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Asbestos-Related Matters of Union Carbide Corporation
−Removed: Union Carbide Corporation (“Union Carbide”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is and has been involved in a large number of asbestos-related suits filed primarily in state courts during the past four decades.
+Added: Union Carbide Corporation (“Union Carbide”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is and has been involved in a large number of asbestos-related suits filed primarily in state courts during the past several decades.
These suits principally allege personal injury resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing products and frequently seek both actual and punitive damages.
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On December 16, 2022, the U.S.
−Removed: 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: Department of Justice filed a complaint and proposed consent decree with the U.S.
+Added: District Court for the District of New Jersey ("District Court") on behalf of the U.S.
+Added: Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") relating to environmental contamination at the Lower Passaic River Study Area Superfund Site in New Jersey.
The EPA filed an amended complaint and proposed consent decree on January 17, 2024.
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.
−Removed: In June 2023, INEMA, the Bahia, Brazil, state environmental agency notified Dow Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Químicos Ltda of its intention to impose penalties relating to Dow’s historic brine mining operations on Matarandiba Island, which INEMA alleges have contributed to environmental issues at the location.
−Removed: Discussions between Dow and the relevant government agencies are ongoing.
+Added: On January 31, 2024, the EPA filed a motion for approval and entry of the consent decree.
+Added: On December 18, 2024, the District Court approved and entered the consent decree.
+Added: The District Court's decision has been appealed to the U.S.
+Added: Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
+Added: In October 2023, EPA Region 6 conducted an inspection of the Company’s Louisiana Operations under the EPA’s Risk Management Program ("RMP").
+Added: The inspection was initiated due to an incident at the Company's Glycol-2 unit in Plaquemine, Louisiana, on July 14, 2023, as previously disclosed by the Company.
+Added: The EPA published its inspection report on January 26, 2024.
+Added: On January 3, 2025, the Company received a Notice Letter from the EPA’s enforcement branch, which formally alleged 21 violations of RMP and Clean Air Act requirements and offered the Company an opportunity to confer with the EPA.
+Added: The Company expects to engage with the EPA to discuss the Notice Letter.
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