Source: https://www.wwaytv3.com, April 19, 2019 The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Honeywell International Inc., and International Paper Co., for cleanup of contaminated soils and sediments at the LCP-Holtrachem plant in Riegelwood. The United States brought its action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), […]

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com, April 22, 2019 By: Kevin Lessmiller The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether three Citgo-affiliated companies must pay most of the $100 million-plus bill for cleaning up a 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River. The oil tanker Athos, laden with Venezuelan crude, was only inches from docking at a port in New Jersey […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, April 21, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cited Legoland New York’s owner and contractors with 22 new violations this month in an effort to prevent continuing discharge of construction runoff from the $500 million project into local waterways, the Tribune Herald-Record reported. The total fines attached […]

Source: https://www.sacbee.com, April 17, 2019 By: Wes Venteicher Water tests discovered legionella throughout a state prison in Stockton, showing the bacteria found in a dead inmate last month is more widespread than was previously known, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation email sent to staff Tuesday. The inmate, whom the department hasn’t […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, March 16, 2019 By: John B. King, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson LLP Due diligence conducted when acquiring assets in a commercial transaction, whether the assets include property with existing operating facilities or undeveloped property on which a facility is to be constructed, is absolutely essential to ensuring the property does not contain unknown […]

Source: https://axaxl.com/fast-fast-forward, April 1, 2019 By: Angela Guitar, Head of Global Excess Casualty Claims, AXA XL Every day, at least nine Americans die and hundreds are injured in distracted driving crashes. That’s why April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, an effort to raise awareness about distracted driving risks and encourage individuals to adopt safer driving. #JustDrive Auto […]

Source: https://www.presstelegram.com, April 16, 2019 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to use $5.2 million from the Aliso Canyon gas leak settlement with Southern California Gas Co. to clean up lead-based paint in homes around the now-shuttered Exide battery recycling plan in Vernon. Supervisor Hilda Solis said families in Bell, Maywood, Commerce, […]

Source: https://www.newsday.com, April 15, 22019 By: Carl MacGowan The 126-acre Lawrence Aviation site, on Sheep Pasture Road, was declared a federal Superfund site in 2000 and closed in 2003. A Central Islip federal judge on Monday ordered the owners of a Superfund site in Port Jefferson Station to pay $48.1 million to remove hazardous chemicals and shrink a […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, April 12, 2019 By: John Corbett, Barnes & Thornburg LLP Liability insurance policies tend to fall into one of two categories based on the trigger of coverage: occurrence and claims-made policies. Generally speaking, under an occurrence policy, coverage is triggered if the underlying accident (i.e., the “occurrence”) for which a party seeks to […]

Source: https://poststar.com, April 15, 2019 By: Gwendolyn Craig The state has extended its public comment period for an $8.31 million proposed cleanup of a former recycling plant that contaminated the ground with PCBs and heavy metals. The state Superfund site at 24 county Route 26, also known as Church Street, was the former Katzman recycling […]

Source: https://www.kpvi.com, April 12, 2019 By: Heather Richards A Lander gas station has been cited for contaminating the Popo Agie River with gasoline, the Department of Environmental Quality decided Friday. The Maverik Country Store overfilled its underground gasoline storage tanks, causing the fuel to migrate to the river banks, according to the Department of Environmental […]

Source: https://www.dailyfreeman.com, April 15, 2019 Firefighting foam was released from a Stewart International Airport hangar into the environment due to an equipment malfunction on Saturday, authorities said. Newburgh city officials were notified of the leakage on Sunday by airport representatives, who said the foam has made its way into surface water,  including Silver Stream. The state […]