Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 12, 2014 By: Hunton & Williams LLP On May 29, 2014, the Supreme Court of Nevada held in Century Surety Company v. Casino West, Inc., No. 60622 (Nev. May 29, 2014), that a general liability policy’s absolute pollution exclusion and an indoor air quality exclusion are ambiguous and do not bar coverage […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 9, 2014 By: John M. Clark and Marie S. Reilly, Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton LLC During the past year, five state supreme courts (Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, North Dakota and West Virginia) have found that faulty workmanship by a construction contractor or subcontractor can be a covered “occurrence.” Ignoring precedent, the […]

Source: http://phys.org, June 9, 2014 Researchers at the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) over the next four years to study asbestos exposure pathways that lead to mesothelioma, the […]

Source: http://www.statesmanjournal.com, June 12, 2014 By: Tracy Loew Four companies have been fined a total of $36,800 for violating Oregon’s asbestos law during renovations at a Monmouth apartment last December. The state Department of Environmental Quality imposed a $4,800 fine on the apartment owner, Bryadd Inc. of Salem; and $5,600 fines on both the property […]

Source: http://www.tmcnet.com, June 11, 2014 A site in Irvine’s business district where Xerox had once cleaned copiers and equipment with chemical solvents will get its own cleanup. The Department of Toxic Substances Control plans to scoop out contaminated soil and monitor groundwater at the site near the corner of Jamboree Road and Dupont Drive and […]

Source: http://franklinpark.suntimes.com, June 11, 2014 By: Mark Lawton The village of Franklin Park has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the owner of a contaminated manufacturing property. In May, the village filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Joslyn Manufacturing, which owns a 34-acre site roughly bordered by Martens Street, Fullerton Avenue, Willow […]

Source: http://newjersey.news12.com, June 11, 2014 Officials say the funding needed to clean up a North Jersey Superfund site has run dry, and the news has residents fuming. Colleen Calderio plants tomatoes in planters on the roof because she’s afraid to plant them in the ground. Her house sits across the street from where an electro-plating […]

Source: http://triblive.com, June 11, 2014 By: Adam Brandlolph A leak at a Range Resources facility in Washington County contaminated groundwater with low levels of chloride, likely leading to further citations against the energy company, the Department of Environmental Protection said on Wednesday. “We need to do a lot more investigation to determine the extent of […]

Source: Morris Daily Herald (IL), June 10, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Dresden Station finds tritium leak on-site Evidence of a leak turned up Saturday when environmental officials identified tritiated water in one of the Morris facility’s water storage tanks. As of Monday, the tritium contamination was contained to on-site water only, meaning drinking water and […]

Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 11, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Hawaii Gas $155,000 for violations of risk management plan regulations and chemical release reporting involving its Kapolei facility. The fine represents a settlement between the EPA and the company. The Kapolei facility manufactures synthetic natural gas for its Oahu […]

Source: http://www.king5.com, June 8, 2014 By: John Langeler Years after a multi-million dollar environmental cleanup in Skykomish was completed, the town’s school still sits on contaminated soil while the district and Burlington Northern Santa Fe negotiate on how to remove the pollutants and compensation. BNSF spent millions to remove more than 77,000 cubic yards of polluted […]

Source: http://www.pennlive.com, June 9, 2014 By: John Beauge Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Minuteman’s Dauphin County property, although it has a Middletown mailing address, is located in Lower Swatara Township. The state Department of Environmental Protection says it was unaware until criminal charges were filed Friday of allegations that an […]