Source: Statesville Record & Landmark (NC), October 4, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Statesville City Council approved a settlement plan with the federal government Monday night that calls for the city to pay $25,000 as its share of the clean-up costs of a site contaminated by materials contained in electrical transformers. City Attorney Eddie Gaines […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com One of the most widespread groundwater contaminants in the nation is more dangerous to humans than earlier thought, a federal agency has determined, in a decision that could raise the cost of cleanups nationwide, including large areas of the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys. […]

Read here about cleanup work that is set to begin on a Seattle site, the Duwamish River, ten years after being listed as a Superfund site.

Read here about a West Virginia company that has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a 2010 pollution lawsuit.

Read here about a Texas company that paid a hefty fine for a wetlands violation.

Read here about two New Hampshire companies who will pay $200,000 for Clean Water Act violations.

Read here about a Pennsylvania company that has agreed to a substantial fine for Clean Air Act Violations.

Read here about a Seattle-based seafood company that will settle clean water law allegations.

Business Insurance In FOCUS video: Fracking liabilities and insurance

Source: http://www.newbernsj.com, September 27, 2011 By: Drew C. Wilson A small patch of petroleum-contaminated soil beneath Havelock City Hall will have to be cleaned up for construction of a new building. A set of six soil borings drilled July 21 where an old underground fuel storage tank was once located detected the spots that had […]

Source: http://www.post-journal.com, October 2, 2011 By: Jason Rodriguez As far back as 1990, Widrig Avenue resident Dennis McCullough has been especially wary of poor weather. He said that his house is situated at a crossroads of city plumbing. McCullough said a 15-inch waste water line, coming down Hallock Street, turns onto his road, and flows […]

Source: http://www.fredericknewspost.com, September 30, 2011 By: Bethany Rodgers Snags in the construction of a new nursing home had the Frederick County Commissioners shaking their heads Thursday as costs and delays continue to pile up. At their meeting, the county board authorized five work changes that could add up to $430,000 to as much as the […]