency operation procedures and failing to submit an annual chemical inventory, violations of the Clean Air…
An investigation at Arizona Public Service Company’s Motorola 52nd Street Superfund Site, Operable Unit 3 (OU3) in Phoenix, Ariz., has yet to be completed, the Company disclosed in its latest Quarterly Report for the period ended June 30, 2008.
On Sept.…