2.0.0.10 false Litigation and Uncertainties 11201 - Disclosure - Litigation and Uncertainties true false false false 1 usd $ false false Unit12 Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 Unit14 Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 5 Litigation and Uncertainties 3 us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 <div> <div> 12.       Litigation and Uncertainties Asbestos Some of our U.S. and U.K. subsidiaries are defendants in numerous asbestos-related lawsuits and out-of-court informal claims pending in the United States and the United Kingdom. Plaintiffs claim damages for personal injury alleged to have arisen from exposure to or use of asbestos in connection with work allegedly performed by our subsidiaries during the 1970s and earlier. United States A summary of our U.S. claim activity is as follows: <div> <table style="width: 416pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="554"> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 274pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12.75pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83" height="17" width="365"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 142pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl93" width="189" colspan="3"> Number of Claims </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12.75pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83" height="17"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl92" colspan="3"> Fiscal Three Months Ended </td></tr> <tr style="height: 25.5pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 25.5pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83" height="34"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 66pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: normal; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: middle; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl85" width="88"> March 31, 2010 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 1px; text-underline-style: single-accounting;" class="xl87"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 63pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: normal; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: middle; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl86" width="84"> March 31, 2009 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 6pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 6pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83" height="8"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 66pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: normal; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 1px; text-underline-style: single-accounting;" class="xl84" width="88"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 1px; text-underline-style: single-accounting;" class="xl87"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 63pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: normal; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 1px; text-underline-style: single-accounting;" class="xl84" width="84"> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl91" height="17">Open claims at beginning of year</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl90">             125,100 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl90"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl90">            130,760 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl88" height="17">New claims</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83">                 1,210 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83">                1,300 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl91" height="17">Claims resolved </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl90">                   (880)</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl90"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl90">              (1,050)</td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl88" height="17">Open claims at end of period</td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 3px double; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl89">             125,430 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 3px double; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl89">            131,010 </td></tr></table></div>   We had the following U.S. asbestos-related assets and liabilities recorded on our consolidated balance sheet as of the dates set forth below. Total U.S. asbestos-related liabilities are estimated through the fiscal first quarter of 2025. Although it is likely that claims will continue to be filed after that date, the uncertainties inherent in any long-term forecast prevent us from making reliable estimates of the indemnity and defense costs that might be incurred after that date. <div> <table style="width: 409pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="544"> <tr style="height: 25.5pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 265pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 25.5pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82" height="34" width="353"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 67pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: normal; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: middle; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl84" width="89"> March 31, 2010 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 10pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82" width="13"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; width: 67pt; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: normal; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: middle; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl84" width="89"> December 