AMERCO: Anticipates $2.8M in Remediation Expenses Through 2011

Amerco Real Estate Company expects to spend approximately US$2.8 million in total through 2011 to remediate certain properties, according to its quarterly report filed on Feb. 4, 2009 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

AMERCO is a defendant in a…

NEVADA ONION: Gets $56,320 Fine for Pesticides Law Violations

SAN FRANCISCO, California December 4, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined a Yerington, Nev., agricultural establishment $56,320 for allegedly misusing pesticides and failing to comply with pesticide worker safety laws.

Nevada Onion, located at 61 Bowman Ln., misused the…

FOUR QUARTERS: Gets $6,000 Fine for Unregistered Pesticides

LOS ANGELES, California — November 6, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Four Quarters Wholesale, Inc., a Los Angeles, Calif., distributor of general merchandise, $6,000 for distributing unregistered pesticides in violation of federal pesticide law.

The EPA determined…

COSTCO WHOLESALE: Cooperating with Probe on Refrigeration Eqpt.

Costco Wholesale Corporation continues to cooperate with agencies on their information requests relating to compliance with regulations concerning air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued an Information Request to the Company, dated Nov. 1, 2007, under the Clean Air…

VAIL RESORTS: Has Until Oct. 15 to Complete Water Quality Plan

Vail Resorts, Inc.’s Heavenly Mountain Resort located in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada has until Oct. 15, 2008, to complete the California Main Lodge and Parking Lot water quality Best Management Practices (BMPs).

In July 2003, Heavenly…

SIERRA CHEMICAL: Faces $29,100 Fine for Pesticides Rule Breaches

SAN FRANCISCO — September 10, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Sparks, Nev.-based company Sierra Chemical Co. $29,100 for the alleged misuse of a pesticide and for distributing a pesticide with two different EPA registration numbers…