Source: https://www.islander.org/, October 2020 By: Lisa Neff The penalties go beyond monetary fines. Longboat Key also faces a state order to replace its sewer pipeline. Town officials at press time were reviewing the proposed order from the state setting forth penalties for spilling millions of gallons of sewage in a mangrove wetland about 350 feet […]

Source: https://fronterasdesk.org/, October 5, 2020 By: Kendal Blust Residents of the Sonora River Valley have heard nothing from authorities since they were told last December wells in the area show signs of contamination. Now, they’re renewing calls for access to clean water. It’s been six years since Grupo Mexico’s Buenavista copper mine spilled millions of gallons of […]

Source: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/, October 5, 2020 By: Alexandra Clough The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s headquarters building in West Palm Beach is so riddled with mold that it should be torn down and replaced, according to a mold expert who said he helped perform and analyze a recent inspection of the building PBSO has inhabited since 1983. The […]

Source: https://www.nny360.com/, October 2, 2020 By: Randy Pellis The development of the former Midtown Plaza site will require environmental remediation at a cost to the developer of approximately $307,000 before any new construction begins, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Property owner Home Leasing LLC, of Rochester, will be able to convert their […]

Source: https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/, October 1, 2020 By: Devin Bates Nearly 1,000 high school students are still without a building to learn in as the Burlington School District scrambles to find class space. Burlington High School was closed last month due to PCB contamination. Consultants and experts with an understanding of PCBs have been on site all […]

Source: https://www.timesfreepress.com/, October 1, 2020 By: Dave Flessner A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority and one of its contractors by three East Tennessee governments seeking to recover damages from the 2008 coal ash spill at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant. In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Varlan […]

Source: https://www.registercitizen.com/, September 30, 2020 A chemical production company will pay $11.3 million for the cleanup of a Superfund site in Gloucester County, New Jersey, under a consent decree reached in federal court with the state and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hercules Inc. will implement a 2018 EPA plan to excavate four feet (1.2 […]

Source: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/, October 1, 2020 Two wells bordering Naval Base Kitsap’s southern edge have been found to have potentially harmful levels of contamination caused by a firefighting foam used on the base. The Navy is expanding testing this fall to examine a larger area for its presence, the Kitsap Sun reported. Read more.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, October 1, 2020 Earlier this year, federal and state researchers reported finding a new, potentially dangerous chemical in soil samples from multiple locations in New Jersey. The compound was a form of PFAS, a group of more than 5,000 chemicals that have raised concerns in recent years because of their potential link to […]

Source: https://westfaironline.com/, September 30, 2020 By: Bill Heltzel Blowing up a section of the Tappan Zee Bridge in 2019 apparently cost the general contractor an extra $43 million. When the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge opened in 2018 – spanning the Hudson River between Tarrytown and Nyack – the old Tappan Zee, as part of […]

Source: https://www.dayton.com/, September 27, 2020 By: Ismail Turay, Jr. A potential side effect of schools and office buildings sitting dormant for months because of the COVID-19 shutdown can cause another possibly lethal disease, prompting several local school districts to take action after the pathogen was found in their drinking water. Legionella causes the potentially deadly […]

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/, September 25, 2020 By: Amy Lavalley Dres-Well Cleaners in Portage may be closed but its legacy lives on, as more monitoring wells are on the way to track a growing plume of harmful dry cleaning chemicals. The dry cleaner, at 5160 Central Ave. on the city’s west side, closed five years ago, leaving […]