Source: http://www.jsonline.com, April 22, 2013 By: Thomas Content Wisconsin utilities are spending $1.2 billion to clean up aging coal-fired power plants and shutting down older plants under a settlement announced Monday with federal environmental regulators. Under the settlement, filed in federal court in Madison on Earth Day, the utilities will be assessed a civil penalty […]

Source: http://www.recordnet.com, April 23, 2013 By: Alex Breitler Near the peak of last decade’s building boom, air quality officials approved an innovative yet controversial rule holding developers accountable for new pollution caused by growth. But before long, there was no growth. Today, as construction activity resumes in south San Joaquin County and all along the […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 17, 2013 By: Stephen Doody, Allen & Overy LLP Click here to watch a short (2 minute) introductory video. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) is set to expire at the end of next year. It has evolved over its lifespan, yet the uncertainty of the risks TRIA addresses begs the question […]

Read here about costs that are mounting at an old mill site in Bellingham, WA as a result of more mercury being found than expected.  

Read here about a new plant that has opened in Pennsylvania that will treat and recycle wastewater from the Marcellus Shale.  

Source: The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA, April 21, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The U.S. Forest Service is expected in June to end two years of wrangling over whether to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the George Washington National Forest. Debate has raged about the issue since 2011, when the service initially proposed a 15-year […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 17, 2013 By: Joseph C. Staak, Smith Currie & Hancock Owners like design-build construction because it places more risk on the design-builder, which accepts the responsibility for both design and construction. Design-builders have success when they understand these risks, assemble a knowledgeable team, and stick to projects in their comfort zone. Contractors […]

Source: http://www.spencerfane.com, April 21, 2013 By: Andrew Brought One of the largest food production companies in the world has agreed to resolve violations of EPA’s Risk Management Program (RMP), Clean Air Act Section 112(r), 40 CFR Part 68, stemming from failures associated with its storage and management of the refrigerant anhydrous ammonia. As part of […]

Source: http://www.prnewswire.com, April 18, 2013 In response to increasing food safety and environmental regulation, XL Group businesses are teaming up to help the food and beverage companies lessen their financial, operational and reputational risks by eliminating gaps in their insurance coverage and planning a timely effective response to product contamination or pollution incidents. “Over the […]

Source: http://blogs.twincities.com, April 18, 2013 The long saga of the state’s largest Superfund site took an interesting turn on Monday, April 15, when Ramsey County taxpayers became its landowners. Ramsey County bought the final slice of TCAAP — the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant — in Arden Hills this week, leaving the county in charge […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 12, 2013 By: Virginia L. White-Mahaffey and Erica L. Gerson, Steptoe & Johnson LLP Less than two weeks apart, two appellate courts issued opinions analyzing whether faulty work claims are covered under commercial general liability policies, each reaching a different result. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued […]

Source: StarTribune, Minneapolis, April 18, 2013 By: Alejandra Matos Two years after a gas explosion in south Minneapolis, officials from the city and CenterPoint still dispute who is responsible for blast. The dispute between Minneapolis and CenterPoint Energy over who was at fault for a gas explosion near a south Minneapolis Cub Foods in 2011 […]