Company: ACA
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001739445-25-000026
Chunk: 49

Company: Arcosa, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 49
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 to the protection of human health and the environment. Such laws and regulations expose Arcosa to liability for its own acts and potentially the acts of others. These laws and regulations also may impose current liability on Arcosa under circumstances where, at the time of the action taken, such action complied with then applicable laws and regulations. In addition, environmental laws and regulations may require significant expenditures to achieve compliance, and non-compliance could result in a shutdown or work stoppage and civil and criminal fines or penalties.

Environmental pre-construction, construction, and operating permits are, or may be, required for Arcosa’s operations under these laws and regulations. These permits are subject to modification, renewal, and/or revocation. Although Arcosa regularly monitors and reviews its operations, procedures, and policies for compliance with 

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Arcosa’s environmental permits and related laws and regulations, the risk of environmental liability is inherent in the operation of Arcosa’s businesses.

Moreover, future events, such as changes in, or modified interpretations of, existing environmental laws and regulations or enforcement policies, or further investigation or evaluation of the potential health hazards associated with the manufacture of Arcosa’s products and related business activities and properties, may give rise to additional compliance and other costs that could have a material adverse effect on Arcosa’s business. 

The transportation of commodities by rail, barge, or container also raises potential liability risks in the event of an accident that results in the release of substances that cause or threaten to cause harm to the environment or, natural resources, or result in exposure to harmful substances. If Arcosa is found liable in any such incidents, it could have a material adverse effect on Arcosa’s business.

Responding to claims relating to improper handling, transport, storage, or disposal of hazardous materials could be time consuming and costly.

We use controlled hazardous materials in our business and generate wastes that are regulated as hazardous wastes under U.S. federal, state, and local environmental laws and under equivalent provisions of law in other jurisdictions in which our manufacturing facilities are located. Our use and management of these substances and materials is subject to stringent, and periodically changing, regulation that can impose costly compliance obligations on us and have the potential to adversely affect our manufacturing activities. We are also subject to potential liability for claims alleging property damage and personal and bodily injury or death arising from the use of or exposure to our products, especially in connection with products we manufacture that our customers use to transport or store hazardous, flammable, toxic, or explosive materials.

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