Source: https://journalstar.com/, February 17, 2021 By: Chris Dunker The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy on Wednesday said it’s continuing to monitor the release of waste material from AltEn Ethanol near Mead after a pipe burst on a 4 million-gallon digester tank late last week. In a news release, the department said the liquid discharge […]

Source: https://calcoasttimes.com/, February 17, 2021 By: Karen Velie After years of issues with their water treatment plant, the Cambria Community Services District settled for $1.75 million with the engineering firm CDM Smith which designed and build the facility and the evaporation pond that was later decommissioned by state regulators. Since the $13 million emergency water […]

Source: https://www.delawarepublic.org/, February 16, 2021 By: Sophia Schmidt Delaware has another instance of PFAS pollution on its hands. The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) signed a settlement this week with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA—a company that until last fall, operated an industrial facility along Kirkwood Highway in Marshallton.  Read more.

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, February 17, 2021 In the latest PFAS water utility lawsuit (PAWC Complaint – PFAS), the Pennsylvania-American Water Co. (“PAWC”) sued numerous PFAS manufacturers over allegations that the companies knowingly or negligently allowed the contamination of the drinking water in the state of Pennsylvania. Now, the PAWC alleges, it will need to spend significant […]

Source: https://kfgo.com/, February 16, 2021 Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning from a sprawling and now-defunct oil refinery once operated by Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES). Other laborers ripped asbestos from the guts of an old boiler house, part of a massive […]

Source: https://www.dtnpf.com/, February 12, 2021 By: Todd Neeley Once considered to be a crown jewel of environmental stewardship, a glimpse of the promise of a renewable energy future and an economic development tool for the village of Mead, Nebraska, a 25-million-gallon ethanol plant south of town now is driving people away. Wet distillers grains containing […]

Source: https://wxow.com/, February 11, 2021 By: Allante Walker A pair of legal efforts are now in the early stages both with the goal of compensating French Island residents impacted by groundwater contamination. The La Crosse Common Council voted unanimously Thursday night to retain a pair of law firms to move forward with a proposed lawsuit […]

Source: https://www.wgrz.com/, February 11, 2021 By: Dave McKinley Chautauqua County officials, working along side investigators from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, believe they’ve identified the source of chemical contaminants that got into the village of Mayville’s drinking water supply. Levels of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) were discovered in three of the village’s water […]

Source: https://tulsaworld.com/, February 10, 2021 Minnesota officials on Wednesday unveiled their plan to deal with toxic man-made “forever chemicals” that are polluting the state’s waters and causing growing concerns about potential health risks. The pharmaceuticals, microplastics and synthetic chemicals are known collectively as PFAS and are used in a variety of consumer products because of […]

Source: Sirius Group “In-Box”, February 11, 2021 An environmental policy was needed to support the insured’s purchase of a tech venture group with four (4) locations that had a history of research and development (including clean rooms), LED manufacturing and product development, and solid state lighting and laser development. One of the properties was impacted by […]

Source: Sirius Group “In-Box”, February 11, 2021 An environmental policy was needed to insure both the buyer and seller of a contaminated site that had historically been used as an oil-based power plant. The site was slated for redevelopment by the buyer into two (2) logistics warehousing facilities. Redevelopment activities were to include demolition, decommissioning and abatement […]

Source: Sirius Group “In-Box”, February 11, 2021 The insured, a large waste management company, owns and operates a portfolio of disposal facilities and transfer stations. The insured’s expiring environmental carrier offered renewal terms which significantly limited the insured’s expiring coverage. The broker requested a quote from Sirius, seeking both pre-existing and new environmental conditions coverage […]