PPL Corporation’s Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) subsidiary is responding to a notice of violation alleging that KU violated certain provisions of the Clean Air Act’s rules governing New Source Review (NSR) and prevention of significant deterioration by installing flue gas…
PPL Corporation says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s inquiry into alleged violations at the Mill Creek and Ghent plants is pending.
In August 2007, Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) received information requests for their Mill…
Ashland Inc.’s reserves for environmental remediation amounted to US$204 million at Dec. 31, 2010, compared with US$207 million at Sept. 30, 2010, of which US$159 million at Dec. 31, 2010 and US$162 million at Sept. 30, 2010 were classified in…
Ashland Inc. and its Hercules subsidiary, as of Dec. 31, 2010, have been identified as potentially responsible parties by U.S. federal and state authorities, or by private parties seeking contribution, for the cost of environmental investigation and/or cleanup at 93…
Ashland Inc.’s reserves for environmental remediation amounted to US$207 million at Sept. 30, 2010 compared with US$221 million at Sept. 30, 2009.
The Company and subsidiary Hercules Incorporated are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations that…
Ashland Inc. and subsidiary Hercules Incorporated, as of Sept. 30, 2010, have been identified as a potentially responsible party by U.S. federal and state authorities, or by private parties seeking contribution, for the cost of environmental investigation and/or cleanup at…
Ashland Inc.’s non-current environmental insurance receivables amounted to US$30 million as of Sept. 30, 2010, compared with US$35 million as of Sept. 30, 2009.
The Company’s non-current environmental remediation reserves amounted to US$162 million as of Sept. 30, 2010, compared with…
Ashland Inc. is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address allegations regarding subsidiary Hercules Incorporated’s Louisiana, Mo., production facility.
In 2007, the EPA conducted an inspection of the Louisiana production facility for compliance with the Clean Air Act’s Leak…
Ashland Inc. and its subsidiary, Hercules Incorporated, as of June 30, 2009, were identified as potentially responsible parties (PRPs) by U.S. federal and state authorities, or by private parties seeking contribution, for the cost of environmental investigation and cleanup at…
Ashland Inc. continues to be a defendant (along with many other companies) in a small number of cases alleging methyl tertiary- butyl ether (MTBE) contamination in groundwater.
The plaintiffs generally are water providers or governmental authorities and they allege that refiners,…