Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, February 20, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: Centurion American Development Group, the new owner of the Collin Creek Mall in Plano, Texas, has revealed its plans for the property’s conversion to a $1 billion mixed-use development, The Dallas Morning News reported. Bush Architects in Addison, Texas, has created a master plan rendering of the new complex, […]

Source: https://www.grandhaventribune.com, February 21, 2019 By: Marie Havenga It will be a few more months before burgers are broiling at a new Wayback Burgers restaurant on Grand Haven’s east side. Owner Bhupinder Dhillon said when construction crews removed concrete this week after razing the former Oasis Party Store building at 541 S. Beechtree St. last Friday, they […]

Source: https://www.recordonline.com, February 21, 2019 By: Lana Bellamy The Air Force is refusing to reimburse the City of Newburgh for costs incurred from the continual cleanup at Washington Lake of toxic chemicals tied to activities at the Stewart Air National Guard Base. The Department of the Air Force advised city officials that Newburgh’s claim for […]

Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com, February 18, 2019 Minnesota health officials report investigating four recent cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with a Crookston area hotel. Four people who became ill between Jan. 22 and Jan. 27 all reported spending some time at the Crookston Inn and Convention Center prior to their illnesses. None of the ill people were overnight […]

Source: https://www.mvtimes.com, February 15, 2019 By: George Brennan The Martha’s Vineyard Airport is bleeding money as the investigation and remediation of contamination continues. On Thursday, the airport commission authorized a $130,000 contract with Tetra Tech, the environmental firm conducting the investigation and remediation, and were told that $120,000 more will be spent on testing wells […]

Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com, February 19, 2019 By: Scott Dance Baltimore is asking a federal judge to force agriculture chemical company Monsanto to pay for cleanup of environmental toxins known as PCBs, following more than a dozen mostly West Coast cities and states that have filed similar lawsuits in recent years. The lawsuit announced Tuesday doesn’t specify […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider, January 2019 By: Russ Nassof, Esq., RiskNomics LLC Both the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shared new requirements for water management programs (WMPs) as a preventive response to the rising issue of Legionnaires’ disease, a serious lung infection caused […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider, January 2019 By: Jillian Walsh With the potential for a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill on the horizon, the demand for asphalt paving projects is expected to increase as the nation’s infrastructure undergoes upgrades, improvements and new construction. Often an increase in workload results in increased potential for accidents and associated environmental […]

Source: https://www.delawareonline.com, February 13, 2019 By: Maddy Lauria Mountaire Farms has been ordered to clean up to 1 million gallons of partially treated wastewater that spilled into the ground at its chicken plant near Millsboro, state officials said on Wednesday. The spill was discovered about 5 a.m. on Wednesday and was caused “by mechanical failure of a […]

Source: https://www.marylandmatters.org, February 11, 2019 By: Josh Kurtz A bipartisan group of Maryland lawmakers wants Exelon Generation Co., LLC held financially responsible for some of the cleanup costs associated with pollution spilling over the Conowingo Dam, which the energy giant owns. Del. Jay A. Jacobs (R-Upper Shore) has introduced a non-binding resolution stating the view of the […]

Source: https://www.nydailynews.com, February 11, 2019 By: Clayton Guse The defunct Brooklyn gas station thought to be the source of last week’s noxious smell on the L train has contaminated local groundwater for decades. Over the 17 years between 1989 and 2006, the owners of the station at 2 Bushwick Ave., reported five chemical spills to […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, February 11, 2019 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched site lender environmental asset protection (SLEAP) cover to protect banks and other lenders from pollution risks that could seriously impair the value of property used as collateral for commercial loans. In the event of both a loan default and the discovery of environmental contamination on […]