Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, March 31, 2023 By: David Sharp Maine’s attorney general is suing manufacturers of so- called forever chemicals that have contaminated farms and wells, contending they knew about the toxicity decades ago but concealed the information from the public. Two lawsuits targeting DuPont, 3M and others seek to recover costs to investigate, mitigate and […]

Source: https://business.libertymutual.com/ What is aqueous film-forming foam? Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) is a type of firefighting foam that is used to extinguish flammable liquid fires (Class B fires). AFFF has been used since the  1960s and is considered the gold standard to suppress Class B fires quickly and reliably. AFFF has received scrutiny because it […]

Source: https://www.consensusdocs.org/, March 7, 2023 Engineering News-Record (ENR) Magazine recently wrote a thought-provoking article entitled “Will Claims by Contractors on Big Design-Build Projects Ever End?” Progressive design-build is mentioned as a means to address some of the critiques that design-build faces today. Progressive design-build has attracted increasing usage on larger projects, especially horizontal construction (i). So is progressive […]

Source: https://www.consensusdocs.org/, March 7, 2023 By: Sarah B. Biser, Partner and Co-Chair of the Construction Law and International Arbitration Practice Groups, Fox Rothschild LLP The three key measures of a construction project’s success are cost, quality, and time (delays). The project delivery method that the owner of the project selects can affect each of these […]

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 […]