COVIDIEN PLC: Records $97M - $165M for Cleanup at Orrington Site

Covidien Public Limited Company, as of Dec. 24, 2010, estimates that the cost to comply with proposed remediation alternatives at a site in Orrington, Maine, ranges from US$97 million to US$165 million.

Mallinckrodt LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, owned and…

UGI UTILITIES: Summary Judgment in Frontier Recommended Oct. 19

UGI Utilities, Inc. says that, on Oct. 19, 2010, the magistrate judge entered an order recommending that the court grant the Company’s motion for summary judgment in a case styled Frontier Communications Company v. UGI Utilities, Inc. et al.

In April…

COVIDIEN PLC: Cleanup at Maine Site Estimated at $98MM to $165MM

Covidien Public Limited Company, as of Sept. 24, 2010, estimates that the cost to comply with proposed remediation alternatives at a site in Orrington, Maine, ranges from US$98 million to US$165 million.

Mallinckrodt LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, owned and…

UGI CORP: Unit’s Summary Judgment Bid in Frontier Action Pending

UGI Corporation says that subsidiary UGI Utilities, Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in an environmental case, which is styled Frontier Communications Company v. UGI Utilities, Inc. et al., is pending.

In April 2003, Citizens Communications Company, now known as Frontier Communications…

COVIDIEN PLC: Still Estimates $95M - $197M For Orrington Cleanup

Covidien Public Limited Company, as of March 26, 2010, estimates that the cost to comply with proposed remediation alternatives at a site in Orrington, Maine, ranges from about US$95 million to US$197 million, with the high end of the range…

COVIDIEN PLC: Records $198Mil at March 26 for Remediation Costs

Covidien Public Limited Company, as of March 26, 2010, concluded that the best estimate for environmental remediation costs was US$198 million, of which US$20 million was included in accrued and other current liabilities and US$178 million was included in other…

COVIDIEN LTD: Unit Disputing MDEP Compliance Order on Maine Site

Covidien Ltd.’s subsidiary, Mallinckrodt LLC, is disputing the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s compliance order over a site in Orrington, Maine.

The Company’s most significant environmental liability pertains to the Maine site. Mallinckrodt owned and operated a chemical manufacturing facility in…

COVIDIEN LTD: Accrues $27M for Maine Site Environmental Issues

Covidien Ltd., at Sept. 26, 2008, accrued US$27 million for future investigation and remediation costs related to a chemical manufacturing facility in Orrington, Maine.

The Company’s subsidiary, Mallinckrodt LLC, owned and operated the Orrington facility from 1967 until 1982.

The accrual does…

MATERIAL INSTALLATIONS: Gets Fine for Vehicle Idling Violations

BOSTON, Massachusetts — October 6, 2008 Material Installations,

Inc, a furniture installation company in North Andover, will pay

an Environmental Protection Agency fine of $34,692 for repeated

violations of the Massachusetts 5-minute vehicle idling limit. The

case settlement, which was…

CENTERPOINT ENERGY: Probe on Possible Maine MGP Cleanup Ongoing

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. continues to investigate details on potential remediation of former manufactured gas plant sites in Maine.

Subsidiary CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. (CERC) has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, District…