United Rentals, Inc., on May 7, 2010, entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Operating Industries, Inc. Superfund site in Monterey Park, Calif.
The EPA notified the Company that it was a potential responsible party…
Tyco International Ltd. concluded that the best estimate for environmental remediation costs is about $37 million as of March 26, 2010.
Of the amount as of March 26, 2010, about US$14 million is included in accrued and other current liabilities and…
Foster Wheeler AG estimates the cost of installing the additional control equipment at its Camden County Energy Recovery Associates, LP (CCERA) project subsidiary are about US$30 million based on the Company’s last assessment, according to the Company’s 2009 annual report…
Foster Wheeler AG has been notified that it is a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or similar state laws at three off-site facilities.
At each of these sites, the Company’s liability…
The Home Depot, Inc., on July 9, 2009, entered into an agreement with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to settle violations of recordkeeping requirements on the use of generators as determined by the DEP.
On Sept. 26, 2008, the…
Vulcan Materials Company’s appeal on a matter concerning its Miami quarry has been scheduled for oral argument in October 2009.
On March 22, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in a case captioned Sierra Club, National…
Vulcan Materials Company, since Sept. 18, 2007, faces a third- party complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (Fresno Division) in the matter of United States v. Lyon.
The underlying action was brought by the…
Vulcan Materials Company faces an environmental contamination lawsuit styled City of Sunnyvale v. Legacy Vulcan Corporation, f/k/a Vulcan Materials Company.
Filed in the San Mateo County Superior Court, Calif., the Company was served with the suit on Jan. 6, 2009.
The plaintiffs…
Foster Wheeler AG says that, in June 2009, its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (FWEC) submitted comments opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed listing of a portion of FWEC’s former manufacting facility in Pennsylvania to the National Priorities List…
Foster Wheeler AG continues to be a potentially responsible party (PRP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or similar state laws at three off-site facilities.
At each of these sites, the Company’s liability should be…