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September 1, 2010

Illegal Meth Lab Found in Apartment

Acknowledgment to Great American The owner of an apartment building entered a unit that had been vacated and discovered that the renter had left behind an illegal meth lab and related chemicals. The renter could not be located and the landlord was left with the responsibility for the clean-up. Not only did the owner have […]

September 1, 2010

Mold Causes Problems at Upscale Apartments

Acknowledgement to Great American Widespread mold caused multiple problems for tenants and the property owner. A few years after construction of an upscale apartment community, tenants complained about mold in bathrooms. Multiple buildings and units within the complex experienced similar problems over the next few months. Some tenants moved out and filed claims for alleged […]

September 1, 2010

Airport Fueling System Leak

Acknowledgement to Great American An environmental study performed as part of a regional airport expansion project uncovered two areas of contamination. Leakage was discovered at an airport fueling system. In addition, containment areas for de­icing fluid were found to be inadequate, thereby allowing contaminants to enter a lake adjacent to the airport property. Costly remediation […]

September 1, 2010

Appeals court: mud from logging roads is pollution

Source: http://envfpn.advisen.com/#top GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A federal appeals court Tuesday decided that mud washing off logging roads is pollution and ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to write regulations to reduce the amount that reaches salmon streams. A conservation group that filed the lawsuit said if the ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

September 1, 2010

Oct. trial set for La Plata County pollution suit

Source: http://envfpn.advisen.com/#top DENVER — La Plata County is scheduled to head to trial in October in its lawsuit against a rifle manufacturer over groundwater pollution at the jail. The trial is set to start Oct. 10 in federal court in Denver. The county wants Brown Group Retail Inc. to pay costs of cleaning up groundwater […]

September 1, 2010

The Risks of Renewable Energy Projects

Acknowledgement to Zurich A successful renewable energy project starts with a thorough risk analysis, along with an enterprise risk management program for the long run. Renewable energy developments on brownfield or other contaminated land is one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy. The EPA estimates that there are up to 490,000 sites […]

September 1, 2010

Allegations of Negligent Phase II Site Assessment

Acknowledgement to XL Environmental THE CLAIM An environmental consultant insured by XL was retained by the then owner of a parcel of land to prepare Phase I / Phase II Site Assessments in support of the sale of this land. Following the sale of the property, litigation was filed against our insured and its client […]

September 1, 2010

Tourism hardest hit in the Gulf in BP oil spill aftermath

Acknowledgement to Ironshore Environmental August 17th, 2010 12:22 pm By Dominique Doms, International Trade Examiner The tourism industry in the Gulf of Mexico is normally at its peak around this time of the year, but tourists are few and far between this time around. A stroll around the beaches of the Florida panhandle and the […]

September 1, 2010

Union Pacific Train Carrying Chlorine Gas Struck Train and Derails

Acknowledgement to Ironshore Environmental SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 28 (Reuters) – At least three people were killed when a Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE:UNP – News) freight train hauling chlorine gas and anhydrous ammonia struck another train and derailed in a rural area on Monday, spreading a hazardous gas cloud. Two people were found dead in […]

September 1, 2010

Train fire, toxic cargo shut city

Acknowledgement to Ironshore Environmental baltimoresun.com Firefighters stymied as CSX freight burns in Howard St. Tunnel; Civil defense sirens wail; I-395, Inner Harbor closed; water main break cuts power By David Michael Ettlin and Del Quentin Wilber Sun Staff July 19, 2001 Civil defense sirens wailed and major highways into Baltimore were closed after a freight train […]

September 1, 2010

Owner of Crowne Plaza Hotel in Secaucus pleads guilty to pollution Hackensack River

Acknowledgement to Ironshore Environmental MONDAY, 22 MARCH 2010 16:08 The corporate owner of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Secaucus pleaded guilty Monday to unlawfully discharging wastewater contaminated with sewage into the Hackensack River. RD Secaucus LP, pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree charge of unlawfully discharging a pollutant in violation of the state Water Pollution Control […]

September 1, 2010

Standard Hotel pleads guilty to dumping pool chemicals down rooftop drain

Acknowledgement to Ironshore Environmental  Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2010 Operators of the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to a charge of negligent discharge of pollutants and pay more than $370,000 after a hotel employee dumped pool chemicals down a rooftop drain last year, causing several people to become […]

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