Source: http://abc7ny.com, October 7, 2015 By: Kristin Thorne Cooling towers in at least seven Long Island school districts have tested positive for the presence of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease. The Legionella bacteria was found in the Mount Sinai, Sachem, Middle Country, Smithtown, Hauppague, Connetquot and Port Washington school districts. School officials say the […]

Source: Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, PA), October 5, 2015 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Pouring a chemical into wells at a Superfund site in the Valmont Industrial Park is neutralizing a hazardous substance that leaked into ground water decades ago, the project manager overseeing the cleanup for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. Brad White, the manager, also said […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, October 6, 2015 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Patriot Coal Corp. and state regulators overseeing its West Virginia mines on Tuesday struck a deal that provides $50 million to cover cleanup costs and resolves a sticking point to the coal company’s efforts to move forward with its debt-payment plan. The West Virginia […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 30, 2015 By: Harry Z. Rippeon, III, Smith Currie & Hancock The success or failure of many construction projects depends on accurate risk evaluation.  How well a party can evaluate, shift, or price risk can be a determining factor in the project’s overall success and the party’s financial well-being.  Under traditional project […]

Source: http://greenwichfreepress.com, October 5, 2015 On Monday night the Greenwich Superintendent of Schools, Dr. William McKersie, emailed parents and staff to say that on October 1, the three schools in town with cooling towers — GHS, ISD and Riverside — were tested proactively in light of recent reports of Legionnaire’s disease in the Bronx. The […]

Source: http://abcnews.go.com, April 17, 2015 By: Matthew Larotonda Home improvement giant Lowe’s Companies Inc. has agreed to pay $500,000 after federal investigators found its home renovation contractors in nine states had violated safety standards for lead paint. The retail chain was also unable to provide documentation proving some contractors employed by the company were certified […]

Source: http://www.wtae.com, October 4, 2015 Authorities say three water fixtures at the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs hospital have tested positive for bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease. Veterans Affairs officials said Friday that the affected fixtures at the Oakland hospital include a patient shower, a staff sink and a public sink, but the type of Legionella bacteria […]

Source: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com, October 2, 2015 By: Thomas Barlas The U.S. government wants an entire neighborhood to take health precautions after discovering lead and arsenic contamination, which also threatens the Maurice River, in an area recommended for the federal Superfund cleanup list. Federal documents say the contamination comes from the former pesticide plant at the Kil-Tone […]

Source: http://www.rmmagazine.com, October 1, 2015 By: Caroline McDonald A recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York killed 12 people and sickened at least 127 others. The origin was traced to the Opera House Hotel in the South Bronx, where a high concentration of Legionella bacteria was found in water in the hotel’s cooling towers. […]

Source: http://www.lohud.com, September 30, 2015 By: Matt Spillane No reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease he bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease has been discovered at Manhattanville College, officials said. Legionella bacteria was found in a large water chiller on the campus in Purchase, spokesman JJ Pryor said. Manhattanville was notified of the test results Tuesday by a company […]

Source: http://longisland.news12.com, October 1, 2015 Detectable concentrations of legionella bacteria were found in the cooling towers of Smithtown East and West high schools, according to Smithtown Central School District. The testing was conducted in response to the recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx. The state Department of Health had issued emergency regulations requiring […]

Source: http://www.insidecounsel.com, September 30, 2015 By: Michael S. Mostow In transactions involving property that is or may be contaminated, the environmental questions typically boil down to 1) Is this property contaminated, and if so, how contaminated? 2) What will it cost to clean up this site to appropriate levels? and 3) Which party will be […]