Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo-SABESP has provisioned the amount of BRL182,063,000 as of Dec. 31, 2009 for an environmental lawsuit regarding the release of sludge from the Rio Grande water treatment facilities.
The Public Prosecution Office of…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on Oct. 29, 2008, sent Morgan Stanley a proposed administrative settlement agreement to resolve certain violations of the U.S. environmental laws allegedly committed by the Company during 2005.
These alleged violations include:
— distribution of about 2.7…
CHICAGO, Illinois - January 27, 2009 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has begun a US$1.0 million cleanup of Miller Plating, a bankrupt electroplating facility in Evansville, Ind. The project will last about four months. Residents near the site,…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - January 27, 2009 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 begins a US$1 million cleanup of Miller Plating, a bankrupt electroplating facility in Evansville, Indiana. The project will last about four months. Residents near the site,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 29, 2008 — John A. Rapanos and related defendants have agreed to pay a civil penalty and recreate approximately 100 acres of wetlands and buffer areas to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act at three…
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…
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…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — November 20, 2008 — Picking up where state and local resources left off, the Environmental Protection Agency will continue to remove hazardous soil present at the former Wilder Thermometer Factory property in Peterborough, N.H.
The area of concern…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — November 20, 2008 — The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice have lodged a Consent Decree in federal court proposing the recovery of $2,734,199 in costs, plus interest, from Berkshire Gas Company for cleaning…