Source: Mondaq Business Briefing, July 28, 2017 By: Mr Adam H. Fleischer and Joanna Gau Swartout Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Absolute pollution exclusions are intended to exclude coverage for virtually all pollution-related claims under commercial general liability insurance policies. However, jurisdictions across the country have varied in their treatment of these exclusions, with some jurisdictions applying […]

Source: http://www.waste360.com, July 31, 2017 By: Cheryl McMullen The city of Needles, Calif., is dealing with a rising volume of medical marijuana waste and figuring out how to handle it. On the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, Calif., lies the city of Needles, population, 5,034. For nearly two years now, […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, July 26, 2017 By: Tom Haydon A couple that owned a businesses in town and became sick from leaking underground tanks owned by an adjacent business can sue the township for damages because the tanks were partially on municipal property, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Edna and Edan Ben Elazar owned an […]

Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com, July 26, 2017 By: Shannon Gallagher Several vacant or abandoned industrial properties in the Brockton region will be cleaned up for redevelopment, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito announced Wednesday. MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, awarded Brownfield Redevelopment grants to one site in downtown Brockton and two properties in East Bridgewater, to be […]

Source: http://www.newsminer.com, July 27, 2017 By: Sam Friedman The Fairbanks city government must pay more than half the bill for cleaning up toxic dry cleaning chemicals at the Shoppers Forum Mall, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason issued the order Tuesday in the dispute between the city and Shoppers Forum owner […]

Source: Duluth News-Tribune (MN), July 26, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com County and state officials responded to a sulfuric acid spill at the Boise Paper mill in International Falls last week. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reported Tuesday that it was notified last week that about 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of sulfuric acid had spilled onto […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Some days, Nicole Cottrell said, her driveway smells like a busy gas station. Other days, it reeks as if someone has poured lighter fluid onto a bonfire. To this day, the stench triggers an instant headache, leaving her dizzy and nauseous. Often, Cottrell said, her […]

Source: https://www.clickondetroit.com, July 25, 2017 By: Rod Meloni Residents worried about contamination from chemicals The state of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have settled a ground contamination case that Local 4 brought to viewers 18 months ago. It’s been dubbed the Boston Beacon Project, and it involves contamination at the Livonia transmission plant. While the […]

Source: http://www.thedenverchannel.com, July 25, 2017 By: Liz gelardi Cleanup has cost city more than $3M so far A legal battle is brewing over the cleanup of contaminated land in Boulder and over who should foot the bill. The City of Boulder is suing Xcel Energy in federal court in an attempt to recoup costs related […]

Source: http://www.thv11.com, June 15, 2017 Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, a law firm with offices in Little Rock and Fayetteville, announced today that it has reached a settlement on behalf of dozens of residents and homeowners in Mayflower adversely affected by the 2013 rupture of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus Pipeline. The pipeline rupture on March […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 20. 2017 By: Diana A. Silva, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox Love Canal – the infamous neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York where large quantities of chemical waste was dumped, and which became the catalyst for enactment of the federal Superfund program – is still generating legal opinions, nearly 40 years after […]

Source: https://www.bna.com, July 20, 2017 By: Lars-Eric Hedberg General Electric will pay New York $13.5 million to resolve its potential liabilities at a contaminated upstate site, after the parties reached an agreement. Magistrate Judge Christian F. Hummel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York signed off on the consent decree […]