International Paper Company has been named as a potentially responsible party in environmental remediation actions under various federal and state laws, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Most of these proceedings involve the cleanup of hazardous substances…
International Paper Company has been named as a potentially responsible party in various environmental remediation actions.
During 2009, in connection with an environmental site remediation action under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), International Paper submitted to…
Peabody Energy Corporation says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has stayed environmental litigation styled Native Village of Kivalina and City of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation, et al. until June 15, 2011.
In February 2008, the Native Village…
Peabody Energy Corporation says subsidiary Gold Fields Mining, LLC or a former affiliate has been named a potentially responsible party at five national priority list sites based on the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.
Claims were asserted at 13…
Delek US Holdings, Inc. has recorded a liability of bout US$4 million as of March 31, 2011 primarily related to the probable estimated costs of remediating or otherwise addressing certain environmental issues at the Tyler refinery.
This liability includes estimated costs…
Eastman Chemical Company’s cash expenditures related to environmental protection and improvement were estimated to be US$200 million in 2010, US$173 million in 2009, and US$218 million in 2008.
These amounts were primarily for operating costs associated with environmental protection equipment and…
Eastman Chemical Company’s estimated future environmental expenditures for remediation costs range from the minimum or best estimate of US$10 million to the maximum of US$27 million at Dec. 31, 2010.
Reserves related to environmental assets accounted for about 75 percent of…
Delek US Holdings, Inc.’s non-current environmental liabilities amounted to US$3.2 million as of both Sept. 30, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2009.
On Nov. 20, 2008, an explosion and fire occurred at the Company’s 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery in Tyler,…
Precision Castparts Corp. says that, in June 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified SPS Technologies, LLC that the EPA would require that SPS Technologies pay penalties in the amount of US$145,299 to settle allegations at the Greer Stop Nut…
Eastman Chemical Company’s subsidiary, Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. (ECR Subsidiary), continues to be subject to a claim on alleged environmental breaches at ECR Subsidiary’s Franklin manufacturing operation.
In 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC) conducted a…