Source: https://www.environmentalleader.com, July 13, 2017 By: Jennifer Hermes An Ontario-based dry cleaning company has been fined several thousands of dollars for violations of tetrachloroethylene regulations. The chemical, a chemical used in dry cleaning that has been linked to cancer, can enter the soil and eventually into groundwater. Peter’s Drive-In Cleaners has been fined a total […]

Source: http://www.ecmweb.com, December 1, 2008 By: Leonard Greene, P.E., Orbital Engineering and Consulting Maintenance technician makes shocking discovery while performing routine service call on middle school’s A/C unit. When the work order came across his desk, it seemed like any other routine maintenance call to the school district’s service technician — certainly nothing out of […]

It’s too risky for tens of thousands of children in the San Joaquin Valley to drink water at their schools due to chronic contamination by chemica Reef-Sunset Unified School District Superintendent David East is worried about water. Not because of the drought – record rains this past winter ended five years of dry times. Rather, […]

Source: http://www.stltoday.com, July 10, 2017 By: Bryce Gray Stormwater from just outside the fence line of the West Lake Landfill complex, the dumping ground for Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste, contains a variety of radioactive isotopes, according to test results released late last month by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The sampling of stormwater overflow, […]

Source: https://patch.com, July 11, 2017 By: Brendan Krisel The city Department of Health tested every cooling tower in Lenox Hill after a June outbreak that sickened eight, killing one. After testing every cooling tower in the Lenox Hill neighborhood following a June outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, the city Department of Health found that more than […]

Read here about 5 people who have been diagnosed with Legionnaires disease after stay at The Guest House at Graceland.

Source: http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com, July 7, 2017 By: Joshua R. Lorenz, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott When contractors hear the phrase “risk management” they often think of on-the-job duties first. Do I have the correct safety protocols in place? Am I managing our project timelines accurately? Are my workers being compensated fairly? While these questions are all important […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, July 6, 2017 By: Judy Greenwald A 1989 settlement that released insurers, including a Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. subsidiary, from any future claims arising from environmental contamination at five facilities did not include a New Jersey storage battery facility because it was not specifically named, says a federal appeals court in a […]

Source: http://www.pe.com, July 6, 2017 By: Alicia Robinson State geologists are looking for contamination on more than two dozen Riverside properties that surround a former sewer plant where an environmental cleanup already is underway. They began collecting soil samples in the backyards of several homes and nearby Rutland Park in the city’s Arlanza neighborhood on […]

Source: http://www.latimes.com, July 6, 2017 By: Tony Barboza Lead will be removed from the soil of 2,500 of the worst contaminated residential properties including dozens of child-care centers near a shuttered battery recycling plant under a plan released Thursday by state regulators. The Department of Toxic Substances Control plan sets in motion the next two […]

Source: Contra Costa Times (Walnut creek, CA), July 4, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The Valero oil refinery is seeking $75 million from PG&E in a federal lawsuit that blames the utility for a May 5 power outage that disrupted gasoline production for a month, damaged equipment, and showered tons of air pollution on downwind areas. […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, July 5, 2017 By: Williams Mullen If you are a design professional providing services in Virginia, or a general contractor on a public works project for the Commonwealth of Virginia, you need to know of two Virginia Supreme Court decisions in 2016. You ask why? The answer is because your current practices and […]