Source: http://www.constructiondive.com, October 12, 2016 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: A federal judge has dismissed Hensel Phelps Construction Co.’s design-flaw lawsuit against Cooper Carry, the architect for the Marriott Marquis project in Washington, DC, because the contractor’s legal action did not comply with prescribed time limits, according to the Washington Business Journal. U.S. District Court […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 9, 2016 By: Heidi Hudson Raschke A recent article in the Sports section of The Miami Herald read “Shooting coach helps Winslow.” Perhaps, but it probably didn’t help the coach much. The admonition to “eat every carrot and pea on your plate” undoubtedly elicits laughs from the children to whom it is […]

Source: http://www.thehour.com, October 12, 2016 By: Emilie Munson Five years after the discovery of PCBs and other contaminants in the ground at Greenwich High School, much remediation work has been completed, but a long and expensive path to clean soil remains. With no timeline for finishing in sight, Greenwich’s Public Works Director Amy Siebert said […]

Read here about American Airlines’ increased safety precautions as the bacteria known to cause Legionnaires’ disease were found in some Texas hangers.

Read here about the closure of a Kentucky State University dorm after mold was found.

Source: http://michiganradio.org, October 6, 2016 By: Steve Carmody Legionella bacteria has been detected at a residence hall at the University of Michigan-Flint. Legionella bacteria turned up in three water samples in the Riverfront Residence hall. No illnesses have been reported. “Please let me reassure you that in checking with the Centers for Disease Control I […]

Source: http://www.csnews.com, October 6, 2016 By: Bill Selman, The Graham Co. Cleanup costs and third-party claims can be significant. One of the many ways convenience stores differ from their retail counterparts is the significant environmental risk related to their operations. The industry began offering gasoline in the 1970s and has taken great strides since then […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 22, 2016 By: Walter Wright and Rachel Hildebrand, Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC An Ohio federal district court addressed whether a landfill operator’s insurer was obligated under a claims-based Environmental Impairment Liability (“EIL”) policy to defend and indemnify against claims concerning odors emanating from the landfill. See Tunnell Hill Reclamation, […]

Source: http://www.ibamag.com, October 4, 2016 As awareness around the impacts of pollution and environmental damage seeps deeper into the public consciousness, businesses are doing more than ever to adopt green practices. But accidents do happen, and if your clients are in a certain industry, these accidents can lead to significant environmental and financial damage. This […]

Source: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com, October 4, 2016 Investigators are focusing on seven cooling towers in Hopkins as they continue to search for the cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that left 23 sick and one dead. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, the seven cooling tower locations under scrutiny are: SuperValu east, SuperValu west, Thermo-Tec, […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, October 5, 2016 By: Scott Fallon One of the nation’s largest chemical companies will pay $165 million toward the cleanup of the lower Passaic River under an agreement reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, officials announced Wednesday morning. The settlement with Occidental Chemical Corp., of Houston, is a fraction of the $1.38 […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, September 29, 2016 By: Don E. Woods The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency anticipates spending $15 million to remove arsenic from a former chemical company Superfund site that was originally cleaned in the 1990s. The Vineland Chemical Company produced arsenic-based herbicides at the Mill Road facility from 1949 to 1994. Arsenic contaminated the soil and […]