Source: http://www.grbj.com, December 4, 2015 By: Pat Evans The positive economic climate and low interest rates are causing properties to change hands and be developed at a fast rate, and local environmental consultants are riding the coattails of that activity. Joe Berlin, president of BLDI Environmental Engineering, has fielded several offers on the company’s downtown […]

Source: http://www.downtownpublications.com, December 4, 2015 By: Lisa Brody The Shell gas station at Maple and Lahser roads in Bloomfield Township, which received approvals to renovate as a mini-mart from the township board of trustees on November 23, was suddenly shut down this week when the current lessee of the station, Safeway, decided not to continue […]

Source: http://www.democratandchronicle.com, December 6, 2015 By: Steve Orr Environmental remediation at a Gates company has been successfully completed just as similar work is beginning at a commercial property in Brighton. The remediated property is Buell Automatics, a precision-machined parts maker at 381 Buell Road near Greater Rochester International Airport. There, the owners enrolled in the […]

Source: http://www.syracuse.com, December 6, 2015 By: James T. Mulder A small amount of bacteria that can cause Legionnaire’s disease has been found in water in cooling towers at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. The hospital received the test results Nov. 24, but did not announce them until late today. St. Joe’s said there is no […]

Source: http://hudsonreporter.com, December 6, 2015 By: Art Schwartz Will begin testing for possible ‘superfund’ status After pressure from a local environmentalist, federal authorities have agreed to conduct an assessment of the Hackensack River to determine the extent of pollution and contamination caused by industry over the years. The findings could result in a massive cleanup […]

Source: http://www.denverpost.com, December 2, 2015 By: Bruce Finley Old mines tainting water on federal land pose $21 billion cleanup bill Tens of thousands of defunct mines poisoning waterways around Colorado and the West present, beyond environmental harm, a multibillion-dollar financial burden. An analysis unveiled Wednesday counting abandoned mines located just on federal public lands pegged […]

Source: http://www.dispatch.com, November 26, 2015 By: Earl Rinehart DuPont has settled a 2009 lawsuit with a southeastern Ohio water district whose well fields were contaminated with the chemical used to make Teflon. The Little Hocking Water Association signed an agreement with the chemical giant in U.S. District Court in Columbus on Monday. The details were […]

Source: http://krwg.org, November 26, 2015 Two families in rural North Texas have sued oil and gas drilling companies for contamination of their water wells. The state’s oil and gas regulator, the Texas Railroad Commission, said in a report that one of the family’s well water contained chemicals that may pose “adverse health effects” and an […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, November 27, 2015 By Terrence T. McDonald Two groups are asking a federal judge to stop New Jersey City University from constructing a building on chromium-contaminated land on the city’s West Side. The groups, Interfaith Community Organization and Hackensack Riverkeeper, filed a motion in federal court on Nov. 16 alleging the construction violates a 2010 court […]

Source: http://www.buffalonews.com, November 29, 2015 By: T.J. Pignataro More toxins found in Lackawanna parcel The land surrounding the former Lackawanna incinerator is more contaminated with heavy metals and carcinogenic chemicals than originally thought. That’s why state environmental and health officials are calling for a more than 55 percent expansion of the incinerator’s Superfund site footprint […]

Source: http://www.nwitimes.com, October 26, 2015 A dry cleaners in Valparaiso is undergoing a soil and groundwater contamination cleanup without disrupting its business operations. Mercury Cleaners has been operating at the same site near the Porter County Courthouse at 356 W. Lincolnway in Valparaiso since 1950. Mercury Cleaners was cited by the Indiana Department of Environmental […]

Source: http://www.kingstonx.com, November 25, 2015 By: Jesse J. Smith Officials at RUPCO say that they’re working to address lead contamination in 32 apartments at the recently opened Lace Mill artists’ housing complex in Midtown Kingston. The remediation effort, already under way, could force some residents to relocate while crews treat contaminated floors. The Lace Mill […]