Source: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 21, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Crews remain on scene in Washington County after a three-truck crash early Monday spilled diesel fuel and fracking water into Chartiers Creek. Two trucks carrying discharged fracking water stopped at a red light on Route 18 in Canton at 3 a.m. when a tractor trailer […]

Source: San Antonio Express-News, April 21, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Two recent fuel spills on the San Antonio River’s Mission Reach have put a spotlight back on a nearly 60-year-old refinery with a history of industrial accidents and disputes with regulators. Officials of the San Antonio River Authority said last week that they would ask […]

Source: the Dickinson Press (ND), April 21, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A proposed lower limit of silica exposure from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would drastically affect the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, industry, a trade group said. The American Petroleum Institute is one of about 80 organizations and industry groups that will speak in […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, April 20, 2014 By: Daniel M. Kavouras The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is tightening permit conditions for horizontal drillers after a report from state geologists found a “probable connection” between hydraulic fracturing and a string of small earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio. The ODNR’s new rules require companies drilling within 3 miles […]

Source: http://www.stltoday.com, April 18, 2014 By: Blythe Bernhard Residents who live in the 400 homes closest to the smoldering Bridgeton Landfill will be compensated thousands of dollars for enduring foul odors from the site in an agreement reached Thursday in a lawsuit against the landfill’s owners. Bridgeton Landfill LLC, a subsidiary of Republic Services, agreed […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, April 16, 2014 By: Scott Fallon It is touted as the largest Superfund cleanup ever, one that will remove 4.3 million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with a stew of pollutants from the Passaic River and even make it safe for people to fish there again without significantly raising their risk of cancer. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 8, 2014 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Church Mut. Ins. Co. v. Clay Ctr. Christian Church, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 5450 (Mar. 25, 2014), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, applying Nebraska law, had occasion to consider whether a […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, March 13, 2014 By: Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE When brokers and clients have a special relationship, N.Y. says the broker may be liable for failing to advise on additional coverage. An insurance broker transacts insurance with, but not on behalf of, an insurer. In doing so, the broker generally promises only to obtain […]

Read here about the owner of a septic tank pumping business who was sentenced for dumping waste into a public sewer system.

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune (CA), April 15, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Exide Technologies, a battery recycling plant facing numerous health code violations since 2007, has been releasing “high levels of lead emissions” for 18 consecutive days after operations were shut down on March 22, according to the air pollution officials. The new toxic air […]

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV), April 15, 2014 http://envfpn.advisen.com A contractor hired to remediate the Elk River site of a chemical leak recently submitted its plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The key word is plan — with many of the details still up in the air as the Freedom Industries location remains […]

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV), April 15, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Putnam County Commission wants to move forward with legal action to force a Hurricane landfill to move waste stored there after the Jan. 9 chemical leak. The commission voted this morning to hire attorney Mike Callaghan, a former assistant federal prosecutor and head […]