Source: https://www.consensusdocs.org/, March 8, 2023 By: Bill Shaughnessy, Partner, Jones Walker LLP Resolving construction disputes in litigation (court or arbitration) can be expensive and may drag on for years. Most disputes could have been avoided, or at least mitigated, had the parties (both owners and contractors) identified contract risks during negotiations and been more proactive […]

Source: https://www.consensusdocs.org/, March 6, 2023 By: Brian C. Padove, Partner, Tieder, Hoffar, & Fitzgerald, LLP Whether it is an owner, contractor, or subcontractor, when construction entities enter into contracts their general focus is typically on a few interrelated goals: completing the project on time, within budget, and making a profit. An often-overlooked aspect of contracting, […]

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/, March 29, 2023 By: Aleks Phillips A barge carrying 1,400 tons of methanol, a toxic substance, is among those to have crashed on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday and is partially submerged. The Louisville Metropolitan Emergency Services (LMES) said that shortly after 2 a.m. ET a vessel towing 11 barges […]

Source: https://menafn.com/, March 28, 2023 A state regulator in Minnesota has revealed that hundreds of fish have died in the wake of a radioactive leak at the Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant near Minneapolis. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), the shutdown of the plant following the leak caused an estimated 230 […]

On March 14, 2023, the EPA proposed a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) to establish legally enforceable levels, called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), for six PFAS in drinking water. PFOA and PFOS as individual contaminants, and PFHxS, PFNA, PFBS, and HFPO-DA (commonly referred to as GenX Chemicals) as a PFAS mixture. EPA is also […]

Source: https://www.pbs.org/, March 27, 2023 A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials. But local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety. There were no injuries and no fire associated with the derailment, which occurred in a rural area outside Wyndmere, a town […]

Source: https://www.wpr.org/, March 27, 2023 By: Rich Kremer State lawmakers will consider a $215,000 settlement offer from Kinnard Farms Tuesday, the agreement tied to allegations the business violated regulations while spreading manure in Kewaunee and Door Counties. If approved, it would mark a total of nearly $600,000 in settlements between the Wisconsin Department of Justice […]

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/, March 27, 2023 By: Shalom Baer Gee A Rapid City couple whose ranch borders 106 acres of the landfill filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming pollution, contamination and burning compost. Ross and Fern Johnson — owners of a 1,500-acre cattle ranch — filed a petition in Pennington County Court on Feb. 24 […]

Source: https://6abc.com/, March 26, 2023 Coast Guard personnel responded to the release of hazardous material into Mill Creek in Bristol on Saturday afternoon. The Coast Guard was notified around 11:40 p.m. Friday about the release and dispatched a team of pollution responders. Officials say the release was caused by a pipe rupture at a nearby […]

Source: https://www.post-gazette.com/, March 24, 2023 A Beaver County school district has sued Norfolk Southern over the train derailment last month in nearby East Palestine, Ohio. The 27-page lawsuit, filed Thursday by the Blackhawk School District in federal court in Pittsburgh, alleges the district’s students are affected and will be affected by discharges of hazardous material […]

On March 14, 2023, the EPA proposed a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) to establish legally enforceable levels, called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), for six PFAS in drinking water. PFOA and PFOS as individual contaminants, and PFHxS, PFNA, PFBS, and HFPO-DA (commonly referred to as GenX Chemicals) as a PFAS mixture. EPA is also […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, March 22, 2023 By: Jim Riccioli An unreported motor oil spill near New Berlin’s City Center has evolved into enough of a concern to prompt the city to declare it an environmental hazard as a belated clean-up process continues. New Berlin Mayor Dave Ament issued a formal “state of emergency” Monday, four days after […]