Source: https://bangordailynews.com, January 20, 2016 By: Bill Trotter HANCOCK, Maine — Now that the town owns a 150-acre former tannery property off Route 1, local officials are hoping to get federal funds to clean up pollution that accumulated at the site decades ago. The town of Hancock has applied for $400,000 in federal brownfields remediation […]

Source: http://qns.com, December 21, 2015 By: Angela Matua Several assessments of two sites at 29-37 41st Ave. and 29-27 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City uncovered tanks of fuel and soil laced with hazardous concentrations of lead, metals and pesticides, according to a report by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The agency is proposing an expedited cleanup of the sites […]

Source: http://www.inforum.com, December 3, 2015 By: Grace Lyden North Dakota State University may soon request $1.6 million from the state Legislature to cover costs related to the Minard Hall collapse in 2009. The State Board of Higher Education’s budget and finance committee voted unanimously Wednesday in Bismarck to recommend that the full board give NDSU […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, January 15, 2016 By: Scott Levin A spike in Legionnaires’ disease in Genesee County has further thrust Flint’s water crisis into the national spotlight. Legionnaires’ has impacted more than 80 people and caused 10 deaths in the Flint area since the city switched its water source to the Flint River in April 2014. A […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, January 16, 2016 By: Brian Nearing Walgreens owns former site of dry cleaning operation The state is still planning how to clean underground pollution from a former dry cleaners at a busy Loudonville intersection while weighing possible efforts to compel Walgreens, a national pharmacy chain that owns the property, to pay for the […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, January 15, 2016 By: Rebecca Forand One of the owners of the contaminated former Kiddie Kollege daycare site is not personally responsible for the cleanup, an appellate court ruled Thursday. In May 2014, a Superior Court judge found the former owner of the site, Accutherm Inc., and current owners Navillus Group and Jim Sullivan […]

Source: http://www.swissre.com Construction work can be dangerous. The OSHA figures show that in 2013, 4,585 workers were killed on the job. That’s 88 deaths per week, or more than 12 deaths per day. The “fatal four” leading causes of worker fatalities in construction are falls, being struck by falling objects, electrocution, and getting caught in […]

Source: Great American Insurance Insurance Group, January 15, 2016 Great American Insurance Group’s Environmental Division is pleased to announce the launch of its enhanced Professional and Contracting Services policy. The policy speaks to many exposures now faced by contractors, including: Mitigation Costs Coverage Additional Limits for Legal Expense Public Relations Expense Coverage Emergency Response Costs […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, January 13, 2016 By: Brian Nearing Ex-Al Tech site needs more pollution cleanup now at public expense More than 15 years after announcing a “comprehensive” pollution cleanup plan at the sprawling former Al Tech Specialty Steel plant, the state has found more pollution, including toxic PCBs, than was first believed. And a multimillion-dollar […]

Source: http://www.swissre.com Offshore punitive wrap policies In the mid-1980s, Bermuda-based insurers not regulated by state insurance departments in the US began to offer policies to “fill the gap” created by the inconsistent treatment of insurability. These policies became known as off-shore punitive wraps. An off-shore punitive wrap policy fills the gap when the on-shore “wrapped” […]

Source: http://www.gazettextra.com, January 13, 2016 By: Elliot Hughes JANESVILLE—General Motors expects to complete its own evaluation of a contaminated portion of the Rock River near its defunct Janesville plant by May, a spokesperson said Wednesday. After that, the company will talk with the city of Janesville and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources—the lead agency […]

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com, January 13, 2016 By: Matt Ford The city’s public-health crisis grows after Michigan officials announce 10 people have died from the waterborne illness since 2014. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced Wednesday that Flint, Michigan, and the surrounding Genesse County have seen a spike in Legionnaires’ disease over the past year, killing 10 people […]