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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-25-000003
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries settles Raritan Bay Slag Superfund claims; to pay $56.1M, records $31.4M Q1 income
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- Consent decree approved Feb 10, 2025; NL pays $56.1M plus $0.5M interest, elects full immediate payment.
- Expects $31.4M aggregate Q1 2025 income from release of accrual and receipt of $9.6M from other parties.
- Settlement resolves all federal/state CERCLA and NJ Spill Act claims for past/future costs and natural resource damages.
- Global settlement total $151.1M includes 22 private companies plus government entities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000003/0000072162-25-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000003/nl-20250210x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000003

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