The Sherwin-Williams Company, on June 23, 2010, received correspondence from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region III in Philadelphia, alleging that the Company has violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the State of Maryland Hazardous Waste Management Regulations…
PPG Industries, Inc. says that investigation activities have not yet begun for the remaining six sites covered by a 1990 Administrative Consent Order, which cover sites contaminated with hexavalent chromium.
Since 1990, the Company has remediated 47 of 61 residential and…
PPG Industries, Inc. is a defendant in a matter in the California State Court in San Francisco in which plaintiffs claim that PPG and other defendants manufactured a defective product, the dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene (PCE), and failed to provide…
PPG Industries, Inc. had reserves for environmental contingencies totaling US$282 million as of June 30, 2010, compared with US$287 million as of Dec. 31, 2009, of which US$61 million was current as of June 30, 2010, compared with US$59 million…
PPG Industries, Inc. says that it is expected that feasibility study approval and remedy selection over the Calcasieu River Estuary in Lake Charles, La., could occur in 2010.
Remedy design and approval could occur during 2010 to 2011 and remedy implementation…
PPG Industries, Inc. expects cash outlays related to remediation efforts in New Jersey to range from US$30 million to US$40 million in 2010 and US$30 million to US$50 million annually from 2011 through 2014.
Multiple future events, including completion of feasibility…
PPG Industries, Inc. may be subject to loss contingencies related to environmental matters estimated to be as much as US$200 million to US$300 million as of June 30, 2010, which range is unchanged since Dec. 31, 2009.
This range of reasonably…
With respect to proceedings filed under the federal Superfund laws, or similar state statutes, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated has been identified as a potentially responsible party at 37 sites, excluding those at which the Company said it believes it has no…
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated’s reserves for environmental remediation obligations totaled about US$18 million at Dec. 31, 2009, of which US$8 million was included in other current liabilities.
The reserve includes estimated probable future costs of US$6 million for federal Superfund and comparable…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, by letter dated Jan. 26, 2010, proposed a settlement to Allegheny Technologies Incorporated that would resolve EPA’s claims regarding the South El Monte Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley (California) Superfund Site, as well…