Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, April 3, 2024 By: Carolyn Gusoff Toxic chemicals were recently found buried underground on Long Island, leaving officials fuming. The 55-gallon drums were discovered in Bethpage Community Park and are believed to date back decades. Workers are testing the soil around where six drums were unearthed at a former ballfield. The soil was being […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, April 2, 2024 William J. Tinsley, Jr., Phelps Dunbar LLP Value engineering (VE) is intended to be a shared effort among the design professionals, the construction team and the project owner to enhance the performance and efficiency of a project during the design process. In true VE, the project’s lead design professionals carefully […]

Source: https://nypost.com/, April 1, 2024 By: Audrey Conklin North Carolina State University in Raleigh continues to investigate student and alumni exposure to concerning levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a probable carcinogen, in one of its campus buildings that the school officially shut down in November of last year. Read more.

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, April 1, 2024 By: Amy L. Diviney, Plunkett Cooney PC Gardens Condominium v. Farmers Ins. Exch. No. 101892-4, — P.3d —, 2024 WL 1100749 (Wash. Mar. 14, 2024) The Washington Supreme Court affirmed the Washington Court of Appeals ruling that coverage for repairs to the Gardens Condominium’s (Gardens) roof components was available under the […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/, March 27, 2024 A woman who purchased a vacant lot in Hawaii was surprised to find out a $500,000 house was built on the property by mistake. She’s now mired in legal wrangling over the mix-up. Annaleine “Anne” Reynolds purchased a one-acre (0.40-hectare) lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park, a subdivision in the Big Island’s Puna district, […]

Source: https://www.tspr.org/, March 28, 2024 By: Teresa Homsi Applying organic waste, like manure, to farmland has been going on for centuries, and biosolids follow the same logic. They are a nutrient-rich fertilizer made from treated sewage. But biosolids can also contain toxic forever chemicals known as PFAS, and there’s concern they could inadvertently be contaminating […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, March 28, 2024 The U.S. military said it’s finished draining million of gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawaii that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021. Joint Task Force Red Hill began defueling the tanks in October after completing months of […]

Source: https://www.wral.com/, March 27, 2024 By: Liz McLaughlin A stretch of beach in Cape Hatteras is closed due to petroleum contamination suspected to be from Cold War-era Navy infrastructure. A recent storm exposed debris from a once-secret military site on Buxton Beach. As a result, about one-third of a mile of the beach was closed Sunday due to […]

Source: https://www.fox13news.com/, March 27, 2024 By: Aaron Mesmer A private landfill in Pasco County is at the center of a lawsuit, accusing the company of several serious violations, including contaminating the groundwater. The lawsuit against Coastal Landfill was filed earlier this month by DCH Timber, whose property is adjacent to the landfill. Read more.

Source: https://www.telesurenglish.net/, March 28, 2024 On Wednesday, Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), reported that the cargo ship Dali, which collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, was carrying 56 containers of hazardous chemical materials. Authorities estimate that there are 764 tons of corrosive and flammable materials, such […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, March 27, 2024 By: Daniel Lund, III, Phelps Dunbar LLP Seeking to be extracted from personal injury litigation initiated by a laborer on a project in New Orleans, an architect sued for negligence filed a motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff had “testified in his deposition that after demolishing most of one of […]

Source: https://www.ktvb.com/, March 25, 2024 By: Abby Davis On Saturday morning, the strong smell of fuel led Jeremy Schmerber to walk along Mason Creek, which runs near his RV in Nampa. He quickly realized something was wrong. “If you catch it at the right angle with the sun out, you can still see [the fuel], he […]