Source: https://www.roanoke.com, July 18, 2018 By: Laurence Hammack An explosion of a natural gas pipeline in West Virginia was triggered by the same conditions — steep slopes prone to landslides — that exist along the route of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a conservation group is warning. Work on the Mountain Valley project, which is cutting […]

Source: New York Times Online, March 21, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A Texas city ordered residents to take shelter indoors for several hours on Thursday morning for what was the second time in a week as the air quality there worsened after a fire at a petrochemical storage facility. Officials in the city, Deer Park, […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com, March 20, 2019 By: Paula Gardner Michigan residents are already paying to address the state’s PFAS contamination even as officials work to get a handle on the depth of the problem. The price tag to municipalities so far: Millions, with no end in sight as more contaminated locations are identified while debate continues […]

Source: https://www.yorkdispatch.com, March 19, 2019 By: Liz Evans Scolforo A chemical spill near Manchester Township’s industrial park ended up in a stream that leads to the Codorus Creek, county officials said. Crews were dispatched to the intersection of Church Road and Interchange Place about 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, after a woman walking her dog noticed a […]

Source: Mondaq Business Briefing, March 19, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Employers do not often worry about the respiratory illness, Legionnaires Disease, but the occurrences have increased five-fold since 2000, and experts are unsure as to the reasons. OSHA takes Legionnaires Disease seriously and maintains a page on its www.OSHA.gov site. OSHA notes that Legionnaires Disease occurs in certain common workplace […]

Source: Houston Chronicle, March 19, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Before it was engulfed in flame, a Deer Park chemical facility had a long history of violating state and federal environmental rules. Intercontinental Terminals Company’s (ITC) Deer Park facility violated clean air and clean water rules multiple times since 2009 and was cited for not following […]

Source: https://www.wisfarmer.com, March 19, 2019 Attorney General Josh Kaul announced on March 15, a federal judge has approved a settlement to ensure all future costs related to the decades-long contamination of the Fox River will be paid by the responsible parties. “Generations of Wisconsinites have been affected by the contamination of the Fox River,” said […]

Source: https://www.sfgate.com, March 18, 2019 By: Juan A. Lozano A large fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals terminal will likely burn for another two days, authorities said Monday, noting that air quality around the facility was testing within normal guidelines. The fire erupted Sunday at Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) […]

Source: https://mibiz.com, March 17, 2019 By: Matt Gryczan Michigan needs to buckle up for a long, long ride on the PFAS rollercoaster. If history is any guide, coming up with workable solutions to PFAS contamination around the state is going to take decades of painstaking work, billions of dollars and many awkward dances of cooperation […]

Source: https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com, March 18, 2019 By: Michelle Brunetti The Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority faces more than $20 million in costs to comply with updated state drinking regulations on a new class of chemical, said ACMUA Executive Director G. Bruce Ward. Ward said he will not raise water rates to cover the additional costs, but […]

Source: https://www.wtrf.com, March 18, 2019 By: Royce Jones Residents in Paden City, Wetzel County are no longer using the city’s water. According to test results by the West Virginia Environmental Protection Agency, the water is contaminated with a chemical substance commonly used at dry cleaners. The Paden City Water Department which services nearly 1300 customers […]

Source: https://www.wcax.com, March 15, 2019 The Vermont Attorney General’s office has reached a $3.8 million settlement in an environmental case against two dozen oil companies over the gasoline additive MTBE. The additive was introduced in the 1970s as a way to reduce air pollution. But leaks of underground gas tanks caused contamination of private and […]