Source: http://www.wyomingnews.com, July 21, 2013 By: Trevor Brown Proposed new regulations move forward after an informal rule-making process. A plan to require energy companies to test groundwater quality before and after drilling in Wyoming is closer to becoming a reality. But environmentalists, landowner groups and industry members say how the state implements the policy could […]

Source: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com, July 19, 2013 By: David Wren A pollution trial that was sidetracked last year by a lack of jurors is scheduled to start Monday in Conway with would-be condominium developers JDS Development of Myrtle Beach Inc. blaming the failure of their project on groundwater contamination caused by electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. David and […]

Source: Oil & Gas Journal, July 19, 2013 By: Nick Snow ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. agreed to pay a $100,000 fine and to spend $20 million to improve wastewater management practices in Pennsylvania and West Virginia natural gas operations. The agreement came in a settlement of federal water pollution charges, the US Department […]

Read here about a study that showed that chemicals from natural gas drilling did not contaminate drinking water aquifers in Pennsylvania.

Source: http://www.startribune.com, July 13, 2013 By: Tony Kennedy In Wisconsin, frac-sand mines in Trempealeau, Buffalo and Barron counties are creating unstable piles of sand waste and illicit wastewater runoff. In Minnesota, state health officials are studying two chemicals widely used in frac-sand processing as contaminants of “emerging concern.” Four years into a mining boom that […]

Read here about the owner of a Maryland cement plant owner who has been fined $700,000 for Clean Air Act violations.

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, July 17, 2013 By: Ed Treleven Madison-Kipp and two groups of neighbors who sued the East Side vehicle parts manufacturer have agreed to the settlement of the class action lawsuits in state and federal courts for cash payments totaling $7.2 million. The company also agreed to replace contaminated soil on some […]

Source: http://www.globest.com, July 16, 2013 By: S. Ira Grossman In a recent blog post I discussed how a comprehensive Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser (BFPP) liability protection can help to protect you from acquisition environmental risk. Today I’ll look at Environmental Insurance, and how it can help cover […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 9, 2013 By: Patrick Frye, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP In Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. Southern National Gas Co. (Ala. June 18, 2013), the Alabama Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict finding that the leaking of PCB from 8 different locations was one “occurrence.” Sonat (short for Southern National Gas Co.) […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 5, 2013 By: Hillary Coombs Jarvis and John P. Swenson, Steptoe & Johnson LLP In Nautilus Insurance Company v. 3Builders, Inc., Civil No. 11-00303 LEK-RLP, 2013 WL 3223643 (D. Haw. June 24, 2013), the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, applying Hawaii state law, granted Nautilus Insurance Company’s (“Nautilus”) […]

Source: http://www.news-gazette.com, July 14, 2013 By: Bill Anaya Last month, Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act (P.A. 098-0022). Others may continue to seek a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Illinois, but with the governor’s signature, a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Illinois is merely a protest. We can, however, expect challenges […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, July 12, 2013 Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in GS2 Engineering & Environmental Consultants, Inc. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95137 (D.S.C. July 9, 2013), the United State District Court for South Carolina had occasion to consider the limitations of coverage inherent […]