Source: The Washington Post, March 26, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Kindra Arnesen’s fishing boats are still parked near Venice, La., but she left years ago. Her family was driven out by the toxic odor from a chemical dispersant sprayed in the Gulf of Mexico to break up oil from the massive 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, April 3, 2019 By: Sarah J. Wightman, Marten Law LLP On February 20, 2018, the State of Minnesota and 3M Company (“3M”) entered into an agreement settling the State’s claims against 3M for contaminating the State’s natural resources by releasing perfluorinated compounds (“PFASs”), including perfluorooctane sulfate (“PFOS”) and perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”), into the environment. This […]

Source: https://www.delawarebusinesstimes.com, March 26, 2019 By: Alex Vuocolo The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has identified five companies that it says have caused extensive water contamination throughout the state. The agency has directed the companies, including Solvay, DuPont, Dow DuPont, Chemours and 3M, to help fund millions of dollars in assessment and cleanup efforts. The directive requires the […]

Source: https://stateimpact.npr.org, March 26, 2019 By: Jon Hurdle New Jersey stepped up its efforts to curb toxic PFAS chemicals on Monday by ordering five industrial companies to pay for the investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites, and hand over details on their manufacture, use and discharge of the chemicals.  The Department of Environmental Protection said the companies are responsible […]

Source: http://www.sbnonline.com, March 22, 2019 By: Jayne Gest Purchasing, leasing or selling commercial land often comes with environmental risk. This isn’t a risk you can afford to ignore because when claims do occur, they are severe. Mary Gerding, ARM, vice president, Client Service Executive, Environmental Risk, at Hylant, says there’s risk when developing something new on […]

Source: https://www.delawareonline.com, March 25, 2019 By Scott Fallon and Karl Baker New Jersey environmental regulators have ordered Delaware chemical companies and others responsible for widespread contamination of drinking water systems to spend millions of dollars to assess the extent of the pollution in the state and eventually clean it up. The directive from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection –which targets 3M, DowDuPont, Chemours and Solvay – is the latest […]

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com, March 22, 2019 By: Katherine Shaver The contractor says delays have added $300 million to project’s cost; state officials say that’s too much. Maryland officials and the contractor building the Purple Line are “still far apart” over when the light-rail line will begin carrying passengers and how much it will cost to offset […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com, March 25, 2019 By: Garret Ellison Under the topsoil at the 15-acre site where Wolverine World Wide spent a hundred years using vast amounts of chemicals to convert animal hides into leather, high levels of volatile contaminants like vinyl chloride and trichloroethylene can be found. Toxic metals like mercury, chromium and lead are […]

Source: https://bangordailynews.com, March 23, 2019 By: Donna Buttarazzi More than two years after learning drinking water and milk tanks on his 100-year-old Stoneridge Farm were contaminated with a class of chemicals linked to cancer and other health concerns, farmer Fred Stone still can’t sell his milk and is losing hundreds of dollars a day, every […]

Source: http://www.live5news.com, March 25, 2019 Environmental officials in Texas confirm there are dangerous levels of chemicals in the channel waters around Houston after a dike wall collapsed during a re-ignited fire at the chemical plant in Deer Park on Friday. Intercontinental Terminals Co., the company that owns the plant, said flames breached the dyke wall […]

Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 23, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the company in Houston where a fire has been burning throughout the week at a petrochemical storage site. The fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company’s tank farm in Deer Park was extinguished Wednesday but reignited Friday and is […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com, March 21, 2019 Many utilities and other companies that have generated power using coal have historically stored their coal combustion residuals (“CCRs”) [1] in coal ash basins or impoundments. A number of companies have faced allegations of environmental property damage resulting from releases of CCRs out of impoundments and into surrounding bodies of […]