Source: https://www.wcax.com/, April 13, 2021 By: Katharine Huntley Chemical contamination at Burlington High School appears to be more extensive than feared and school officials want the public to know it could be costly to clean up. As the school district learns more about the PCB contamination there, the superintendent says the news continues to “worsen.” […]

Source: https://www.wickedlocal.com/, April 14, 2021 By: Margaret Smith Work is ongoing to determine sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — known as PFAS or “forever” chemicals — at the public works site at 54 Richardson Road, and at North Chelmsford water district wells. Stephen Jahnle, assistant public works director, told the Select Board the Department of Environmental […]

Source: https://www.inquirer.com/, April 12, 2021 By: Frank Kummer Two legal settlements will cost one of the largest chicken producers in the country $205 million over claims its Delaware plant disposed of wastewater and sludge that polluted nearby waterways, private water wells, and surrounding air, according to lawyers involved in the case. A class-action settlement with […]

Source: SiriusPoint Environmental Team In-Box, April 13, 2021 The insured, a civil contractor, carried pollution liability coverage with another environmental insurance carrier. The contractor won a short term utility project that required the insured to carry $5M in professional liability limits. The contractor’s existing carrier was unwilling to provide the required professional liability limits. The […]

Source: https://www.wcpo.com/, April 12, 2021 By: Dan Monk Detroit-based demolition company is facing fines of $14,475 for the Dec. 9 collapse of the Killen power plant in Adams County, where two men were killed and three people were injured. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration proposed two separate fines on Jan. 25 and Feb. 2 […]

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/, April 8, 2021 By: Isabella Alves Two companies involved in the construction of the Buckman Direct Diversion Water Treatment Project will pay $36 million as part of a settlement agreement with the Buckman Direct Diversion Board, which sued them and others over the design and construction of the water system that serves city […]

Source: https://wxow.com/, April 6, 2021 The city of Bemidji has reached a settlement with 3M to help pay for treating contamination in its water supply. 3M will pay $12.5 million to help build and operate a treatment facility to remove chemicals known as PFAS, which the company manufactured for use as firefighting foam. Read more.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, April 7, 2021 By: Adrienne Matei Asked about the future of Parkinson’s disease in the US, Dr Ray Dorsey says, “We’re on the tip of a very, very large iceberg.” Dorsey, a neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center and author of Ending Parkinson’s Disease, believes a Parkinson’s epidemic is on the […]

Source: https://www.wdtn.com/, April 5, 2021 The City of Dayton notified Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Defense about its intention to file a lawsuit last week. The city said WPAFB and the DOD need to address PFAS contamination. City officials want enforcement of environmental laws and to obtain an order to stop contaminants […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, April 5, 2021 By: Steven M. Siros and Matthew G. Lawson, Jenner & Block LLP The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is continuing to investigate an unexplained source of per-fluorinated compounds (PFAS) contamination that may be associated with the deployment of a fire-fighting compound in response to a major gasoline release […]

Source: https://www.newstribune.info/, April 2, 2021 The owners of the closed Luke paper mill have agreed to clean up toxic pollution that has been seeping into the waterway at the mill and pay the state a $650,000 penalty. The pollutants leaking into the river include “black liquor,” a caustic byproduct of the paper pulping process, as […]

Source: https://www.courierpostonline.com/, April 5, 2021 By: Carol Comegno The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Thursday a proposal for the next phase of the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site. The proposal calls for dredging of contaminated sediment and excavation and capping of floodplain soil at Silver Lake, Bridgewood Lake, Kirkwood Lake, and Hilliards Creek between Gibbsboro, […]