The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached settlements with three Massachusetts construction companies, which ensures they will come into compliance with stormwater regulations to reduce pollution from runoff. Under the settlements, the three companies will also pay fines and follow the terms of their permits for discharging stormwater. Read more.…

Congressman Dan Kildee announced that the Air Force will allocate $13.5 million to address PFAs around a former Air Force Base in Oscoda. The funding comes from the $60 million that congress recently provided the Department of Defense to spend to address PFAs contamination at decommissioned bases around the country. Last month, a group of Michigan […]

Adding to its $1.4 billion already spent on cleaning up former mining sites near Butte, Montana, Atlantic Richfield Company agreed Tuesday to pay another $28 million for mining cleanup costs in Anaconda, Montana. Anaconda is just 25 miles from Butte, which for over a century has been billed as “The Richest Hill on Earth” for […]

For the first time since Minnesota reached its historic $850 million settlement with 3M Co. over the toxic “forever chemicals” polluting ground­water in the east metro, the state has put dollar estimates on the potential fixes being developed. The $700 million available to spend on cleaning drinking water and restoring damaged natural resources does not […]

Citizens in the City of Juliette are gearing up for a fight over access to clean water. They believe that coal ash from Georgia Power’s Plant Scherer has contaminated their groundwater supply and have now taken their battle to lawmakers at the State Capitol. Read more.…

A group that represents more than 31,000 rural utility systems is the latest to sue 3M, DuPont, Chemours and others over costs to clean up “forever” chemicals contained in the companies’ firefighting foam products from local groundwater. The National Rural Water Association and city of Millington, Tennessee, sued DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co., 3M Co. and […]

Just getting the One Ardmore apartments built was an epic struggle that spanned more than a decade. Lower Merion traditionalists called the building architecturally overwhelming. Neighbors fought the state’s $10.5 million grant all the way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court — and lost. Read more.

Water in two wells near Dover Air Force Base may have elevated levels of toxic “forever” chemicals that are linked to a host of health issues, according to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). DNREC said the water quality test results, by the United States Air Force, are preliminary at this […]

On February 20, 2020, Earthjustice, on behalf of a variety of nonprofit organizations, including the Sierra Club, brought suit against the United States Department of Defense (“DOD”), alleging that the DOD violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) in its decision to enter into contracts for the incineration […]

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/, February 20, 2020 By: Michael Bott and Sean Myers McClymonds High School will be closed for the rest of the week after the chemical compound trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in groundwater beneath the school, the Oakland Unified School District said Thursday. According to the district, the compound was not found in the school’s […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, February 20, 2020 By: Garret Ellison Chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $55 million to help footwear giant Wolverine World Wide cover the cost of extending municipal water to neighborhoods with drinking water contaminated by PFAS chemicals from industrial waste dumping. The payment was announced late afternoon Thursday, Feb. 20. It comes a day […]

Source: Detroit Free Press (MI), February 20, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement in the spread of potentially health-harming PFAS compounds surrounding a former Rockford, Michigan, shoe factory. Shoemaker Wolverine Worldwide didn’t admit liability, but agreed to pay $69.5 million in a consent decree with the state of Michigan […]