31, 2009 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl91" height="17">Asbestos-related assets recorded within:</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; height: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl88" height="16">Accounts and notes receivable-other</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl89"> $             65,400 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl85"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl89"> $             65,600 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83" height="16">Asbestos-related insurance recovery receivable</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82">              203,700 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82">              208,400 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl88" height="17">Total asbestos-related assets</td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 3px double; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl87"> $           269,100 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl85"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 3px double; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl87"> $           274,000 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl90" height="16"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 700; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl91" height="17">Asbestos-related liabilities recorded within:</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; height: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl88" height="16">Accrued expenses</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl89"> $             58,600 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl85"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl89"> $             59,800 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; height: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl83" height="16">Asbestos-related liability</td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82">              305,900 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl82">              316,700 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 12.95pt;"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; height: 12.95pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl86" height="17">Total asbestos-related liabilities</td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 3px double; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl87"> $           364,500 </td> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: medium none; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl85"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 3px double; border-left: medium none; font-style: normal; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: nowrap; background: #ccffff; color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; font-weight: 400; border-right: medium none; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 1px;" class="xl87"> $           376,500 </td></tr></table></div> Since fiscal year-end 2004, we have worked with Analysis, Research & Planning Corporation, or ARPC, nationally recognized consultants in the United States with respect to projecting asbestos liabilities, to estimate the amount of asbestos-related indemnity and defense costs at year-end for the next 15 years. Based on its review of fiscal year 2009 activity, ARPC recommended that the assumptions used to estimate our future asbestos liability be updated as of fiscal year end 2009. Accordingly, we developed a revised estimate of our aggregate indemnity and defense costs through fiscal year end 2024 considering the advice of ARPC. In fiscal year 2009, we revalued our liability for asbestos indemnity and defense costs through fiscal year end 2024 to $376,500, which brought our liability to a level consistent with ARPC's reasonable best estimate. Our estimated asbestos liability decreased during the fiscal three months ended March 31, 2010 as a result of payments totaling approximately $15,500, partially offset by an increase of $3,500 related to the rolling 15-year asbestos-related liability estimate. The amount paid for asbestos litigation, defense and case resolution was $15,500 and $20,600 for the fiscal first three months of 2010 and 2009, respectively. During the fiscal first three months of 2010 and 2009, we had net cash outflows of approximately $6,400 in both periods, resulting from asbestos liability indemnity and defense costs payments in excess of insurance settlement proceeds. Through March 31, 2010, total cumulative indemnity costs paid were approximately $701,700 and total cumulative defense costs paid were approximately $321,600. As of March 31, 2010, total asbestos-related liabilities were comprised of an estimated liability of $136,500 relating to open (outstanding) claims being valued and an estimated liability of $228,000 relating to future unasserted claims through the fiscal first quarter of 2025. Our liability estimate is based upon the following information and/or assumptions: number of open claims, forecasted number of future claims, estimated average cost per claim by disease type – mesothelioma, lung cancer and non-malignancies – and the breakdown of known and future claims into disease type – mesothelioma, lung cancer or non-malignancies. The total estimated liability, which has not been discounted for the time value of money, includes both the estimate of forecasted indemnity amounts and forecasted defense costs. Total defense costs and indemnity liability payments are estimated to be incurred through the fiscal first quarter of 2025, during which period the incidence of new claims is forecasted to decrease each year. We believe that it is likely that there will be new claims filed after the