Source: https://www.bna.com, July 20, 2017 By: Lars-Eric Hedberg General Electric will pay New York $13.5 million to resolve its potential liabilities at a contaminated upstate site, after the parties reached an agreement. Magistrate Judge Christian F. Hummel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York signed off on the consent decree […]

Source: https://www.bna.com, July 20, 2017 By: Peter Hayes A teacher and students at a Southern California elementary school presented enough exposure and causation evidence to proceed with claims stemming from a toxic plume that migrated from an adjacent industrial site, the Southern District of California ruled ( Trujillo v. Ametek, Inc. , 2017 BL 246482, […]

Source: http://michiganradio.org, July 18, 2017 By: Kaye Lafond When I arrive at Bethany Hawkins’ home, the first thing she does is offer me a glass of her well water. “Our water’s always been really good,” she says. But Hawkins’ well could have an expiration date. It’s an estimated 675 feet from the edge of a […]

Source: http://www.myrecordjournal.com, July 18, 2017 By: Matthew Zabierek A Hall Avenue company is working with an engineering firm to control soil contamination around abandoned underground oil tanks. A 2009 environmental assessment conducted at Times Microwave Systems, a division of Amphenol Corporation, found excessive amounts of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil on the property at 358 Hall […]

Source: https://www.ecowatch.com, July 18, 2017 By: Kathiann M. Kowalski The Rover Pipeline project in Ohio faces continuing problems, with more spills of drilling mud, ongoing questions about diesel fuel contamination, and orders issued last week by both the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). “The significant thing that is […]

Source: http://www.statesmanjournal.com, July 17, 2017 By: Tracy Loew A massive fuel spill on Highway 99W near Adair Village has caused traffic detours and delays for the past 10 days as the state clears contaminated soil and repairs the road. But Monday the situation worsened. Managers at the nearby E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area found out fuel contamination has spread […]

Source: http://roughnotes.com, July 5, 2017 By: Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU Judging from the rhetoric of the 2016 U.S. political campaign, one might have expected to see cranes and other heavy equipment popping up like weeds throughout the American landscape. At times, it seemed that there was only one thing most Americans and the major political […]

Read here about a 50,000 gallon oil spill in Texas that occurred after a contractor cut an underground pipeline.

Source: http://www.utilitydive.com, July 17, 2017 By: Robert Walton The Associated Press reports Tennessee health officials are investigating high levels of arsenic and lead found under a coal generating plant owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, but so far, they believe there is no threat to local drinking water. Groundwater under the Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis […]

Source: https://www.environmentalleader.com, July 13, 2017 By: Jennifer Hermes An Ontario-based dry cleaning company has been fined several thousands of dollars for violations of tetrachloroethylene regulations. The chemical, a chemical used in dry cleaning that has been linked to cancer, can enter the soil and eventually into groundwater. Peter’s Drive-In Cleaners has been fined a total […]

Source: http://www.ecmweb.com, December 1, 2008 By: Leonard Greene, P.E., Orbital Engineering and Consulting Maintenance technician makes shocking discovery while performing routine service call on middle school’s A/C unit. When the work order came across his desk, it seemed like any other routine maintenance call to the school district’s service technician — certainly nothing out of […]

It’s too risky for tens of thousands of children in the San Joaquin Valley to drink water at their schools due to chronic contamination by chemica Reef-Sunset Unified School District Superintendent David East is worried about water. Not because of the drought – record rains this past winter ended five years of dry times. Rather, […]