Source: http://auburnpub.com, May 11, 2016 By: Mike Dowd A resident at The Commons on St. Anthony health care facility in Auburn has tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease and trace amounts of legionella have been detected in the water system there. According to a news release, a round of testing took place after one resident tested […]

Source: http://khns.org, May 10, 2016 By: Emily Files Extensive testing at the former Haines Tank Farm and Fuel Terminal found widespread fuel-related contamination. Approximately 75,000 cubic yards of soil have contaminants that exceed environmental standards. The problem is decades old, from the time that the Haines-Fairbanks pipeline operated with little environmental oversight in the 1950s and […]

Source: http://www.sentinelsource.com, May 10, 2016 By: Matt Nanci Four area businesses may use or have used the same type of chemicals responsible for contaminating drinking water in the Merrimack area, the N.H. Department of Environmental Services said. New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc. in Peterborough, Central Plating of New Hampshire Inc. in Walpole, and Bean Fiber […]

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com, May 11, 2016 By: Darryl Fears The boom in unconventional drilling for natural gas known as fracking hit so fast that scientists have had to scramble to determine whether it’s safe for humans and the environment. Mostly they’re still trying to catch up. But a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey appears […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, May 10, 2016 The city of Bozeman, Mont., a housing developer and an engineering firm have reached a $7.5 million settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by homeowners who said the city approved a subdivision near a former landfill that is leaking fumes and damaging their property values. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported […]

Source: http://www.callawyer.com, May 9, 2016 By: Timothy M. Thornton, Jr. The key is resultant property damage to other parts of the project or building. In many scenarios involving allegedly defective construction, the injured party—be it a homeowner, a commercial project developer or a homeowners association—asks that the issue be turned over to the contractor’s insurance […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, May 10, 2016 By: Michael Voelker Changing city skylines tell the story Call it “the Big Build-Up”: construction-focused carriers are cheering the multi-year run of positive news in the building sector. Growth in nonresidential construction is projected at more than 7.4% in 2016, according to the industry trade group Associated Builders and Contractors. […]

Source: http://www.nhregister.com, May 9, 2016 By: Mark Zaretsky With three pieces of heavy equipment moved onto the waterfront future site of The Haven high-end outlet mall and more on the way, work began Monday to clean up environmental contamination that remains from decades of oil storage and processing. Two excavators and a skid steer brought […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, May 6, 2016 By: Christopher Kendrick, Valerie Moore, Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP In Hearn Pacific v. Second Generation Roofing (no. A142203, filed 5/2/16), a California Court of Appeal held that despite prosecuting an indemnity action against a subcontractor for reimbursement of defense costs in the name of its insured developer, the developer’s […]

Source: http://www.freep.com, May 7, 2016 By: Keith Matheny Despite Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge’s assertions that it had cleaned up all but one of the five barrels of oil they said leaked from a pipeline in the Hiawatha National Forest in the Upper Peninsula around 1980, contaminated soil and groundwater persisted at the site for more than three […]

Source: http://www.desmogblog.com, May 8, 2016 By: Sharon Kelly Thousands of oil and gas industry wastewater spills in North Dakota have caused “widespread” contamination from radioactive materials, heavy metals and corrosive salts, putting the health of people and wildlife at risk, researchers from Duke University concluded in a newly released peer-reviewed study. Some rivers and streams in […]

Source: http://www.civilbeat.com, May 9, 2016 By: Teresa Dawson The $60 million cleanup is an effort to create an environment that may make it again safe to eat the fish. It may be unrealistic to think that anyone will ever be able to safely eat crabs or fish caught in Pearl Harbor, which, as the U.S. […]