E.I. DU PONT: In Talks w/ DOJ, EPA to Resolved Chambers Breaches

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is in settlement negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice over environmental matters at the Chambers Works Plant in Deepwater, N.J.

In 2010, the government initiated an…

3M COMPANY: Still Facing 3rd-Party Case on Passaic River Cleanup

3M Company and more than 250 other companies, since June 2009, are facing a third-party complaint seeking contribution towards the cost of cleaning up a 17-mile stretch of the Passaic River in New Jersey.

After commencing an enforcement action in 1990,…

FOSTER WHEELER: Still Party to CCERA Unit Environmental Matters

Foster Wheeler AG is involved in environmental matters regarding its Camden County Energy Recovery Associates, LP (CCERA) project subsidiary.

The waste-to-energy facility operated by CCERA is subject to certain revisions to New Jersey’s mercury air emission regulations. The revisions make CCERA’s…

VULCAN MATERIALS: Still Subject to Occidental Chemical Lawsuit

Vulcan Materials Company has been sued as a third-party defendant in New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al. v. Occidental Chemical Corporation, et al., a case brought by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in the New Jersey…

HONEYWELL INT’L: Posts $775MM Environmental Liability at June 30

Honeywell International Inc.’s environmental liabilities totaled US$775 million as of June 30, 2011, compared with US$753 million as of Dec. 31, 2010.

Headquartered in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell International Inc. is a diverse industrial conglomerate, with four segments; the largest are…

HONEYWELL INT’L: Subject to Environmental Matters at N.J. Sites

Honeywell International Inc. is still subject to environmental matters at predecessor Honeywell sites in Jersey City, N.J.

The excavation and offsite disposal of about one million tons of chromium residue present at a predecessor Honeywell site located in Jersey City, known…

HONEYWELL INT’L: Has $50MM Envt’l. Liabilities Charge at June 30

Honeywell International Inc., in the quarter ended June 30, 2011, recognized a charge of US$50 million for environmental liabilities deemed probable and reasonably estimable in the quarter.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2010, the Company recognized a charge of US$55…

HERTZ GLOBAL: Accrues $1.5MM at March 31 for Envt’l. Liabilities

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. says the aggregate amounts accrued for environmental liabilities including liability for environmental indemnities, reflected in its condensed consolidated balance sheets in “Accrued liabilities” were US$1.5 million as of March 31, 2011 and US$1.6 million as of…

VULCAN MATERIALS: Still a 3rd-Party Defendant in Passaic Action

Vulcan Materials Company has been sued as a third-party defendant in New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al. v. Occidental Chemical Corporation, et al., a case brought by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in the New Jersey…

PEPCO HOLDINGS: ACE Potentially Responsible at Price’s Pit Site

Pepco Holdings, Inc. said that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determined that Atlantic City Electric Company is a potentially responsible party at Price’s Pit superfund site in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.

ACE owns a transmission and distribution right-of-way that…

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