Source: http://www.constructionexec.com, March 30, 2017 By: Anthony Kammas Construction companies rarely consider that they may end up in court for performing work that damaged the environment, but it happens more frequently than contractors may think. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that construction contractors have a significantly high potential for contributing to environmental damages. The […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, March 29, 2017 By: Jim Russell Pollution requiring clean-up at the former Belchertown State School property includes an apparent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) “disposal site,” according to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. In a letter written by Eva Tor, deputy regional director of the DEP Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, the state said […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, March 28, 2017 By: Michael R. Velladao and Nicole R. Kardassakis, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP In Pitzer College v. Indian Harbor Ins. Co., 845 F.3d 993 (9th Cir. January 13, 2017), the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified the following questions to the California Supreme Court: Is California’s common […]

Source: http://nj1015.com, March 29, 2017 By: Dan Alexander Foam used by the military at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has contaminated several water sources on and off the base, according to a report. The Air Force has been testing for perfluoroctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), an unregulated chemical used to make a firefighting foam […]

Source: http://www.constructionexec.com, March 28, 2017 By: Jeffrey Cavignac, James P. Schabarum, Patrick Casinelli What does the future hold for commercial insurance buyers in 2017? The insurance industry’s surplus is currently at an all-time high—increasing nearly 50 percent in the last seven years—which means rates have begun to decline. Although most underwriters are trying to hold […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, March 27, 2017 By: Spencer Kent New Jersey is off the hook from having to pay part of a nearly $80 million cleanup of the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. The cleanup will cover the Laurence Harbor seawall, which, during its construction in the 1970s, caused lead […]

Source: Detroit Free Press, March 28, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The state will allocate $87 million for the City of Flint to identify and replace at least 18,000 unsafe water lines in Flint by 2020 under a proposed settlement of a federal lawsuit that also provides the state with a road map to end free […]

Source: http://www.salina.com, March 24, 2017 By: Tim Horan Officials with Dragun Corp. say the plume of chemical contamination under what once was Schilling Air Force Base in west Salina is the largest they have seen. “There is a lot of TCE here on the former air force base,” said Matt Schroeder, senior environmental engineer for […]

Source: http://wfla.com, March 27, 2017 By: Melissa Marino Developer Drummond Company, Inc. has sent a letter to residents responding to a federal lawsuit alleging contamination in the Oakbridge and Grasslands communities. The two upscale subdivisions in Lakeland are named in a Federal lawsuit that claims developers in Polk County failed to notify thousands of new homeowners that they […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 21, 2017 By: Marilyn B. Fagelson and Rachel Snow Kindseth, Murtha Cullina LLP In a significant Connecticut Appellate Court victory for policyholders, Murtha Cullina LLP helped Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC prevail in its coverage case against more than 20 of its insurance carriers, who had issued policies from the 1950s to the 1980s. […]

Source: http://www.fosters.com, March 22, 2017 By: Judi Currie The City Council is moving forward with a plan to clean up the former Breton’s Cleaners site and demolish the building. The former dry cleaning business at 1 Winter St. has been closed for more than a decade. The property sits along the banks of the Salmon […]

Source: http://www.sightline.org, March 22, 2017 By: Eric de Place The polluter responsible is trying to wriggle off the hook. There’s a modern-day monster lurking under Tacoma’s industrial lands. Mixed in with the groundwater is a stew of pollution from a shuttered chemical plant: PCBs—toxic chemicals the EPA banned in 1979—and volatile organic chemicals so alkaline […]