SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 15, 2000
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Missouri 1-1822 43-0368139
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
720 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63101
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (314) 342-0500
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
In the past Laclede Gas Company operated various manufactured gas
plants which produced certain by-products and residuals. With regard to the
Company's former manufactured gas plant site located in Shrewsbury,
Missouri, the Company and the state and federal environmental regulatory
agencies previously agreed upon the actions needed at this site. As of June
30, 2000, the Company estimated the overall costs of those actions to be
$1,417,000, of which $733,000 has been paid and $644,000 has been reserved.
For additional information see Note 7 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2000 and Item 1, Business, Other Pertinent Matters,
Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, Environmental Matters, and Item 8, Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data, Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies.
In the course of site grading called for by the Company's agreement with the
regulatory agencies, some site materials were released into an adjacent
stream. The Company and its third party contractors employed prompt
containment actions, sampled the materials and notified the appropriate
agencies. The Company received a report dated September 15, 2000 of the
results of the laboratory analysis on the material released into the stream,
and the results indicate that the samples contained concentrations of
manufactured gas waste. The matter awaits review with the regulatory
agencies to determine what, if any, additional actions will be required.
The Company will incur additional costs if such actions are required, but
the amount and materiality of those costs is unknown at this time.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LACLEDE GAS COMPANY
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Gerald T. McNeive, Jr.
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Gerald T. McNeive, Jr.
Senior Vice President-Finance
and General Counsel
September 20, 2000
(Date)
