Transocean Ltd. been advised that one or more of its subsidiaries is likely to be named by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a potentially responsible party (PRP) for the San Gabriel Valley, Area 3, Superfund site, which includes a…
Transocean Ltd. has been named as a potentially responsible party (PRP) in connection with a site in California known as the Casmalia Resources Site.
The Company and other PRPs have entered into an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and…
ITT Corporation says that a case styled ITT Corporation et al. v. Pacific Indemnity Corporation et al. is back in the California Superior Court, Los Angeles County.
The parties are currently engaged in further discovery.
In the suit filed in 1991 against…
Northrop Grumman Corporation recorded environmental remediation costs of US$236 million, which is accrued in current liabilities.
Management estimates that as of June 30, 2009, the range of reasonably possible future costs for environmental remediation sites is US$187 million to US$267 million.
Los…
Continental Airlines, Inc. says that it could be responsible for environmental remediation costs primarily related to solvent contamination on and near a site surrounding its aircraft maintenance hangar in Los Angeles.
In 2001, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB)…
Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s environmental reserves at 164 sites amounted to US$419 million.
As of March 31, 2009, the Company participated in or monitored remedial activities or proceedings at 164 sites.
As of March 31, 2009, the Company’s environmental reserves exceeded US$10 million…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation on SouthWest Water Company’s Texas-based testing laboratory is ongoing.
On May 18, 2005, the EPA executed a search warrant at the Texas laboratory and on July 20, 2006 the laboratory received a subpoena to provide…
SouthWest Water Company is in negotiations with the California State Water Resources Control Board Office of Enforcement to negotiate a US$1.25 million penalty over alleged violations at wastewater treatment facilities operated by a Company unit.
The Company received a letter dated…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the District Attorney for Orange County, Calif., are negotiating to resolve hazardous waste handling matters.
The District Attorney has alleged that the Company’s store in Foothill Ranch, Calif., failed to comply with certain California statutes regulating hazardous…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California’s investigation on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s handling of hazardous materials and hazardous waste is ongoing.
The Company has received administrative document requests from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control requesting documents…