Source: http://www.southbendtribune.com, July 10, 2016 By: Erin Blasko Alleges owners caused or contributed to contamination The owners of a local dry cleaning business caused or contributed to the release of hazardous substances over a period of more than 50 years, resulting in “significant” soil and groundwater contamination in and around a portion of Ignition Park, […]

Source: http://www.farmforum.net, July 7, 2016 By: David Ganje, Ganje Law Offices The operation of a municipal landfill, also known as a solid waste facility, involves significant legal risks, such as damage caused from a landfill leaking or contamination of groundwater. Modern landfills are created with liners and other collection systems designed to prevent contamination of […]

Source: http://enewspf.com, July 8, 2016 Madigan Also Files Order to Ensure Apartment is Vacant While Lead Paint is Addressed Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Thursday against a suburban property owner for violating the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act by failing to fix cracked and peeling lead paint in a Berwyn […]

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com, July 5, 2016 By: Earl Cantwell There has been a trend in recent New York court decisions to expand (not limit) zones of potential legal liability. A recent case decided by the Appellate Division, 1st Department, is part of that trend and raises significant issues for New York contractors and design professionals with […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, July 1, 2016 By: Scott Fallon and Holly Stewart A group of residents submitted a petition to borough officials Friday that they hope will lead to the excavation of tons of toxic material from a portion of the Ford Superfund site. The petition is the first step towards a likely borough-wide vote this […]

Source: http://wyomingpublicmedia.org, July 1, 2016 By: Maryam Jameel & Center for Public Integrity Sixty years after his service in the Army, Jesse Eakin still completes his outfits with a pin that bears a lesson from the Korean War: Never Impossible. That maxim has been tested by a low-grade but persistent threat far different than the […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, July 5, 2016 By: James M. O’Neill Workers have cleared away trees along Pompton Lake in the first step of a long-awaited project to dredge mercury-laced sediment from the lake, a legacy of DuPont’s former munitions plant nearby. But even as the three-year project finally begins, questions linger about how the $50 million […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, June 30, 2016 By: Judy Greenwald Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. units are obligated to indemnify an engineering company in connection with an industrial accident at a nuclear power plant that killed one worker and injured several others, says a federal appeals court, in partially reversing a lower court ruling. The U.S. Court […]

Source: http://inewsnetwork.org, July 1, 2016 By: Maryam Jameel Sixty years after his service in the Army, Jesse Eakin still completes his outfits with a pin that bears a lesson from the Korean War: Never Impossible. That maxim has been tested by a low-grade but persistent threat far different than the kind Eakin encountered in Korea: […]

Source: http://www.santamariasun.com, June 29, 2016 By: David Minsky On June 27, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it’s seeking public comment for a new installment in a settlement reached years ago between the agency and the companies that used a location in Northern Santa Barbara County formerly owned by Casmalia Resources as a site […]

Source: http://thehill.com, June 29, 2016 By: Cathy Duvall Since 1980, EPA’s Superfund program has protected families and the environment by cleaning up of some of the nation’s worst toxic waste sites. While any process to cleanup and ensure the safety of these sites takes time, the EPA has a demonstrated a strong record of success. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 28, 2016 By: Joshua B. Frank and Martha S. Thomsen, Baker Botts LLP Right now, a number of lawsuits alleging coal ash contamination in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) remain pending in federal district courts across the country. These suits, typically brought […]