fiscal first quarter of 2025, but in light of uncertainties inherent in long-term forecasts, we do not believe that we can reasonably estimate the indemnity and defense costs that might be incurred after the fiscal first quarter of 2025. Historically, defense costs have represented approximately 31.4% of total defense and indemnity costs. The overall historic average combined indemnity and defense cost per resolved claim through March 31, 2010 has been approximately $2.9. The average cost per resolved claim is increasing and we believe it will continue to increase in the future. The asbestos-related asset recorded within accounts and notes receivable-other as of March 31, 2010 reflects amounts due in the next 12 months under executed settlement agreements with insurers and does not include any estimate for future settlements. The recorded asbestos-related insurance recovery receivable includes an estimate of recoveries from insurers in the unsettled insurance coverage litigation (referred to below) based upon the application of New Jersey law to certain insurance coverage issues and assumptions relating to cost allocation and other factors as well as an estimate of the amount of recoveries under existing settlements with other insurers. Such amounts have not been discounted for the time value of money. Since fiscal year-end 2005, we have worked with Peterson Risk Consulting LLC, nationally recognized experts in the United States with respect to the estimation of insurance recoveries, to review our estimate of the value of the settled insurance asset and assist in the estimation of our unsettled asbestos insurance asset. Based on insurance policy data, historical claim data, future liability estimates including the expected timing of payments and allocation methodology assumptions we provided them, Peterson Risk Consulting LLC provided an analysis of the unsettled insurance asset as of December 31, 2009. We utilized that analysis to determine our estimate of the value of the unsettled insurance asset as of March 31, 2010. As of March 31, 2010, we estimated the value of our unsettled asbestos insurance asset related to ongoing litigation in New York state court with our subsidiaries' insurers at $3,700. The litigation relates to the amounts of insurance coverage available for asbestos-related claims and the proper allocation of the coverage among our subsidiaries' various insurers and our subsidiaries as self-insurers. We believe that any amounts that our subsidiaries might be allocated as self-insurer would be immaterial. An adverse outcome in the pending insurance litigation described above could limit our remaining insurance recoveries and result in a reduction in our insurance asset. However, a favorable outcome in all or part of the litigation could increase remaining insurance recoveries above our current estimate. If we prevail in whole or in part in the litigation, we will re-value our asset relating to remaining available insurance recoveries based on the asbestos liability estimated at that time. Over the last several years, certain of our subsidiaries have entered into settlement agreements calling for insurers to make lump-sum payments, as well as payments over time, for use by our subsidiaries to fund asbestos-related indemnity and defense costs and, in certain cases, for reimbursement for portions of out-of-pocket costs previously incurred. In the fiscal three months ended March 31, 2010, our subsidiaries reached an agreement to settle their disputed asbestos-related insurance coverage with an additional insurer. As a result of this settlement, we increased our asbestos-related insurance asset and recorded a gain of $4,000 in the fiscal three months ended March 31, 2010. We intend to continue to attempt to negotiate additional settlements with insurers where achievable on a reasonable basis in order to minimize the amount of future costs that we would be required to fund out of the cash flows generated from our operations. Unless we settle with the remaining insurers at recovery amounts significantly in excess of our current estimate, it is likely that the amount of our insurance settlements will not cover all future asbestos-related costs and we will be required to fund a portion of such future costs, which will reduce our cash flows and working capital. In fiscal year 2006, we were successful in our appeal of a New York state trial court decision that previously had held that New York, rather than New Jersey, law applies in the above coverage litigation with our subsidiaries' insurers, and as a result, we increased our insurance asset and recorded a gain of $19,500. On February 13, 2007, our subsidiaries' insurers were granted permission by the appellate court to appeal the decision to the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. On October 11, 2007, the New York Court of Appeals upheld the appellate court decision in our favor. Even if the coverage litigation is resolved in a manner favorable to us, our insurance recoveries (both from the litigation and from settlements) may be limited by insolvencies among our insurers. We have not assumed recovery in the estimate of our asbestos insurance asset from any of our currently insolvent insurers. Other insurers may become insolvent in the future and our insurers may fail to reimburse amounts owed to us on a timely basis. Failure to realize the expected insurance recoveries, or delays in receiving material amounts from our insurers, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and our cash flows. Based on the fiscal year-end 2009 liability estimate, an increase of 25% in the average per claim indemnity settlement amount would increase the liability by $57,500 and the impact on expense would be dependent upon available additional insurance recoveries. Assuming no