Source: Inside EPA Weekly Report, January 11, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com EPA is seeking data to determine whether it should continue with plans to propose a rule governing renovations and repairs of public and commercial buildings with lead paint, a controversial measure Senate Republicans have questioned, but that EPA agreed to consider as part of […]

Read here about cleanup that continues at the Hanford site in Washington even as Governor steps down.  

Read here about risks that remain at West Virginia coal slurry ponds.  

Source: El Paso Times, January 9, 2013 By: Mary Schladen The town of Clint and a long list of residents and churches are suing a group of construction companies and engineering firms, arguing that since 2010 they pumped out too much water too fast from the area so that the ground has sunk, twisting and […]

Source: New Hampshire Union Leader, January 8, 2013 By: Dave Solomon George W. Bush was in his first term, Facebook didn’t exist and Barack Obama was still an Illinois state senator when the state of New Hampshire sued 22 oil and gas companies in late 2003, claiming their use of the gasoline additive MTBE caused […]

New Day recently established a new broker relationship in which the insured, an International remediation contractor, was new to our partner broker via Broker of Record (BOR).  The broker partner came to New Day seeking renewal solutions.   The insured had a high loss ratio and thought they had the broadest coverage since the account […]

New Day successfully placed an Owner’s Protective Professional Indemnity (OPPI) policy for a public power company, who is building a $360 million power plant consisting of four natural gas turbines.  The Insured is the owner and construction manager of the design/build project, with a nationally-respected lead design firm charged with all design tasks.  The General […]

Although your client may believe that since “I’ve never had a claim for a pollution incident or claim, I see no value in pollution insurance,” that is far from reality.  As your client’s trusted insurance adviser, your reply should be: Environmental claims are catastrophic type claims – low frequency, high severity.  Therefore, they don’t happen […]

Source: The Charleston Gazette, January 7, 2013 By: Jim Balow A 12-year-old lawsuit against the designers of Charleston’s ill-fated composting facility has finally been settled, City Council members learned Monday. O’Brien & Gere, the New York-based engineers that designed the former sewage sludge composting facility in North Charleston, agreed to settle the city’s suit for […]

Source: Chicago Tribune, December 27, 2012 By: Jennifer Delgado State sues firm, contending it broke law in installing 10 printing presses Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Thursday against a west suburban bookbinding and printing plant that she said illegally installed equipment that contributes to air pollution. The 77-page suit, filed in Cook […]

Source: Sustainable Industries, January 1, 2013 By: Jerry Yudelson Green building will continue its rapid expansion globally in 2013 in spite of ongoing economic difficulties. More people are building green each year, and there is nothing on the horizon that will stop this MegaTrend or its constituent elements. However, the continuing slowdown in commercial real […]

Source: The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA, January 2, 2013 By: Cynthia Lambert Two years after raw sewage flooded from a South County wastewater treatment plant into an Oceano neighborhood and backed up into some homes, seven residents have sued the administrator of the facility. In a lawsuit filed Dec. 18, the residents allege that […]