Source: Columbus Dispatch, July 2, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com A resident of a Sunbury nursing home has been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, the Delaware General Health District announced Tuesday. The case involves a patient at the Country-View of Sunbury nursing home, the health district said. Beyond that, however, neither the health district nor the nursing […]

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com, June 14, 2019 By: Dan Reynolds In a bifurcated market, capacity abounds generally, but can shrink markedly for some high-hazard environmental risks. Determining liability and setting limits in environmental insurance is no easy task. How many previous owners were there of the pipeline that just broke and released oil into a New York […]

Source: https://www.buildingsaltlake.com, July 2, 2019 By: Taylor Anderson A proposed mixed-use development that would anchor the Central 9th neighborhood faces a complicated path forward as the developer works to mitigate contamination that surrounds the site. Urban 9th, LLC, has proposed creating residential, ground-floor retail and an active alleyway that promises to be a catalytic site […]

Source: Baltimore Sun, July 3, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said Tuesday that his office has sued the owner of the former St. Vincent’s Infant Asylum, alleging the illegal demolition of the historic West Baltimore property violated asbestos laws. The lawsuit, filed Friday on behalf of the Maryland Department of the […]

Source: https://www.theday.com, July 1, 2019 By: Claire Bessette The state’s use decades ago of ash from a coal-fired heating plant at the Norwich Hospital to create roadways and sidewalks throughout the property is resurfacing as an unexpected cost during the final months of the town’s cleanup of the site, which Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment has proposed developing. Environmental […]

Source: https://www.greatlakesnow.org, June 28, 2019 By: Melissa Walsh Off the coast of the Duluth-Superior industrial port, at the foot of the St. Louis River, lies Howards Bay — Lake Superior’s largest U.S. tributary. And the Howards Bay Remediation Project is targeting the removal of more than a century of industrial pollutants left on the bay’s bottom. The U.S. […]

Source: https://www.reformer.com, June 27, 2019 By: Jim Therrien Vermont has taken legal action to protect the state’s drinking water and natural resources by filing two lawsuits against companies over the manufacture and distribution of PFAS chemicals and PFAS-containing products in Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced Thursday. Lawsuits filed by the office in Chittenden Superior […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, June 25, 2019 By: Kim Slowey It’s important for contractors to know what their insurance policies cover and, in the case of CGLs, what they don’t cover. In the commercial construction industry, securing all necessary insurance — workers’ compensation, general liability, builders’ risk, etc. — can be a costly and sometimes painful exercise. […]

Source: https://www.wcax.com, June 27, 2019 Vermont has filed lawsuits targeting major companies that manufacture products containing PFAS, a class of potentially toxic chemicals that have contaminated groundwater in Vermont and around the country. In the lawsuits filed Wednesday, the Vermont Attorney General’s office says companies including DuPont and 3M are responsible for damages caused to […]

Source: https://www.10news.com, June 26, 2019 By: Jonathan Horn A group of City of San Diego employees is suing the city after they were exposed to asbestos inside their office for months. The class-action lawsuit, filed in Superior Court June 21, accuses high-ranking city officials of knowing about the asbestos at 1010 Second Avenue, but keeping […]

Source: https://energynews.us, June 26, 2019 By: Kari Lydersen The pollution control board will hold additional public hearings to determine a remedy for the violations. Illinois environmental groups say they will press for strict measures to deal with coal ash contamination at four NRG power plants after state regulators ruled last week that the company is […]

Source: http://www.postschell.com, June 25, 2019 By: Paul M. Schmidt Despite increasingly onerous regulatory obligations placed on health care, hospitality, and commercial facilities, reported incidents of Legionnaires’ disease remain on the rise. These include recently reported outbreaks in Ohio, New Jersey, New York, California, Texas, and Nevada – the majority of which have been attributed to […]