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 […]

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 […]