Source: http://www.constructiondive.com, September 25, 2017 By: Kim Slowey The San Francisco Bay Area’s Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) has spent $3.5 million in legal fees since December to defend against claims that construction of its Transbay Transit Center contributed to the sinking and leaning of the 58-story Millennium Tower, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. […]

Source: http://www.times-standard.com, September 22, 2017 By: Hunter Cresswell It’s been a decades-long process but hazardous material mitigation work at the site of an old dry cleaners in Eureka’s Henderson Center is set to wrap up this fall. The work was necessitated by faulty hoses that started leaking hazardous cleaning chemicals into the soil beneath Norman’s […]

Source: http://www.roanoke.com, September 29, 2017 By: Laurence Hammack More than three years after a tanker truck crash spilled toxic embalming fluid off a steep mountain road in Roanoke County, a trucking company has agreed to fix the damage that remains. Nichols Transport Inc. will replace about a half dozen contaminated private wells with water tanks […]

Source: http://www.njlawjournal.com, September 18, 2017 By: Martha N. Donovan The twin sister to environmental law is insurance. The two intertwined subject matters are akin to bread and butter; one is not as good without the other. An attorney who can handle one, but not the other, is fighting with one hand tied behind her back. […]

Source: http://billingsgazette.com, September 19, 2017 By: Matt Hudson A large multimillion-dollar excavation project will begin this fall to remove potentially toxic chemicals from part of a 580-acre federal Superfund site in Lockwood, which was used for a chemical repackaging company and a tanker-cleaning operation. The land sits to the north of Interstate 90. Authorities have […]

Source: http://abcnews.go.com, September 13, 2017 By: Bianca Seidman Private cleaning crews and public health workers are mobilized on the streets of San Diego, working to stop a hepatitis A outbreak that has claimed at least 16 lives so far. San Diego city and county officials said they are collaborating on solutions to the aggressive outbreak […]

Source: https://www.bna.com, September 7, 2017 By: Steven M. Sellers The severity of superstorms like Katrina, Sandy, and now Harvey has significantly raised the liability stakes for companies over the release of toxic substances from hazardous waste and chemical storage sites. Environmental lawyers have warned for years that manufacturers can protect the environment and avoid potentially […]

Source: http://www.shreveporttimes.com, September 14, 2017 By: Lex Talamo It’s unclear whether the City of Shreveport will continue to buy land at the Cross Bayou project site now that the city council has killed Mayor Ollie Tyler’s bond funding proposal. Shreveport Chief Administrative Officer Brian Crawford at a public meeting hosted Aug. 30 by the Greater Shreveport […]

Source: https://www.wateronline.com, September 13, 2017 By: Peter Chawaga Another community appears to be struggling with a drinking water contaminant that continues to plague treatment facilities around the country. Belmont, MI, is the latest town to uncover perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in its water sources. “Toxic chemicals from industrial waste dumped in unlined trenches at a long-forgotten […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, September 1, 2017 By: Kevin Shea A chemical used in wastewater treatment at the township sewer plant was pumped into the Crosswicks Creek earlier this week, the township said Friday. The issue was reported to the state Department of Environmental Protection, who said Friday they were advised and Hamilton is properly handling the […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, September 11, 2017 By: James M. O’Neill After seven years of study and research, the federal government is inching closer to a proposed cleanup plan for the highly contaminated Berry’s Creek in the Meadowlands. The cleanup of sediment contaminated with mercury and PCBs will likely wind up being some combination of dredging and […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, September 8, 2017 By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP Anyone watching what has happened in Houston, and what is predicted to happen in Florida, immediately thinks about the safety and well-being of those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Once the rain stops, the water recedes, and the aftermath of destruction is assessed, both areas […]