Source: http://enr.construction.com, July 10, 2006 By Mary Buckner Powers In what the U.S. Justice Dept. calls a “landmark enforcement action,” the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority has agreed to plead guilty to 15 felony counts of violating the Clean Water Act and pay $10 million in criminal and civil fines. Justice officials says the […]

Source: Contra Costa Times, December 19, 2006 By: John Geluardi The Richmond City Council will consider spending a minimum of $9.5 million to temporarily house the Police Department until a new public safety building is built. The 57-year-old Hall of Justice Building, which currently houses the department, is unsafe because of mold infestation due to […]

Source: http://www.nypost.com, July 19, 2007 By: David Seifman, Jennifer Cook and Andy Geller There may not be deadly asbestos in the “hot zone” on the East Side of Manhattan, but the city isn’t taking any chances. It’s conducting exhaustive checks and keeping people out of the 30 buildings, mostly office structures, in the zone until […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, July 13, 2007 By: Estes Thompson The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether cancer-causing radioactive material was buried in the 1980s near a rifle range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., the Marine Corps’ primary base on the Atlantic Ocean. A recently recovered Navy document dated 1981 said the material included 160 pounds of soil […]

Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, January 4, 2011 As the pressure on maintaining clean drinking water supplies mount, risk managers are advised to review their coverage. By CYRIL TUOHY, managing editor of Risk & Insurance® Life for risk managers of public water supplies has never been easy, and it’s expected to become more complicated still as the cost of […]

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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 […]