Magellan Midstream Holdings, L.P. reports that in September 2008, Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. (MMP) paid a US$5.3 million penalty to settle disputes with the Environmental Protection Agency over petroleum discharges from its pipeline operations.
In July 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency,…
New Jersey Resources Corporation, as of Sept. 30, 2008, recorded US$92.2 million of previously incurred remediation costs, net of recoveries from customers and insurance proceeds, in Regulatory assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet associated with three manufactured gas plant…
SAN FRANCISCO, California December 4, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined a Yerington, Nev., agricultural establishment $56,320 for allegedly misusing pesticides and failing to comply with pesticide worker safety laws.
Nevada Onion, located at 61 Bowman Ln., misused the…
Johnson Controls, Inc. continues to face allegations that it is responsible for performing environmental remediation, or for the repayment of costs spent by governmental entities or others performing remediation, at about 60 sites in the United States.
Many of these sites…
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, at Sept. 30, 2008, accrued US$3.8 million for environmental and regulatory matters, primarily related to its Marysville, Ohio facility.
In 1997, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency initiated an enforcement action against the Company with respect to alleged…
Johnson Controls, Inc., at Sept. 30, 2008, has reserves of US$44 million for environmental costs, compared with US$41 million at Sept. 30, 2007.
The Company reviews the status of its environmental sites on a quarterly basis and adjusts its reserves accordingly.
The…
DENVER, Colorado — December 4, 2008 — Johnson Matthey Inc. (JMI), a Pennsylvania corporation, was sentenced to a $3 million criminal fine for a felony violation of the Clean Water Act by Judge Dee Benson of the U.S. District Court…
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company continues to cooperate in investigations regarding pesticide product registration issues involving the Company.
In April 2008, the Company learned that a former associate apparently deliberately circumvented the Company’s policies and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations under the…
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company remains in dispute with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation related to NYDEQ’s proposed order on a fertilizer allegedly not registered in the state of New York.
On April 27, 2007, the Company received the…
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — December 4, 2008 — The Hecla Mining Company, owner and operator of the “Lucky Friday” Mine and Mill in Idaho’s northern panhandle, has agreed to pay $85,000 and provide more than $17,000 in cash and emergency…