On February 20, 2020, Earthjustice, on behalf of a variety of nonprofit organizations, including the Sierra Club, brought suit against the United States Department of Defense (“DOD”), alleging that the DOD violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) in its decision to enter into contracts for the incineration […]

Source: https://www.grandforksherald.com/, February 21, 2020 By: Hannah Shirley When a balcony at a Grand Forks apartment building collapsed in June, it sent five people plummeting four stories to the sidewalk below. Now, four of those people have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the building’s owners as well as multiple contractor and architectural companies. Steven […]

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/, February 20, 2020 By: Michael Bott and Sean Myers McClymonds High School will be closed for the rest of the week after the chemical compound trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in groundwater beneath the school, the Oakland Unified School District said Thursday. According to the district, the compound was not found in the school’s […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, February 24, 2020 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: A New York State Supreme Court judge has revoked the building permit for a 668-foot-tall residential tower in Manhattan, a decision that could force the developers to remove 20 floors from the top of the nearly complete structure, Bisnow reported. Attorneys for developers of the 200 Amsterdam […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, February 20, 2020 By: Garret Ellison Chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $55 million to help footwear giant Wolverine World Wide cover the cost of extending municipal water to neighborhoods with drinking water contaminated by PFAS chemicals from industrial waste dumping. The payment was announced late afternoon Thursday, Feb. 20. It comes a day […]

Source: Detroit Free Press (MI), February 20, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement in the spread of potentially health-harming PFAS compounds surrounding a former Rockford, Michigan, shoe factory. Shoemaker Wolverine Worldwide didn’t admit liability, but agreed to pay $69.5 million in a consent decree with the state of Michigan […]

Source: https://www.freep.com/, February 19, 2020 By: Darcie Moran A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement in the spread of potentially health-harming PFAS compounds surrounding a former Rockford, Michigan, shoe factory. Shoemaker Wolverine Worldwide didn’t admit liability, but agreed to pay $69.5 million in a consent decree with the state of Michigan and Plainfield and Algoma […]

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/, February 18, 2020 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an administrative order to those responsible to clean up contaminated soil at a site near the northern Illinois town of DePue, where a zinc smelter and fertilizer plant was once located, it was announced Tuesday. The EPA issued the order to TCI Pacific Communications and CBS/Westinghouse, according to the […]

Source: https://the-journal.com/, February 18, 2020 By: Jim Mimiaga For nearly 10 years, Atlantic Richfield Co. has been cleaning up the Rico-Argentine Mine site along the Dolores River as part of a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency removal order. Now, Arco seeks more than $63.7 million in cleanup costs from the mine’s previous owners, which it claims […]

Source: https://www.klcc.org/, February 19, 2020 By: Chris M. Lehman The City of Salem says its drinking water continues to be safe after a truck crash on Sunday resulted in fuel spilling into the North Santiam River. The river supplies Salem and several smaller towns with drinking water. Harry Esteve of the Oregon Department of Environmental […]

Source: Defense Environment Alert, February 18, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Responding to regulatory uncertainty, insurers have begun excluding coverage for both actual and potential contamination stemming from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a move that is killing transactions and can affect a wide array of industry sectors, according to an attorney who spoke at a […]

Source: https://www.southbendtribune.com/, February 17, 2020 By: Ed Semmler It was supposed to be a little slice of heaven for well-heeled alumni, faculty and even students at the University of Notre Dame. The Ivy Quad development along Twyckenham Drive, across from the Eck Tennis Pavilion, is an easy walk from the many activities on campus, as […]