Frontier Oil Corporation continues settlement negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency and state regulatory agencies regarding additional regulatory issues associated with the Petroleum Refining Initiative.
The EPA has embarked on a Petroleum Refining Initiative alleging industry-wide noncompliance with certain longstanding regulatory…
BOISE, Idaho — September 2, 2008 — Braman-Lambdin Enterprises LLC, SouthFork Landing, Inc., and Warner Construction, operators at construction sites near Boise, Idaho, recently paid $20,150 to settle two enforcement cases for Clean Water Act (CWA) violations filed by the…
FirstEnergy Corp.’s subsidiary, FirstEnergy Generation Corp. (FGCO), intends to fully comply with the July 10, 2008 Administrative Consent Order entered with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Eastlake, Lakeshore, Bay Shore and Ashtabula generating plants.
On May 16, 2008, FGCO received…
Huntsman International LLC reports in its Quarterly Report for the period ended June 30, 2008, that subsidiary, Huntsman Advanced Materials Holdings LLC, had recently received notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the North Maybe Canyon Superfund site near…
A site near Baxter, Calif., where one of Harsco Corporation’s production rail grinders derailed on Nov. 9, 2006, is in a closure monitoring phase, the Company said in its latest Quarterly Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Most…
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. reports that at certain of its facilities, potential contaminants in soil and groundwater have been identified.
The Company, however, did not disclose further information on these other facilities in its latest quarterly report filed on Form…
FirstEnergy Corp. continues to engage in disputes with the Environmental Protection Agency on alleged clean air violations of the Company at the Bay Shore Power Plant.
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 issued a Finding of Violation and NOV to the…
Frontier Oil Corporation, as of June 30, 2008, had an accrual of US$5 million for environmental liabilities reflecting the estimated present value of expenditures related to Cheyenne Refinery in Wyoming.
The Company is party to an agreement with the State…
FirstEnergy Corp.’s subsidiary, Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), is engaged in disputes with Mission Energy Westside, Inc. (MEW) on indemnification claims relating to the Homer City Power Station in Pennsylvania.
On June 11, 2008, the EPA issued a Notice and Finding of…
The Allstate Corporation, at June 30, 2008, has US$223 million reserves for environmental claims, net of reinsurance recoverables of US$103 million.
At Dec. 31, 2007, the Company’s reserves for environmental claims were US$232 million, net of reinsurance recoverables of US$107…