Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, May 31, 2019 By: David Wren The State Ports Authority and an engineering firm that worked on the Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston have agreed to settle legal claims they had filed against each other. A jury sided with S&ME Inc. earlier this year in a case where the authority alleged the firm […]

Source: https://www.journal-news.net, May 31, 2019 The city of Martinsburg will be reimbursed $4,915,628 by the U.S. Air Force for expenses related to the cleanup of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — or PFAS — found in the city’s water supply in 2016. Both Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. assisted with the […]

Source: https://www.reuters.com, By: Jonathan Stempel Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay for reducing PCB contamination in dozens of bodies of water. The most populous U.S. county, which has about 10.1 million people, said the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in products […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com, May 31, 2019 By: Gabriele Crognale, PE Global seismic changes have begun to play a greater role in risk associated with the built environment. Consider recent severe flooding in New Orleans, New York and Boston, and along coastal towns in the paths of hurricanes and Nor’easters. Besides the destruction of property, such calamities […]

Source: https://axaxl.com/fast-fast-forward, April 23, 2019 By: Mary Ann Susavidge, Chief Underwriting Officer, Environmental Insurance, AXA XL Environmental liabilities were once notorious for killing business deals. Most businesses didn’t know how to handle their own environmental liability issues, much less take on someone else’s. Fortunately, that’s not the case today. Given the abundance of merger and […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, May 29, 2019 By: Judy Greenwald A federal court ruled Tuesday that an Allied World Assurance Co. unit must defend an engineering firm in a construction lawsuit, but held off ruling on whether it must also indemnify the company until underlying litigation is resolved. Richard Goettle Inc., a Cincinnati-based geotechnical engineering and construction […]

Source: https://www.providencejournal.com, May 29, 2019 By: Alex Kuffner The developer of the Phillipsdale Landing complex in Rumford has agreed to an $82,000 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over allegations of mishandling toxic chemicals. Bourne Holdings, of Pawtucket, agreed to pay the fine to settle allegations of six counts of violating federal regulations for […]

Source: https://www.iowapublicradio.org, May 29, 2019 By: Kate Payne The Des Moines Water Works is putting pressure on state regulators to clean up contamination at a nearby military base. In letters to the state Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, the utility called the chemicals a public health concern. Earlier this year, a government report obtained by […]

Source: https://www.nola.com, May 28, 2019 By: Mark Schleifstein A lawsuit charging six oil and gas firms with damaging wetlands and land within the Potash Oil & Gas Field in Plaquemines Parish in violation of Louisiana’s coastal zone management laws should be heard in state 25th Judicial District Court in Plaquemines, a federal judge ruled Tuesday (May 28). […]

Source: https://www.ehn.org, May 29, 2019 By: Oliver Morrison “The issue is that the chemicals will still very likely be in the groundwater 100 years from now unless someone cleans them up.” Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between PublicSource and Environmental Health News on PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania and was funded in part […]

Source: https://patch.com, May 29, 2019 By: Tony Schinella Officials hope to receive per- and polyfluoroalkyl damages to cleanup, restore, and treat groundwater, wildlife, other natural resources. The state of New Hampshire has entered into two lawsuits against chemical and fire-retardant companies seeking damages by PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) to cleanup and restore groundwater and […]

Source: https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com, May 24, 2019 By: Shawn Raymnundo In an effort to recoup its losses associated with fighting allegations that the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park contributed to pollution in San Juan Creek, the city of San Juan Capistrano is suing the park’s insurance provider, as well as the company managing the facility. According to […]