The Williams Companies, Inc. says that, in the first quarter of 2011, a tentative settlement regarding its Ignacio gas plant in Colorado was reached.
In March 2008, the EPA proposed a penalty of US$370,000 for alleged violations relating to leak detection…
Valero Energy Corporation is working with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to settle environmental penalties regarding The Premcor Refining Group Inc.’s former Clark Retail Enterprises, Inc. retail sites.
The IEPA demanded stipulated penalties relating to certain retail sites in Illinois that…
Ameren Corporation’s Union Electric Company (Ameren Missouri) subsidiary has responsibility for the cleanup of two waste sites in Missouri as a result of federal agency mandates.
One of the cleanup sites is a former coal tar distillery located in St. Louis,…
Valero Energy Corporation is working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to resolve environmental matters regarding the McKee Refinery.
The Company’s McKee Refinery received a proposed agreed order from the TCEQ with a proposed penalty of US$116,169 for a…
Valero Energy Corporation is working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to settle environmental penalties regarding the Corpus Christi West Refinery and Texas City Refinery.
In its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010,…
The Williams Companies, Inc., at June 30, 2011, has accrued liabilities of US$11 million for environmental costs related to its interstate gas pipelines.
The Company’s interstate gas pipelines are involved in remediation activities related to certain facilities and locations for polychlorinated…
Ameren Corporation and Ameren Illinois Company, as of June 30, 2011, owned or were otherwise responsible for 44 former manufactured gas plant sites in Illinois.
All of these sites are in various stages of investigation, evaluation, and remediation. Based on current…
NiSource Inc. had recorded reserves of about US$79.4 million as of June 30, 2011 and US$79.8 million as of Dec. 31, 2010 to cover environmental remediation at various sites.
Company subsidiaries are potentially responsible parties at waste disposal sites under the…
NiSource Inc. says a consent decree over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Notice of Violation was entered by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on July 22, 2011.
On Sept. 29, 2004, the EPA issued an NOV…
ONEOK, Inc. owns or retains legal responsibility for the environmental conditions at 12 former manufactured natural gas sites in Kansas.
These sites contain potentially harmful materials that are subject to control or remediation under various environmental laws and regulations. A consent…