Source: https://www.lexology.com, January 24, 2018 By: Smith Currie & Hancock In 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its final rule lowering the permissible silica exposure level (“PEL”) from 250 µg/m3 to 50 µg/m3. In response, OSHA received petitions from both a collection of industry petitioners (“Industry”) arguing that OSHA made the regulation […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com, February 1, 2018 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a $236 million plan to clean up a suburban St. Louis landfill where Cold War-era nuclear waste was illegally dumped decades ago. The EPA said Thursday the plan calls for removing all of the radioactive contamination that poses a health risk by partially excavating the West Lake Landfill in […]

Source: http://www.dailyfreeman.com, February 1, 2018 By: William J. Kemble The state Department of Environmental Conservation will review what steps might be necessary to remove contamination at the site for a former dry cleaner on state Route 32. The department said in a written statement that the 1.94-acre property at 1090-1094 Route 32 is above a […]

Source: https://www.environmentalleader.com, January 31, 2018 Since the mid-1980’s, environmental insurance coverage claims have been the most complex of insurance coverage claims. Insurance companies usually will not voluntarily provide coverage for gradually-occurring environmental claims without a fight, which typically takes the form of insurance coverage litigation that can be costly and time-consuming. A policyholder must overcome […]

Source: https://www.lohud.com, February 1, 2018 By: David McKay Wilson Westchester has discovered groundwater contamination at the county airport, with officials suspecting it was caused by chemicals used in firefighting foam decades ago. Preliminary results from one monitoring well, located near a former Air National Guard septic field, found contaminants in concentrations that were 14 times the limit set by […]

Source: http://www.thedailystar.com, January 30, 2018 By: Whitney Bashaw The state Department of Environmental Conservation began preliminary cleanup to a 3-acre Superfund site a half-mile north of the center of Norwich on Monday. Nine different contaminants are present at the site. The soil, soil vapor and groundwater of the Lee Avenue Railroad Site, designated as a State Superfund […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com, January 16, 2018 The Missouri Court of Appeals (Eastern District) addressed in a December 19th opinion a coverage issue involving a Premises Pollution Liability Policy (“ PPL policy”). See Hazelwood Logistics Center, LLC v. Illinois Union Insurance Company, 2017 WL 6460094. The coverage question involved whether a PPL policy applied to methane gas discharging from […]

Source: https://www.environmentalleader.com, January 24, 2018 Environmental insurance claims are the most complex insurance coverage claims, often with substantial sums at stake. There are many hurdles that the policyholder must clear in order to obtain coverage for environmental claims. Insurance companies often seek to end an environmental coverage action by making a motion for summary judgment, […]

Source: http://www.gctelegram.com, January 24, 2018 By: Mary Clarkin Contamination at a former dry cleaner’s location that Hutchinson USD 308 hopes to buy has delayed the purchase. School officials preface comments with “if” when talking about acquiring the former Dillons supermarket building at 517 E. 30th Ave., which had an attached dry cleaning business, for an […]

Crews worked through the night trying to remove a truck load of honey that spilled in Route 291 near Philadelphia International Airport when a tractor-trailer flipped on its side Tuesday evening. There were no reports of serious injuries in the 5:30 P.M. crash at Route 291 and Scott Way in Tinicum Township. But more than […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com, January 21, 2018 By: Jon Wertheim The Millennium Tower opened to great acclaim with high-priced, posh apartments. But those accolades and property values are sinking, along with the building’s foundation It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of […]

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com, January 18, 2018 By: Damian Trujillo San Jose city leaders are targeting a vacant lot near City Hall for development of a high rise, but critics say the land is contaminated with at least one toxic chemical, and they’ve filed a lawsuit to ensure it’s cleaned up. The site on Fourth and Saint […]