Contingent liabiilites	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements
Contingent liabiilites	(9) Contingent liabilities. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in litigation on matters and are subject to certain claims which arise in the normal course of business. The Company is fully insured and does not retain any self-insurance risk with respect to losses for third party liability and property damage. Preliminary testing on the site of the Company's four phase master development known as Riverfront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C. indicated the presence of contaminated soils that will have to be specially handled upon excavation in conjunction with construction of each phase. The Company previously agreed with our joint venture partner to bear the cost of handling the contaminated materials up to a cap of $1.871 million. In connection with that agreement, the Company recorded an expense in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 of $1.771 million for this environmental remediation liability. During the quarter, the total cost of remediation on Phase I reached $2.024 million which is still within the projected budget for these remediation expenses as determined by our development partner. As a result, the Company recorded an additional $100,000 expense in this second quarter of 2015 in the Land Development and Construction segment and incurred a loss of $140,000 in equity in joint ventures as a result of our 77% pro rata share of these additional remediation costs incurred within the joint venture. The Company has no obligation to remediate the contamination on Phases II, III and IV of the development until such time as it makes a commitment to commence construction there. The Company's position is that the prior tenant on the property is contractually responsible for the cost of removal of the contaminated materials and we are continuing to pursue this claim. The Company's actual expense to address this issue may be materially higher or lower than the expense previously recorded depending upon the actual costs incurred and any reimbursement that we receive from the prior tenant.

Contingent liabiilites

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

(9) Contingent liabilities. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in litigation on matters and are subject to certain claims which arise in the normal course of business. The Company is fully insured and does not retain any self-insurance risk with respect to losses for third party liability and property damage.

Preliminary testing on the site of the Company's four phase master development known as Riverfront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C. indicated the presence of contaminated soils that will have to be specially handled upon excavation in conjunction with construction of each phase. The Company previously agreed with our joint venture partner to bear the cost of handling the contaminated materials up to a cap of $1.871 million. In connection with that agreement, the Company recorded an expense in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 of $1.771 million for this environmental remediation liability. During the quarter, the total cost of remediation on Phase I reached $2.024 million which is still within the projected budget for these remediation expenses as determined by our development partner. As a result, the Company recorded an additional $100,000 expense in this second quarter of 2015 in the Land Development and Construction segment and incurred a loss of $140,000 in equity in joint ventures as a result of our 77% pro rata share of these additional remediation costs incurred within the joint venture.

The Company has no obligation to remediate the contamination on Phases II, III and IV of the development until such time as it makes a commitment to commence construction there. The Company's position is that the prior tenant on the property is contractually responsible for the cost of removal of the contaminated materials and we are continuing to pursue this claim. The Company's actual expense to address this issue may be materially higher or lower than the expense previously recorded depending upon the actual costs incurred and any reimbursement that we receive from the prior tenant.