change to the assumptions currently used to estimate our insurance asset, this increase would result in a charge in the statement of operations in the range of approximately 70% to 80% of the increase in the liability. Long-term cash flows would ultimately change by the same amount. Should there be an increase in the estimated liability in excess of this 25%, the percentage of that increase that would be expected to be funded by additional insurance recoveries will decline. During the fiscal three months ended March 31, 2010, we recognized a net gain of $700 on the revaluation of our asbestos liability and related asset resulting from the gain of $4,000 on the settlement of coverage litigation with an asbestos insurance carrier, noted above, partially offset by an increase in our provision related to the revaluation of our asbestos liability and related asset resulting from our rolling 15-year asbestos liability estimate. <a name="OLE_LINK5">During the fiscal first three months of 2010, we had net cash outflows of approximately $6,400 resulting from asbestos liability indemnity and defense costs payments in excess of insurance settlement proceeds. We expect to have net cash inflows of $5,600 as a result of insurance settlement proceeds in excess of the asbestos liability indemnity and defense costs for the full fiscal year 2010. This estimate assumes no additional settlements with insurance companies or elections by us to fund additional payments. As we continue to collect cash from insurance settlements and assuming no increase in our asbestos-related insurance liability or any future insurance settlements, the asbestos-related insurance receivable recorded on our consolidated balance sheet will continue to decrease.</a> The estimate of the liabilities and assets related to asbestos claims and recoveries is subject to a number of uncertainties that may result in significant changes in the current estimates. Among these are uncertainties as to the ultimate number and type of claims filed, the amounts of claim costs, the impact of bankruptcies of other companies with asbestos claims, uncertainties surrounding the litigation process from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and from case to case, as well as potential legislative changes. Increases in the number of claims filed or costs to resolve those claims could cause us to increase further the estimates of the costs associated with asbestos claims and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.                 United Kingdom Some of our subsidiaries in the United Kingdom have also received claims alleging personal injury arising from exposure to asbestos. To date, 942 claims have been brought against our U.K. subsidiaries of which 366 remained open as of March 31, 2010. None of the settled claims has resulted in material costs to us. As of March 31, 2010, we recorded total liabilities of $35,600 comprised of an estimated liability relating to open (outstanding) claims of $8,500 and an estimated liability relating to future unasserted claims through the fiscal first quarter of 2025 of $27,100. Of the total, $3,200 was recorded in accrued expenses and $32,400 was recorded in asbestos-related liability on the consolidated balance sheet. An asset in an equal amount was recorded for the expected U.K. asbestos-related insurance recoveries, of which $3,200 was recorded in accounts and notes receivable-other and $32,400 was recorded as asbestos-related insurance recovery receivable on the consolidated balance sheet. The liability estimates are based on a U.K. House of Lords judgment that pleural plaque claims do not amount to a compensable injury and accordingly, we have reduced our liability assessment. If this ruling is reversed by legislation, the total asbestos liability and related asset recorded in the U.K. would be approximately $53,100. Project Claims In the ordinary course of business, we are parties to litigation involving clients and subcontractors arising out of project contracts. Such litigation includes claims and counterclaims by and against us for canceled contracts, for additional costs incurred in excess of current contract provisions, as well as for back charges for alleged breaches of warranty and other contract commitments. If we were found to be liable for any of the claims/counterclaims against us, we would incur a charge against earnings to the extent a reserve had not been established for the matter in our accounts or if the liability exceeds established reserves. Due to the inherent commercial, legal and technical uncertainties underlying the estimation of all of the project claims described herein, the amounts ultimately realized or paid by us could differ materially from the balances, if any, included in our financial statements, which could result in additional material charges against earnings, and which could also materially adversely impact our financial condition and cash flows. Power Plant Arbitration – Eastern Europe In June 2006, we commenced arbitration against a client seeking final payment for our services in connection with two power plants that we designed and built in Eastern Europe. The dispute primarily concerns whether we were liable to the client for liquidated damages ("LDs") under the contract for delayed completion of the projects. The client contends that it was owed LDs, limited under the contract at approximately €37,600 (approximately $54,200 at the exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2009), and was retaining as security for these LDs approximately €22,000 (approximately $31,700 at the exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2009) in contract payments otherwise due to us for work performed. The client contends that it was owed an additional €6,900 (approximately $9,900 at the exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2009) for the cost of consumable materials it had to incur due to the extended commissioning period on both projects, the cost to relocate a piece of equipment on one of the projects and the cost of various warranty repairs and punch list work. We were seeking payment of the €22,000 (approximately $31,700 at the exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2009 and which was recorded within contracts in process on the consolidated balance sheet) in retention that was being held by the client for LDs, plus approximately €4,900 (approximately $7,100 at the exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2009) in interest on the retained funds, as well as approximately €9,100 (approximately $13,100 at the exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2009) in additional compensation for extra work performed beyond the original scope of the contracts and the client's failure to procure the required property insurance for the project, which should have provided coverage for some of the damages we incurred on the project related to turbine repairs. In October 2008, a liability award by the arbitration panel in our favor was received. The award included amounts that were "fixed" and amounts that required substantiation at a hearing on damages. The damage hearing took place in September 2009. In February 2010, we received the arbitration panel's award which was reflected in our consolidated financial statements in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Power Plant Dispute – Ireland In 2006, a dispute arose with a client because of material corrosion that occurred at two power plants we designed and built in Ireland, which began operation in December 2005 and June 2006. There was also corrosion that occurred to subcontractor-provided emissions control equipment and induction fans at the back-end of the power plants which is due principally to the low set point temperature design of the emissions control equipment that was set by our subcontractor. We have identified technical solutions to resolve the boiler tube corrosion and emissions control equipment corrosion and during the fiscal fourth quarter of 2008 entered into a settlement with the client under which we are implementing the technical solutions in exchange for a full release of all claims related to the corrosion (including a release from the client's right under the original contract to reject the plants under our availability guaranty) and the client's agreement to share the cost of the ameliorative work related to the boiler tube corrosion. Accordingly, the client withdrew its notice of arbitration that was originally filed in May 2008. Between fiscal year 2006 and the end of fiscal year 2008, we recorded charges totaling $61,700 in relation to this project. The implementation of the technical solutions is anticipated to be completed in 2011. Power Plant Arbitration - North America In January 2010, we commenced arbitration against our client in connection with a power plant project in Louisiana seeking, among other relief, a declaration as to our rights under our purchase order with respect to $17,800 in retention monies and an $82,000 letter of credit held by the client. The purchase order was for the supply of two boilers and ancillary equipment for the project. The project was substantially completed and released for commercial operation in February 2010. Our client is the project's engineering, procurement and construction contractor. Under the terms of the purchase order, significant reductions to the retention and letter of credit monies are to occur upon the project's achievement of substantial completion, which has been delayed due to failures on our client's part to properly manage and execute the project. The client has taken the position that we are responsible for the project's delays and, subsequent to service of our arbitration demand, has served its own arbitration demand, seeking to assess us with all associated late substantial completion liquidated damages under our purchase order, together with liquidated damages for alleged late material and equipment deliveries, and backcharges for corrective work and other damages arising out of allegedly defective materials and equipment delivered by us. The client contends it is owed in excess of $50,000 under our purchase order as a result of our alleged failures. There is a risk that the client will attempt to call all or part of the letter of credit during the pendency of the proceeding. We are of the opinion that any such call would be wrongful and entitle us to seek return of the funds and any other damages arising out of the call. We cannot predict the ultimate outcome of this dispute at this time. Camden County Waste-to-Energy Project One of our project subsidiaries, Camden County Energy Recovery Associates, LP ("CCERA") owns and operates a waste-to-energy facility in Camden County, New Jersey (the "Project"). The Pollution Control Finance Authority of Camden County ("PCFA") issued bonds to finance the construction of the Project and to acquire a landfill for Camden County's use. Pursuant to a loan agreement between the PCFA and CCERA, proceeds from the bonds were loaned by the PCFA to CCERA and used by CCERA to finance the construction of the facility. Accordingly, the proceeds of this loan were recorded as debt on CCERA's balance sheet and, therefore, are included in our consolidated balance sheet. CCERA's obligation to service the debt incurred pursuant to the loan agreement is limited to depositing all tipping fees and electric revenues received with the trustee of the PCFA bonds. The trustee is required to pay CCERA its service fees prior to servicing the PCFA bonds. CCERA has no other debt repayment obligations under the loan agreement with the