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Settlements - Environment
- James Hardie Industries Asbestos injury compensation fund set up for victims. (Feb-16-07)
- Hamilton Sundstrand $12 million settlement for violations of the Clean Water Act. (Feb-16-07)
- The Stepan Company $3 million settlement for groundwater pollution. (Feb-15-07)
- Dynamic Cable Construction and Reata Construction Company $2.33 million settlement for flood damage. (Feb-15-07)
- Cal Poly $60,000 fine for environmental pollution. (Feb-15-07)
- Royce and Mary Evans $1.3 million settlement for the Gavilan fire. (Feb-14-07)
- Agrium US Inc. and Royster-Clark Inc. $750,000 settlement for NOx pollution. (Feb-14-07)
- Ensign-Bickford $13 million settlement for groundwater contamination. (Feb-14-07)
- Allied Realty Corporation $20,000 civil penalty for violating environmental laws. (Feb-14-07)
- Corwith's Auto Body et al. $1.5 million settlement for polluting a landfill. (Feb-14-07)
- Monster Garage host Jesse James $271,250 paid as penalty for violating air quality laws. (Feb-12-07)
- Charles and Cynthia Bluth, Charles Manchester, and F & B, Inc. Illegal construction lawsuit settled at $250,000 with agreement to improve environment. (Feb-12-07)
- US Veterans Administration Healthcare System Over $500,000 to be spent for waste violations. (Feb-7-07)
- R.J. McGlennon Co., Inc. $28,677 fine for unreported toxic chemical release. (Feb-7-07)
- CPI Industries $20,000 fine for an environment pollution lawsuit. (Jan-24-07)
- Cognis Corp. $290,000 fine for air pollution violations. (Jan-16-07)
- Peter Pan Bus Lines Trust $237,000 penalty for violating the Clean Water Act. (Jan-11-07)
- Maple Leaf Dairy Inc. $60,000 in fines for two manure spills. (Jan-3-07)
- CEMEX $1.5 million in fines for air pollution violations. (Dec-28-06)
- British Columbia Provincial Government $325,000 settlement after a forest fire burned 19 buildings and 65 hectares of land. (Dec-19-06)
- Markland Manufacturing Inc. $351,429 settlement for unlawful disposal of hazardous waste. (Dec-5-06)
- PSEG Fossil $6 million civil penalty for violations of the Clean Air Act. (Dec-1-06)
- Rathon Corp. et al. $2.1 million settlement for contaminating groundwater. (Nov-28-06)
- Granite State Insurance Co. $14 million environmental settlement to clean up pollutants. (Nov-22-06)
- Bradford Dyeing Association Inc. $150,000 fine and upgrades for environmental violations. (Nov-10-06)
- Bunge North America Inc. $13.9 million settlement for pollution emissions in violation of the Clean Air Act. (Oct-30-06)
- Olin Corp. $3 million settlement offer for mercury pollution on residents' property. (Oct-26-06)
- ConocoPhillips $2.3 million in fines for the October 2004 Puget Sound oil spill. (Oct-18-06)
- Yonkers Raceway Corp. $9 million for flushing raw sewage into the Bronx River. (Oct-13-06)
- Archer Daniels Midland Co. $1.35 million penalty for violating federal clean air laws. (Oct-5-06)
- Ameren Corp. $15 million fine after a reservoir collapsed. (Oct-4-06)
- Premium Standard Farms Inc. $4.5 million settlement for animal waste stench. (Sep-25-06)
- Seaboard Foods and PIC USA $445,000 in fines for violating federal environmental laws. (Sep-18-06)
- AgriProcessors Inc. $600,000 civil penalty for failing to comply with wastewater pretreatment conditions and limitations. (Sep-4-06)
- Alcoa Inc. and Reynolds Metals Company $1.4 million cleanup settlement for aluminum groundwater pollution. (Sep-1-06)
- Ritewood Egg $105,000 fine after losing control of 2 million gallons of chicken manure and carcasses. (Aug-29-06)
- Century Indemnity Co. $16.95 million settlement for asbestos related claims. (Aug-24-06)
- Mike and Greg Whitaker $100,000 settlement and hog farm improvements for allegedly polluting streams. (Aug-21-06)
- Hyundai Advance and MSC Ilona $8.5 million settlement for clean up efforts after an oil spill. (Aug-18-06)
- Hoeganaes Corp. $1.45 million settlement awarded to boaters for smokestack emission damage. (Aug-18-06)
- Mid-Valley Pipeline Company and Sunoco Pipeline $2.57 million settlement for a January 2005 oil spill. (Aug-15-06)
- Washington State $17 million settlement after disturbing an ancient American Indian village and burial ground. (Aug-15-06)
- Asbestos Corporation Limited $11.5 Million Asbestos settlement awarded to Navy veteran. (Jul-18-06)
- King City $534,000 million environmental settlement awarded to Monterey County. (Jul-18-06)
- Cooper Industries Ltd. $256 million asbestos liabilities settlement awarded to claimants. (Jul-11-06)
- Evergreen International $1.7 million pollution settlement awarded to Puget Sound. (Jul-11-06)
- USA Properties Fund Inc. and USA Multifamily Management Inc. $430,000 environmental settlement for asbestos violations awarded to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. (Jul-5-06)
- River Hills Estates LLC $100,000 environmental settlement awarded to The Wisconsin Department of Justice. (Jun-27-06)
- Cascade County, Montana $4 million environmental land purchase settlement awarded to Montana Specialty Mills. (Jun-26-06)
- Hughes Aircraft, the City of Tucson, and the Tucson airport total settlements amounting to more than $130 million awarded to approximately 1,600 Southside victims of TCE contamination. (Jun-26-06)