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Environmental Proceedings
−Removed: On August 27, 2019, the U.S.
−Removed: Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), U.S.
−Removed: Department of Justice, Texas Environmental Quality Board, and Texas Office of the Attorney General (collectively, the “Government Agencies”) added Performance Materials NA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as an additional signatory to an existing draft consent decree relating to alleged environmental violations at the Sabine olefins manufacturing facility in Orange, Texas (the "Orange, TX Facility").
−Removed: Performance Materials NA, Inc.
−Removed: acquired the Orange, TX Facility in February 2019 and became a subsidiary of the Company in April 2019.
−Removed: The alleged violations were first identified during multimedia environmental inspections that the EPA conducted at the Orange, TX Facility while under prior ownership in March 2009 and December 2015, and involve the management of materials in the Orange, TX Facility’s wastewater treatment system, hazardous waste management, and air emissions, including leak detection and repair.
−Removed: The Government Agencies filed a proposed final consent decree in the U.S.
−Removed: District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on October 13, 2021.
−Removed: On January 27, 2022, the Government Agencies filed a motion asking the court to approve, sign and enter a modified consent decree that reflects the recent merger of Performance Materials NA, Inc.
−Removed: with and into the Company.
−Removed: On January 28, 2022, the modified consent decree was approved by the court and became effective.
On May 17, 2021, the Company received a civil complaint from the State of Texas ("State") on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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On August 31, 2021, the State informed the Company that it would be including additional air emissions events in the complaint, which may impact the monetary relief sought by the State.
+Added: Discussions between the Company and the Texas Office of the Attorney General are ongoing.
+Added: On February 3, 2022, the U.S.
+Added: Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed a draft administrative order to resolve alleged violations at the Rohm and Haas Chemicals facility in Kankakee, Illinois, relating to a storage tank at the site that does not have certain control equipment specified by EPA Clean Air Act regulations.
+Added: This issue was self-disclosed by the facility to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in 2015.
+Added: Negotiations with the agencies are ongoing.
+Added: On December 16, 2022, the U.S.
+Added: Department of Justice filed a complaint and proposed consent decree on behalf of the EPA relating to environmental contamination at the Lower Passaic River Study Area Superfund Site in New Jersey.
+Added: The proposed consent decree includes a requirement that 85 settling defendants, including the Company’s Essex Chemical Corporation subsidiary ("Essex"), make a collective payment of $150 million for the EPA’s past and anticipated future response costs, with Essex’s share of the group settlement costs being $1.15 million.
+Added: The proposed consent decree was submitted for notice and a public comment period on December 23, 2022, with public comments due by March 23, 2023.
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