Source: https://www.csindy.com, June 17, 2019 By: Faith Miller In March, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee asked the Department of Defense for details about funding diverted from other projects to pay for cleanup and testing for PFAS, a toxic group of man-made chemicals used in military firefighting foam. On June 5, the […]

Source: https://www.dispatch.com, June 15, 2019 By: Kevin Stankiewicz A second lawsuit against Mount Carmel Grove City hospital was filed Friday by one of the 16 people who contracted Legionnaires’ disease there. The negligence lawsuit comes a day after Mount Carmel said the disease outbreak originated in the facility’s hot water system and resulted from inadequate disinfection. Anna […]

Source: https://www.govtech.com, June 14, 2019 By: Scott Cousins According to a news release from the Illinois Department of Public Health and IEPA, people who were in the area when the release occurred, or later that evening, may have been exposed to the product. Officials say residents who may have been directly exposed to dust that […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com, June 14, 2019 By: Mark Plumer, Pillsury – Policyhold Pulse Blog Insurers have recently argued that environmental property damage claims for “closure” costs arising out of historic pollution are not covered, because the claimed damages are just “ordinary costs of doing business.” Policyholders should strongly resist denials based on this argument, which is […]

Source: https://www.nationofchange.org, June 14, 2019 By: Jessi Quinn Alperin Proposed legislation would use funds from development on contaminated sites to help offset costs of cleaning tainted drinking water. In response to chemical contamination from a naval station in his district, Representative Todd Stephens, a Pennsylvania House Representative from Montgomery County, is pushing for legislation that […]

Source: https://thehill.com, June 13, 2019 By: Rebecca Beitsch A new analysis from the Department of Defense shows the Air Force diverted more than $66 million to cover the cleanup costs of harmful “forever chemicals” that have leached into the water supply. Those funds were originally intended to cover a number of other projects, including asbestos abatement, […]

Source: https://www.knoxnews.com, June 13, 2019 By: Jamie Satterfield The Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed to dig up 12 million tons of coal ash stored in unlined pits at its Gallatin Fossil Plant in Middle Tennessee and clean up contamination from it, officials announced Thursday. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Tennessee Attorney General […]

Source: Houston Chronicle, June 13, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com A federal review of an oil rig explosion that killed five workers in Oklahoma last year assigned blame not only to the Houston company that owned and operated the rig, but also to the entire energy sector and government for a woeful lack of regulation and […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, June 12, 2019 By: William K. Enger, Wilson Elser The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on June 10, 2019, to review a case involving “immensely important” questions regarding clean-up activities required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). In Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian Atlantic Richfield […]

Source: https://thecity.nyc, June 12, 2019 By: Greg B. Smith The city’s Housing Authority and the Department of Investigation are looking into how NYCHA workers checking for lead ended up using expired dust wipes to certify apartments are “clean,” THE CITY has learned. The expired materials revelation raises questions about the credibility of the so-called clearance […]

Source: https://www.law.com, June 13, 2019 By: Jillian C. Kirn According to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, flooding is the most frequent and damaging natural disaster impacting the commonwealth. Many of Pennsylvania’s communities are located adjacent to waterbodies. Imagine that you are environmental, health and safety (EHS) counsel or general counsel for a company dealing with […]

Source: https://www.heraldnews.com, June 12, 2019 By: Jo C. Goode A year ago the state Department of Environmental Protection issued a cease and desist order that stopped the demolition of the Healy School. Neighbors have been dealing with piles of contaminated debris currently being removed by government environmental agencies and on the taxpayers’ dime. Now, Rep. […]