Newmont Mining Corporation and its 51 percent-owned subsidiary, Dawn Mining Company LLC, are still facing a suit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
The U.S. EPA, in the suit…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary, Newmont Capital Limited, and the Environmental Protection Agency are finalizing a settlement agreement regarding cleanup costs at the Lava Cap mine site in Nevada County, Calif.
In February 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency placed the Lava Cap…
Sonoco Products Company’s subsidiary, U.S. Paper Mills Corp (U.S. Mills), is still in discussions with other potentially responsible parties over possible remediation and allocation of responsibility regarding a stretch of lower Fox River, including the bay at Green Bay, (Operating…
Olin Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, recorded US$161.1 million in reserves for future environmental expenditures to investigate and remediate known sites, of which US$126.1 million were classified as other noncurrent liabilities.
The Company is a party to various government and private…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — October 28, 2008 — An Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Complaint alleges multiple violations of federal hazardous waste laws by the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, based in Hanover, N.H. The facility may be subject…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — October 28, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered 11 public drinking water systems throughout the state of California to reduce the level of arsenic in their respective drinking water systems or face penalties…
Matters regarding alleged non-compliance with certain federal air emission regulations at Alcoa Inc.’s Hutchinson, Kansas facility has been closed, the Company disclosed in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended Sept. 30, 2008.
Previously, on March 7, 2008,…
Monsanto Company is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve hazardous waste management regulations breaches at its phosphorus manufacturing plant in Soda Springs, Idaho.
On Oct. 20, 2004, the EPA issued a Notice of Violation to the Company,…
Federal-Mogul Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, had total environmental reserves of US$27.1 million, compared with US$30.4 million at Dec. 31, 2007.
Of the US$27.1 million reserves at Sept. 30, 2008, the Company recorded US$4.5 million as current liabilities and US$22.6 million…
Covanta Holding Corporation’s subsidiary, Covanta Essex Company, remains a potentially responsible party regarding the remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS) at the Lower Passaic River Study Area.
In August 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency notified Essex that it was potentially…