Source: http://www.heraldnet.com, January 25, 2017 By: Rikki King Contractors recently agreed to pay the city more than $1.4 million to settle a lawsuit over the construction of the Lynnwood Recreation Center. The center opened in 2011 with pools, water slides and workout space. The total cost was more than $22 million. Within six months, it […]

Source: https://www.asbestos.com, January 25, 2017 By: Beth Swantek An $80 million asbestos settlement involving two former Jackson County courthouse employees led to Missouri’s largest medical monitoring fund established in an asbestos case. The class-action asbestos lawsuit settled more than 30 years after a renovation exposed thousands of government workers to deadly asbestos fibers. Jackson County […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, January 24, 2017 By: Alex Napoliello The U.S. Air Force is actively testing drinking water wells used by private residences in four Burlington and Ocean county towns surrounding Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL). Tech Sgt. Chris Powell said requests to test water samples were hand delivered to residences in New Hanover, Pemberton, Manchester […]

Source: http://news10.com. January 23, 2017 By: Carmen Chau The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was at a meeting in Ballston Spa Monday after chemicals were found leaking at a local dry cleaner. Rickett’s Dry Cleaning has been closed for three years. In summer 2016, the Department of Environmental Conservation told the EPA to test for chemicals, […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, January 20, 2017 By: Gloria Gonzalez Construction contractors and subcontractors must be aware of increasing environmental risks, particularly related to asbestos claims, and costly construction defect claims. William Noonan, Atlanta-based head of construction, large and complex accounts, and executive vice president of North America Construction for Willis Towers Watson P.L.C. in Atlanta, warned […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, January 20, 2017 By: Phil Gusman Start with an already competitive environmental marketplace. Next, mix in increased claim activity in certain areas and a significant carrier exit from the U.S./Canada site pollution/ pollution legal liability market; throw in some high-profile news events like the Flint, Mich., water crisis and a steady stream of […]

Source: http://www.thesnaponline.com, January 19, 2017 By: Ritchie Starnes The discovery of asbestos inside SCC’s signature building has led to its closure until May. A construction mishap during the summer led to the discovery of asbestos in a glue compound used beneath the tile floor in the Patterson building on the campus of Stanly Community College. […]

Source: http://www.post-gazette.com, January 20, 2017 By: Amy Philips-Haller The site of the former Star City Cinemas in South Fayette contains contamination and will be cleaned up before a potential buyer moves forward with plans for a hotel and offices on the property. The Star City parcel, at the Interstate 79 and Route 50 interchange near Washington […]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 18 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Financial technology giant NCR said Tuesday it has entered a “consent decree” to settle longstanding litigation over environmental cleanup of a polluted Wisconsin River. Duluth-based NCR is one of a number of companies, including Georgia-Pacific, involved in the years-long settlement and cleanup efforts over pollutants from […]

Source: http://www.mcclatchydc.com, January 18m 2017 By: Sammy Fretwell A company owned by President-elect Donald Trump is seeking South Carolina’s approval to limit its liability for pollution at a North Charleston industrial site once affiliated with Trump’s son. DB Pace Acquisitions, which lists the president-elect as owner, has asked the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental […]

Source: http://news10.com, January 18, 2017 By: Noel McLaren Ricketts Dry Cleaning has been shut down for about three years, but the EPA says its chemicals are still here and may have seeped into the ground water. “I mean it affects your whole quality of life, your everything, your property value, your health,” said Beverly Thompson. […]

Source: http://abc7ny.com, January 18, 2017 By: Lucy Yang Englewood Hospital is facing a different kind of emergency: lead contamination in its water. According to the medical center: “Water samples tested on December 21, 2016, from some of our buildings were found to have levels of lead which exceed the federal action level of 15 parts […]