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…
The Travelers Companies, Inc.’s net environmental reserves amounted to US$367 million at and for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2011, compared with US$377 million at and for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2010.
Net environmental paid losses in the…
Union Pacific Corporation says the U.S. District Court in Omaha, Nebr., on Aug. 12, 2011, dismissed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation regarding the Omaha Lead Site.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considered Company unit
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company says the carrying amounts recorded for all indemnifications were US$106 million as of Sept. 30, 2011 and US$100 million as of Dec. 31, 2010.
In connection with acquisitions and divestitures, the Company has…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, at Sept. 30, 2011, has accruals of US$21 million related to PFOA (collectively, perfluorooctanoic acids and its salts, including the ammonium salt) matters.
The Company uses PFOA as a processing aid to manufacture…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, as of Sept. 30, 2011, had accruals of US$6 million related to funding medical monitoring services under a program that is part of a settlement over litigation involving a facility in Spelter,…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating three chemical releases at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company’s Belle facility in West Virginia which occurred in January 2010.
One of the releases involved the death of a Company employee after…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, at Sept. 30, 2011, stated that the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets included a liability of US$427 million, relating to environmental matters.
Wilmington, Del.-based E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is a…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company says a 2012 trial date has been set for an indemnity lawsuit related to Koch Industries, Inc. (INVISTA).
In connection with the 2004 sale of the majority of the net assets of Textiles…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is involved in environmental activities at the Edge Moor Plant in Edgemoor, Del.
The Company, the State of Delaware, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed in…