Caterpillar Inc. is cooperating with Belgian authorities on an investigation on alleged environmental breaches at the Company’s Gosselies, Belgium, facility.
In May 2010, an incident at the Gosselies facility resulted in the release of wastewater into the Perupont River. In coordination…
Caterpillar Inc. says that, on July 28, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice filed and lodged a civil complaint and consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding violations…
Caterpillar Inc. settled environmental matters regarding the Joliet, Ill., facility with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 12, 2011, resolving all allegations in the EPA’s notice.
On Feb. 8, 2009, an incident at the Joliet facility resulted in the release…
Foster Wheeler AG is involved in environmental matters regarding its Camden County Energy Recovery Associates, LP (CCERA) project subsidiary.
The waste-to-energy facility operated by CCERA is subject to certain revisions to New Jersey’s mercury air emission regulations. The revisions make CCERA’s…
Foster Wheeler AG’s Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (FWEC) subsidiary continues to be involved in environmental matters regarding its former manufacturing facility in Mountain Top, Pa.
In February 1988, FWEC entered into a Consent Agreement and Order with the U.S. Environmental Protection…
Vulcan Materials Company has been sued as a third-party defendant in New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al. v. Occidental Chemical Corporation, et al., a case brought by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in the New Jersey…
Vulcan Materials Company says discovery in a perchloroethylene (perc) contamination case involving California Water Service Company is ongoing.
Perc, which was manufactured by the Company’s former Chemicals business, is a cleaning solvent used in dry cleaning and other industrial applications.
On June…
Vulcan Materials Company says that discovery in the Suffolk County Water Authority’s perchloroethylene (perc) is ongoing.
Perc, which was manufactured by the Company’s former Chemicals business, is a cleaning solvent used in dry cleaning and other industrial applications.
On July 29, 2010,…
Vulcan Materials Company says that a September 2012 trial has been set for a perchloroethylene (perc) contamination case filed by the City of Sunnyvale, Calif.
Perc, which was manufactured by the Company’s former Chemicals business, is a cleaning solvent used in…
Foster Wheeler AG has been notified that it is a potentially responsible party under CERCLA or similar state laws at three off- site facilities.
At each of these sites, the Company’s liability should be substantially less than the total site remediation…