PCFA. In 1997, the United States Supreme Court effectively invalidated New Jersey's long-standing municipal solid waste flow rules and regulations, eliminating the guaranteed supply of municipal solid waste to the Project with its corresponding tipping fee revenue. As a result, tipping fees have been reduced to market rate in order to provide a steady supply of fuel to the Project. Since the ruling, those market-based revenues have not been, and are not expected to be, sufficient to service the debt on outstanding bonds issued by the PCFA to finance the construction of the Project. In 1998, CCERA filed suit against the PCFA and other parties seeking, among other things, to void the applicable contracts and agreements governing the Project (Camden County Energy Recovery Assoc. v. N.J. Department of Environmental Protection, et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer County, L-268-98). Since 1999, the State of New Jersey has provided subsidies sufficient to ensure the payment of each of the PCFA's debt service payments as they became due, but the State's currently proposed budget includes an appropriation that would not be sufficient to make the full debt service payment due in December 2010. The bonds outstanding in connection with the Project were issued by the PCFA, not by us or CCERA, and the bonds are not guaranteed by either us or CCERA. In the litigation, the defendants have asserted, among other things, that an equitable portion of the outstanding debt on the Project should be allocated to CCERA even though CCERA did not guarantee the bonds. At this time, we cannot determine the ultimate outcome of the foregoing and the potential effects on CCERA and the Project. If the State of New Jersey were to fail to subsidize the debt service, and there were to be a default on a debt service payment, the bondholders might proceed to attempt to exercise their remedies, by among other things, seizing the collateral securing the bonds. We do not believe this collateral includes CCERA's plant. Environmental Matters CERCLA and Other Remedial Matters Under U.S. federal statutes, such as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, and similar state laws, the current owner or operator of real property and the past owners or operators of real property (if disposal of toxic or hazardous substances took place during such past ownership or operation) may be jointly and severally liable for the costs of removal or remediation of toxic or hazardous substances on or under their property, regardless of whether such materials were released in violation of law or whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such substances. Moreover, under CERCLA and similar state laws, persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may also be jointly and severally liable for the costs of the removal or remediation of such substances at a disposal or treatment site, whether or not such site was owned or operated by such person, which we refer to as an off-site facility. Liability at such off-site facilities is typically allocated among all of the financially viable responsible parties based on such factors as the relative amount of waste contributed to a site, toxicity of such waste, relationship of the waste contributed by a party to the remedy chosen for the site and other factors. We currently own and operate industrial facilities and we have also transferred our interests in industrial facilities that we formerly owned or operated. It is likely that as a result of our current or former operations, hazardous substances have affected the facilities or the real property on which they are or were situated. We also have received and may continue to receive claims pursuant to indemnity obligations from the present owners of facilities we have transferred, which claims may require us to incur costs for investigation and/or remediation. We are currently engaged in the investigation and/or remediation under the supervision of the applicable regulatory authorities at two of our or our subsidiaries' former facilities (including Mountain Top, which is described below). In addition, we sometimes engage in investigation and/or remediation without the supervision of a regulatory authority. Although we do not expect the environmental conditions at our present or former facilities to cause us to incur material costs in excess of those for which reserves have been established, it is possible that various events could cause us to incur costs materially in excess of our present reserves in order to fully resolve any issues surrounding those conditions. Further, no assurance can be provided that we will not discover additional environmental conditions at our currently or formerly owned or operated properties, or that additional claims will not be made with respect to formerly owned properties, requiring us to incur material expenditures to investigate and/or remediate such conditions. We have been notified that we are a potentially responsible party ("PRP") under CERCLA or similar state laws at three off-site facilities.  At each of these sites, our liability should be substantially less than the total site remediation costs because the percentage of waste attributable to us compared to that attributable to all other PRPs is low.  We do not believe that our share of cleanup obligations at any of the off-site facilities as to which we have received a notice of potential liability will exceed $500 in the aggregate.  We have also received and responded to a request for information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") regarding a fourth off-site facility.  We do not know what, if any, further actions USEPA may take regarding this fourth off-site facility.     