Eastman Kodak Company continues to be a third-party defendant (along with 200 other entities) in an action initially brought by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Essex County, against Occidental Chemical…
American International Group, Inc.’s gross environmental liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense was US$390 million during the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared with US$450 million during the six months ended June 30, 2008.
The Company’s net environmental…
UGI Corporation’s affiliate, AmeriGas Partners, L.P., continues to seek additional environmental information about a site in Saranac Lake, N.Y.
By letter dated March 6, 2008, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) notified AmeriGas unit AmeriGas Propane, L.P. that…
Loews Corporation’s subsidiary CNA Financial Corporation’s environmental pollution claim and claim adjustment expense reserves were US$240 million as of June 30, 2009, compared with US$262 million as of Dec. 31, 2008.
As of June 30, 2009, CNA had 466 policyholders for…
American Electric Power Company, Inc. and its subsidiary, American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEPSC), are parties to public nuisance litigation on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
In 2004, eight states and the City of New York filed an action in Federal District…
ITT Corporation’s environmental liabilities were US$126.2 million as of June 30, 2009, compared with US$119.5 million as of Dec. 31, 2008.
The Company is responsible, or is alleged to be responsible, for ongoing environmental investigation and remediation of sites in various…
ITT Corporation says that a case styled ITT Corporation et al. v. Pacific Indemnity Corporation et al. is back in the California Superior Court, Los Angeles County.
The parties are currently engaged in further discovery.
In the suit filed in 1991 against…
Alcoa Inc.’s environmental remediation reserve balance was US$303 million at June 30, 2009, compared with US$316 million at Dec. 31, 2008.
Of those amounts, US$30 million at June 30, 2009 and US$39 million at Dec. 31, 2008 were classified as current…
Alcoa Inc. expects to submit a final report on cleanup work (regarding its former Vancouver, Wash., smelter and cleanup at the Columbia River) to the Washington Department of Ecology (WDE) in the 2009 third quarter.
In 1987, the Company sold its…
Alcoa Inc. still participates in environmental assessments and cleanups at a number of locations, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2009.
These include 30 owned or operating facilities and adjoining properties,…