Source: Insurance Journal, June 11, 2012 Colony Specialty, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., is now offering business auto coverage in conjunction with its general liability and pollution coverages through their environmental division. The admitted product targets operations including: the fleets of environmental contractors and consultants, environmental facilities, restoration contractors, and environmental products […]

Source: National Law Review, June 11, 2012 By Alice Su, Center for Public Integrity The EPA issues a $1 million fine against a global plastics producer for alleged Clean Air Act violations in Alabama and Indiana. The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a $1 million fine against a global plastics producer for alleged Clean Air […]

Read here about how a construction worker was killed and another was injured in an accident in a tunnel that was under construction.

Source: Construction Executive, June 2012 By: Kenneth Cobleigh Meeting Expectations and Managing Risks Sustainable design and construction is a rapidly evolving area for owners, architects, contractors, and others involved in the design and construction industry. This year, the International Code Council released its International Green Construction Code (IgCC) and the Green Building Certification Institute is […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 6, 2012 By: Susan P. Phillips and Katy E. Ward, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC For properties where chlorinated solvents have been released, new regulatory challenges and related liability concerns are increasing as a result of controversial human health studies recently published by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The […]

Source: PRWeb, June 13, 2012 Posted on: http://news.yahoo.com Terry W. Roberson, a Houston oil and gas attorney, authored “Environmental Concerns of Hydraulically Fracturing a Natural Gas Well” published in Volume 32, Page 1, 67 of the Utah Environmental Law Review (2012). The article explores whether the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracking in shale […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, May 25, 2012 By: Gabrielle Sigel, Jenner & Block In long-running litigation regarding one of the costliest Superfund cleanups in the country, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin reversed a decision it reached just 5 months earlier and found that Appleton Papers Inc. (“API”) was not liable to the […]

Source: San Bernardino County Sun, June 14, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com How much of the cancer-causing chemical chromium 6 is naturally occurring in the Hinkley Valley? Board members of the water agency which is overseeing the cleanup of Hinkley’s contaminated groundwater are beginning to see that the answer to that question may never be known. […]

Read here about a wrongful death lawsuit that has been filed in W. Virginia after a woman died allegedly from inhaling dust from construction work.

Source: http://www.chieftain.com, April 21, 2012 Posted in: Rockhill Environmental Newsletter, June 2012 Measure requires state to recycle electronics Just in time for the observance of Earth Day this weekend, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law Friday that bans disposal of electronic equipment in landfills and requires the state of Colorado to dispose of […]

Source: http://www.telegram.com, April 19, 2012 Posted in: Rockhill Environmental Newsletter, June 2012 A North Grafton property owner has been indicted for allegedly paying two tenants to remove asbestos from her Springfield rental property. Susan B. Nissenbaum, 59, was indicted April 12 by a Hampden County grand jury on three counts of violating the Massachusetts Clean […]

Source: Bellefontaine Examiner, March 12, 2012 Posted in: Rockhill Environmental Newsletter, June 2012 Eric McKinley, 43, of Mt. Victory, was transported by a Bokescreek squad to an area hospital with possible rib and wrist injuries after his westbound dump truck overturned about 7:45 a.m. Saturday on County Road 48 near Township Road 138. He had […]