Northrop Grumman Corporation estimates that as of March 31, 2010, the range of reasonably possible future costs for environmental remediation sites is US$239 million to US$504 million.
Of those amounts as of March 31, 2010, about US$121 million is accrued in…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, by letter dated Jan. 26, 2010, proposed a settlement to Allegheny Technologies Incorporated that would resolve EPA’s claims regarding the South El Monte Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley (California) Superfund Site, as well…
Xcel Energy Inc. says that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, on Oct. 15, 2009, dismissed on constitutional grounds an environmental lawsuit styled Native Village of Kivalina vs. Xcel Energy Inc. et al.
It is unknown whether…
Newmont Mining Corporation continues to be a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Grey Eagle Mine Site near Happy Camp, Calif.
By letter dated Sept. 3, 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified the Company that the EPA had expended US$3…
Chevron Corporation continues to be a defendant in a civil lawsuit before the Superior Court of Nueva Loja in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, brought in May 2003 by plaintiffs who claim to be representatives of certain residents of an area where…
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, as of June 30, 2009, reserved US$407 million for environmental remediation, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
As of June 30, 2009, the Company participated in or monitored remedial activities…
Duke Energy Corporation says that plaintiffs’ appeal over the dismissal of litigation involving carbon dioxide (CO2) is pending.
In July 2004, the states of Connecticut, New York, California, Iowa, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin and the City of New York…
Chevron Corporation is a party to 49 pending lawsuits and claims involving methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), most of which involve numerous other petroleum marketers and refiners, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange…
Valero Energy Corporation, in the second quarter of 2009, settled the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (LARWQCB) complaint on violations at the Company’s Wilmington Marine Terminal.
In December 2007, as part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit…
PG&E Corporation’s subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Utility), had an undiscounted and gross environmental remediation liability of US$594 million at June 30, 2009 and US$568 million at Dec. 31, 2008.
The US$594 million accrued at June 30, 2009 consists of:
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