Source: Shelby County Reporter (Alabama), October 25, 2012 By: Amy Jones A Shelby County couple is suing Riverchase United Methodist Church after environmental violations that happened while the church was building an addition resulted in the couple’s lake being polluted. Randy and Mary Harper live adjacent to the church, and the couple claims their 4-acre […]

Read here about 3 lawsuits filed in West Virginia over C8 exposure.  

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 18, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Findlay-based drilling company agreed to pay a $84,506 federal fine for air pollution and hazardous chemical violations in Washington County, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The EPA cited a subsidiary of Atlas Energy LP for several storage problems in 2008 and 2009. Atlas failed […]

Source: Pueblo Chieftain (CO), October 17, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new cleanup standard for molybdenum levels in groundwater has drastically reduced the size of a cleanup area contaminated by the Cotter Corp. Uranium Mill. The mill and a portion of the neighboring Lincoln Park community became a part of a federal Environmental Protection Agency […]

Read here about lawsuit against a fruit cannery that remains unsettled.  

Source: http://construction.com, October 11, 2012M At a national meeting today of the BIMForum in Tacoma WA, McGraw-Hill Construction presented highlights of its new research showing the rapid advance of Building Information Modeling (BIM) usage by architects, engineers, contractors and owners in North America. Comparing results from its similar research in 2007 and 2009, McGraw-Hill Construction […]

Source: http://www.abc.org, October 17, 2012 At an Oct. 11 national meeting of the BIMForum in Tacoma, Wash., McGraw-Hill Construction presented new research showing that 74 percent of contractors are now using Building Information Modeling (BIM). The report also showed that BIM usage among architects, engineers, contractors and owners in North America is at 71 percent, […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, October 5, 2012 By: Robert S. Sanoff, Foley Hoag LLP Like a comet which drags a long trail in its wake, large CERCLA cases in federal court often are accompanied by related insurance coverage cases in state court. That is true with the Lower Fox River Superfund Site in Wisconsin. While a firestorm […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, October 11, 2012 By: James Warmoth, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP When faced with a risky means and methods issue—excavating near an existing structure, for example—contractors frequently seek or otherwise receive input (whether they want it or not) from the owner or its on-site representative. In other cases, the contractor may simply take […]

Source: Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA), October 12, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Adhesives maker Westech Aerosol Corp., just fined $30,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, might be looking to leave Bremerton. “I think they’re going to move somewhere in the not-too-distant future to a relatively nearby location in a business-friendly community,” spokesman Ray Foster said. […]

Read here about a ruling that will allow farm bureaus to join a chicken grower’s lawsuit against the EPA.

Source: Dow Jones News Service, October 11, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com New tests of water surrounding natural-gas-drilling sites near Pavillion, Wyo., have turned up results that are ” generally consistent” with earlier findings showing a link between contamination and hydraulic fracturing, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. The EPA’s announcement could be a blow to […]