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…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the District Attorney for Solano County, Calif., are negotiating to resolve hazardous waste handling matters.
The District Attorney has alleged that the Company’s store in Vacaville, Calif., failed to comply with certain California statutes regulating hazardous waste…
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. says that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California’s investigation into the Company’s alleged breaches of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act, and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Statute, is…
Dynegy Inc. says that, on April 1, 2009, the Supreme Court of California ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency permissibly relied on cost-benefit analysis in setting the national best technology available (BTA) performance standard and in providing for cost-benefit…
Chevron Corporation is a party to 36 pending lawsuits and claims involving methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), the majority of which involve numerous other petroleum marketers and refiners.
The Company and many other companies in the petroleum industry have used MTBE…
Transocean Ltd. is a potentially responsible party 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 the U.S. Department of…