LOS ANGELES, California — November 6, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with El Monte, Calif.- based Champion-Arrowhead, LLC, for allegedly failing to submit toxic chemical reports detailing the amounts of copper, lead, and zinc compounds it…
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…
The deadline for comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed listing of Mueller Industries, Inc.’s East Chicago, Ind. site to the National Priorities List (NPL) is set for Nov. 3, 2008.
On Sept. 3, 2008, the EPA proposed to add the…
Mueller Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Mueller Brass Co., entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) effective September 30, 2008, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve alleged violations of certain federal and state regulations, including the Resource Conservation…
Mueller Industries, Inc. is still named a potentially responsible party at a former smelter in Altoona, Kans.
By letter dated Oct. 10, 2006, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) advised the Company that environmental contamination has been identified at…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — September 25, 2008 — In order to prevent the release of depleted uranium and other hazardous substances from buildings at the Starmet/Nuclear Metals Superfund Site in Concord, Mass., the Environmental Protection Agency has determined that demolition of…
BHP Billiton Limited disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2008, certain environmental-related fines imposed against five of the Company’s businesses during the fiscal year 2008.
In November 2007, the Company’s aluminium business in…
Domtar Corporation reports that discussions are ongoing to finalize estimated future costs at a former coal tar distillation plant in Duluth, Minn.
On March 27, 1996, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a Request for Response Action to Domtar Inc., Interlake…
Domtar Corporation, at June 29, 2008, had a provision of US$116 million for environmental matters and other asset retirement obligations.
According to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2008, additional costs, not known or…
Domtar Corporation’s subsidiary, on June 3, 2008, was notified by Seaspan International Ltd. that it terminated a settlement agreement related to alleged contamination of Seaspan’s site in British Columbia. The Company has recorded a provision to address potential exposure.
Previously,…