A settlement entered in the first quarter of 2008 among potentially responsible parties, including SCANA Corporation’s subsidiary, with the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding polychlorinated biphenyl- contaminated soil and groundwater at the Carolina Transformer Superfund…
KOTZEBUE, Alaska - December 30, 2008 — Quality Asphalt Paving, Inc. (QAP) of Anchorage, Alaska and Kikiktagruk Inupiat Corp. (KIC) of Kotzebue has reached a combined $30,600 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for alleged violations of the…
SCANA Corporation’s subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), remains responsible for four decommissioned manufactured gas plant sites, which contain residues of by-product chemicals, in South Carolina.
According to the Company’s latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the…
SCANA Corporation’s subsidiary, Public Service Company of North Carolina, Inc. (PSNC Energy), at Sept. 30, 2008, recorded a liability and associated regulatory asset of US$4.5 million for the remediation of five sites in North Carolina.
PSNC Energy is responsible for environmental…
SEATTLE, Washington - December 30, 2008 — Mr. John Shaw, a property owner in Hagerman, Idaho, has received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Compliance Order for unauthorized dredging and filling of the Snake River near his home.
According…
SEATTLE, Washington — December 30, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a Compliance Order to Mr. Kurt Carstens (landowner) and Mr. Steve Morrill (excavator operator), of Lincoln County near Siletz, Oregon, to address wetlands violations of the…
DALLAS, Texas — December 30, 2008 — The Environmental Protection Agency issued an administrative complaint and proposed a civil penalty of $157,500 to Moo Town Dairy near Sulphur Springs, Texas, for violations of the Clean Water Act.
The dairy, located about…
United States Steel Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, has a total accrued liability of US$4.6 million based on the estimated remaining costs in connection with a section of the Grand Calumet River that runs through Gary Works facility.
On Jan. 26,…
United States Steel Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, accrued US$20.9 million for estimated costs to close three hazardous waste disposal sites and perform related groundwater monitoring at its Gary Works facility.
At Gary Works, U. S. Steel has agreed to close…
United States Steel Corporation is still working with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) related to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action at the Lorain Tubular facility.
In September 2006, the Company received a letter from the Ohio…