Source: http://www.stltoday.com, April 29, 2014 By: Blythe Bernhard More than 40 years after 43,000 tons of radioactive material were illegally dumped at the West Lake Landfill, Missouri’s attorney general wants the hauling routes tested for contamination. Koster sent a letter Tuesday to the Environmental Protection Agency calling for radiation testing in the communities where trucks […]

Source: http://www.centraljersey.com, April 25, 2014 By: James McEvoy A new day has dawn for an underwriting management firm that recently relocated its headquarters to the township. Jeffrey S. Lejfer, president and CEO, and Jeff Slivka, executive vice president and COO, of New Day Underwriting Managers LLC recently sat down with the Hamilton Observer to speak […]

Read here about fines that have been proposed for West Virginia University for hazardous waste violations.

Source: Trenton Times (NJ), April 28, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A change located deep inside New Jersey’s proposed budget for the 2015 fiscal year appears to allow the state to divert money paid by corporate polluters to compensate communities for assets damaged by oil and chemical contamination. With the principal defendant in the state’s lawsuit […]

Read here about North Dakota’s plans to restore land that was damaged by oil spilled as a result of a pipeline break.

Source: The Charleston Gazette (WV), April 28, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A federal judge has ruled that Alpha Natural Resources is illegally discharging excess levels of toxic selenium from a Raleigh County coal-slurry impoundment, in a case that illustrates a potentially major flaw in a U.S. government pollution settlement with the coal giant. U.S. District […]

Read here about an investigation into a 1960s-era missile site in Wyoming that is seeping contaminated groundwater.

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 28, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Oil-field service company Baker Hughes Inc. said minor formatting tweaks to an online form at FracFocus.com will allow it to fully spell out all the chemicals it uses to help coax out oil and gas out of the ground. Baker Hughes is one of […]

Source: http://www.greenvilleonline.com, April 28, 2014 By: Eric Connor The cost for Duke to dispose of the toxic byproducts of burning coal in North Carolina could cost upwards of $10 billion. The figure, cited by a company executive, raises questions in SC The cost for Duke Energy to safely dispose of the toxic byproducts of nearly […]

Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, March 25, 2014 By: Dan Reynolds Risk Scenarios are created by Risk & Insurance editors along with leading industry partners. The hypothetical, yet realistic stories, showcase emerging risks that can result in significant losses if not properly addressed. Disclaimer: The events depicted in this scenario are fictitious. Any similarity to any corporation or […]

Source: http://www.mysuncoast.com, April 21, 2014 By: Ray Collins Some call the once beautiful grassy area at the 301/41 split, known as Luke Wood Park, the gateway to Sarasota. But for the past few years, construction has stopped and started on a high-tech underground sewage station. Now the news comes that the project isn’t anywhere near […]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 19, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com What has been termed a “significant” leak of drilling waste water has occurred at Range Resources’ John Day impoundment in Amwell Township, Washington County. Lisa Kasianowitz, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman, confirmed the gas-drilling company discovered the leak during an inspection and reported it […]