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 […]

Source: The News-Enterprise, June 12, 2012 Posted in: Rockhill Environmental Newsletter, June 2012 Two southbound lanes on Interstate 65 were shut down Monday as cleanup crews worked a wreck scene involving a passenger car and semi truck carrying a load of eggs. Doug Finlay, deputy director of Hardin County Emergency Management, said the car and […]

Source: Rockhill Environmental Newsletter, June 2012 Drug lab and crime scene cleanups pose some potentially significant remediation challenges and pollution exposures, even for experienced remediation contractors. Remediation projects in places such as methamphetamine (“Meth”) laboratories found in residential dwellings and at recent crime scenes require adherence to certain EPA, state, and local cleanup requirements. Having […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 6, 2012 By: Jason E. Yearout, Baker & Hostetler LLP On May 22, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed House Bill 1123, which addresses the state legal standards for civil liability for damages caused by exploration and production activity in deep shale deposits in the Marcellus Shale formation. The Marcellus Shale territory stretches […]

Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX), June 6, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it’s known, carries with it certain risks, but some experts say the benefits and dollars outweigh environmental concerns. Fracking consists of injecting large amounts of water mixed with sand and chemicals at high pressure to break up rock formations far […]

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 4, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In a St. Louis courtroom last month, attorneys geared up for a trial more than a year away that will center on whether 17 children allegedly poisoned by the lead smelter in Herculaneum can prove their ailments deserve compensation. The lawsuit is one of several […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, May 21, 2012 By: Jonathan Carr, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP We continue to follow the Chinese drywall litigation. A piece of this litigation closed last week, as a Florida real estate developer agreed to a settlement with a class of condominium owners who alleged that drywall manufactured in China that was used […]

Source: Business Insurance, June 1, 2012 By: Mike Tsikoudakis A California construction company has agreed to a civil penalty of $170,000 for illegally dumping fill material into wetlands. Fortuna, Calif.-based Wendt Construction Co. Inc. on Thursday entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that included the fine for unpermitted dumping of fill […]