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Acknowledgement to XL Environmental Most property transactions require a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment by either the contractual or lender agreement but does it fully protect the parties involved? There are limitations to a Phase I in that they only provide research into the historical use of the property. Whereas a Phase II assessment’s soil […]

Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov, Release date: 10/01/2009 Contact Information: Jim Vreeland, (415) 947-4298, vreeland.jim@epa.gov The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 announced today that the first set of results from recent air monitoring studies at three Southern California schools are now available and have been posted on the agency’s website. These schools were selected as part of […]

Source: http://yosemite.epa.gov, Release date: 10/01/2009 Contact Information: Bonnie Smith, 215-814-5543, smith.bonnie@epa.gov Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released initial data from air toxics monitoring outside the Riverside Elementary School in Berks County, Pa. EPA selected the Riverside School in Reading, Pa. as one of 63 schools in 22 states nationwide for air toxics monitoring. The […]

Source: www.newstimes.com, March 24, 2010, Dirk Perrefort, Staff Writer Work crews this week are cleaning up an oil spill behind Broadview Middle School, an effort that could cost as much as $1 million. Antonio Iadarola, director of the city’s Public Works Department, said the cleanup cost would be difficult to estimate until crews begin excavating […]

Acknowledgement to Ironshore Environmental Ironshore EDU is a comprehensive environmental insurance policy that assists schools in managing their environmental exposures in an affordable manner, thereby helping to control not only environmental liabilities but also school finances. Exposures: Mold:  Costly remediation of mold growth; associated bodily injury claims. Contaminated drinking water:  Bodily injury claims related to […]

Source: www.finanzen.net, January 24, 2011 Contractors and consultants are more vulnerable now than ever to environmental liabilities, from job site pollution incidents, to hidden dangers of site selection, which can cost hundreds of thousands in fines and legal fees. In addition, contractors and consultants face a growing array of environmental risks and liabilities due to […]

Publication Date 01/16/2011 Source: Missouri Lawyers Media Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A jury awarded nothing to a company that claimed property damage from a nearby manufacturing plant. DairiConcepts LP produces cheese and dairy products in El Dorado Springs. Across the street on U.S. Highway 54 is Fugate Motors, a Ford and Chrysler dealership. Fugate Motors claimed […]

Source: Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard, California Posted: 01/21/2011 A calcium oxide spill at Fortuna Middle School has environmental health officials asking young children and seniors in the area to limit their time outdoors. A Kernen Construction crew subcontractor was working on a modernization project at the school on Wednesday and was using calcium oxide, commonly known as […]

Publication Date 01/21/2011 Source: Post & Courier (Charleston, SC) Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com A recent ruling from South Carolina’s highest court has general contractors throughout the state worried that they could be liable for paying potentially huge financial damages that their insurers traditionally covered. Property owners who sue builders for faulty workmanship — such as sloppily […]

Publication Date 01/19/2011 Source: Dow Jones News Service (From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The first comprehensive genetic study of bedbugs, the irritating pests that have enjoyed a world-wide resurgence in recent years, indicates they are quickly evolving to withstand the pesticides used to combat them. The new findings from entomologists at Ohio […]

Source: The Saginaw News, January 14, 2011 Posted on: http://www.mlive.com The Michigan Department of Transportation will require the next contractor that replaces large bearings on the massive Zilwaukee Bridge to demonstrate it can do the work or the company will lose the contract, a MDOT engineer said. The agency aims to avoid a repeat of the […]