Mountain Top In February 1988, one of our subsidiaries, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation ("FWEC"), entered into a Consent Agreement and Order with the USEPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ("PADEP") regarding its former manufacturing facility in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. The order essentially required FWEC to investigate and remediate as necessary contaminants, including trichloroethylene ("TCE"), in the soil and groundwater at the facility. Pursuant to the order, in 1993 FWEC installed a "pump and treat" system to remove TCE from the groundwater. It is not possible at the present time to predict how long FWEC will be required to operate and maintain this system. In the fall of 2004, FWEC sampled the private domestic water supply wells of certain residences in Mountain Top and identified approximately 30 residences whose wells contained TCE at levels in excess of Safe Drinking Water Act standards. The subject residences are located approximately one mile to the southwest of where the TCE previously was discovered in the soils at the former FWEC facility. Since that time, FWEC, USEPA, and PADEP have cooperated in responding to the foregoing. Although FWEC believed the evidence available was not sufficient to support a determination that FWEC was responsible for the TCE in the residential wells, FWEC immediately provided the affected residences with bottled water, followed by water filters, and, pursuant to a settlement agreement with USEPA, it hooked them up to the public water system. Pursuant to an amendment of the settlement agreement, FWEC subsequently agreed with USEPA to arrange and pay for the hookup of approximately five additional residences, even though TCE has not been detected in the wells at those residences. FWEC is incurring costs related to public outreach and communications in the affected area, and it may be required to pay the agencies' costs in overseeing and responding to the situation. FWEC will incur further costs in connection with a Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study ("RI/FS") that in March 2009 it agreed to conduct, which RI/FS is likely to include, among other things, continuing to monitor the groundwater in the area of the affected residences. In April 2009, USEPA proposed for listing on the National Priorities List ("NPL") an area consisting of its former manufacturing facility and the affected residences, but it also stated that the proposed listing may not be finalized if FWEC complies with its agreement to conduct the RI/FS. FWEC submitted comments opposing the proposed listing. FWEC has accrued its best estimate of the cost of the foregoing and it reviews this estimate on a quarterly basis. Other costs to which FWEC could be exposed could include, among other things, FWEC's counsel and consulting fees, further agency oversight and/or response costs, costs and/or exposure related to potential litigation, and other costs related to possible further investigation and/or remediation. At present, it is not possible to determine whether FWEC will be determined to be liable for some or all of the items described in this paragraph or to reliably estimate the potential liability associated with the items. If one or more third-parties are determined to be a source of the TCE, FWEC will evaluate its options regarding the potential recovery of the costs FWEC has incurred, which options could include seeking to recover those costs from those determined to be a source. Other Environmental Matters Our operations, especially our manufacturing and power plants, are subject to comprehensive laws adopted for the protection of the environment and to regulate land use. The laws of primary relevance to our operations regulate the discharge of emissions into the water and air, but can also include hazardous materials handling and disposal, waste disposal and other types of environmental regulation. These laws and regulations in many cases require a lengthy and complex process of obtaining licenses, permits and approvals from the applicable regulatory agencies. Noncompliance with these laws can result in the imposition of material civil or criminal fines or penalties. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with existing environmental laws. However, no assurance can be provided that we will not become the subject of enforcement proceedings that could cause us to incur material expenditures. Further, no assurance can be provided that we will not need to incur material expenditures beyond our existing reserves to make capital improvements or operational changes necessary to allow us to comply with future environmental laws. With regard to the foregoing, the waste-to-energy facility operated by our CCERA project subsidiary is subject to certain revisions to New Jersey's mercury air emission regulations.  The revisions make CCERA's mercury control requirements more stringent, especially when the last phase of the revisions becomes effective in 2012.  CCERA's management believes that the data generated during recent stack testing tends to indicate that the facility will be able to comply with even the most stringent of the regulatory revisions without installing additional control equipment.  Even if the equipment had to be installed, CCERA could assert that the project's sponsor would be responsible to pay for the equipment.  However, the sponsor may not have sufficient funds to do so or may assert that it is not so responsible.  Estimates of the cost of installing the additional control equipment are approximately $30,000 based on our last assessment.                 </div> </div> 12.       Litigation and Uncertainties Asbestos Some of our U.S. and U.K. subsidiaries are defendants in numerous false false false Includes disclosure of commitments and contingencies. 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