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 […]

Source: http://www.irmi.com, April 2013 By: J. Kent Holland Jr., Construction Risk.com LLC Damages claimed by home owner, which were allegedly caused by Chinese drywall that was installed in his home, were excluded from coverage under his homeowners insurance policy pursuant to several exclusions, including the pollution exclusion. When it received the home owner’s claim for […]

Source: http://www.bettendorf.com, April 16, 2013 Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) in Muscatine has agreed to pay a $129,000 fine for violations of the federal Clean Water Act that occurred in 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today (4/16). “GPC failed to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) monitoring requirements by taking […]

Read here about a recall of fruit juices by Wegmans because they may contain a byproduct of mold.

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com, April 18, 2013 By: M. Alex Johnson, John Newland and Tracy Connor, NBC News Rescue crews were going door to door Thursday in the ruins of a small Texas town where a fertilizer-plant explosion killed at least 5 to 15 people, wounded more than 160 and destroyed dozens of home and businesses, including […]

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 16, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The owners of the SugarHouse Casino have agreed to pay $650,000 to settle claims that their workers illegally dumped construction materials into the Delaware River near the Philadelphia casino, prosecutors said Monday. Under the settlement, announced by U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger, SugarHouse HSP Gaming […]

Source: Zurich, April 11, 2013 A crude oil carrier has been slapped with two penalties by the US DOT after its tank truck overturned in an accident in January, spilling about 420 gallons of oil onto the roadside soil. One penalty was for failure to notify the National Response Center within the required 24 hours […]

Source: The Fayetteville Observer (NC), April 13, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state Mining and Energy Commission will look at how the state’s open record laws apply to chemical mixtures that oil and gas companies consider trade secrets, the head of the commission said Friday. Lee County Commissioner Jim Womack serves as chairman of the […]

Read here about increasing hydraulic fracturing activities in Colorado.  

Source: USAToday.com, April 14, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Two oil projects in the works could significantly increase the amount of heavy crude oil moving on — and near — the Great Lakes, causing alarm among environmentalists because they involve the same heavy oil that was behind a $1-billion oil spill on the Kalamazoo River in […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 15, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Recent pipeline ruptures, including one at an Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) pipeline that caused a major oil spill in Arkansas last month, are raising fresh questions about the safety of pipes made decades ago using obsolete welding techniques. Though the industry stopped making what […]

Source: Ottawa Business Journal (Blog), April 15, 2013 By: Jeysa Martinez, Brazeau Seller LLP Innocent and blameless property owners may be exposed to significant environmental liability risk. When assessing environmental liability one might think that, if a land owner did not create nor contribute to an environmental spill or contamination, fault and fairness would be […]