Google Inc. is cooperating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation regarding an alleged release of refrigerants at a data center facility acquired from DoubleClick.
In February 2009, the Company learned of the investigation into an alleged release of refrigerant at…
Tesoro Corporation is a defendant, along with other manufacturing, supply and marketing defendants, in six lawsuits alleging MTBE contamination in groundwater.
The Company was served with the sixth lawsuit in April 2010. The defendants are being sued for having manufactured MTBE…
Vulcan Materials Company says trial date of Jan. 9, 2011 has been set regarding perchloroethylene (perc) contamination in Sunnyvale, Calif.
On Jan. 6, 2009, the Company was served in an action styled City of Sunnyvale v. Legacy Vulcan Corporation, f/k/a Vulcan…
Chevron Corporation and many other companies in the petroleum industry have used methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a gasoline additive.
The Company is a party to 20 pending lawsuits and claims, the majority of which involve numerous other petroleum marketers…
Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s total environmental reserves for 168 sites amounted to US$374 million as of March 31, 2011.
Of the US$374 million, the current portion of which is included in accrued liabilities (US$78 million) and the remainder in deferred credits and…
Calpine Corporation continues to be involved in environmental- related litigation styled Pit River Tribe, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et al.
On June 17, 2002, the Pit River Tribe filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management of the…
Arrow Electronics, Inc. continues to be involved in environmental matters regarding its Wyle Laboratories unit.
In connection with the 2000 purchase of Wyle from the VEBA Group, the Company assumed certain of the then outstanding obligations of Wyle, including Wyle’s 1994…
Arrow Electronics, Inc. continues to be involved in environmental matters at the site in Norco, Calif.
In October 2003, the Company entered into a consent decree with Wyle Laboratories and the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) in connection with…
Avery Dennison Corporation’s environmental liabilities amounted to US$54.2 million at Oct. 2, 2010, compared with US$56.5 million at Jan. 2, 2010.
As of Oc. 2, 2010, the Company has been designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and/or other responsible state…
Target Corporation is a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by the California Attorney General and a number of California District Attorneys in June 2009 alleging that the Company did not handle and dispose of certain unsold products as a…