Source: http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com, July 7, 2017 By: Joshua R. Lorenz, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott When contractors hear the phrase “risk management” they often think of on-the-job duties first. Do I have the correct safety protocols in place? Am I managing our project timelines accurately? Are my workers being compensated fairly? While these questions are all important […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, July 6, 2017 By: Judy Greenwald A 1989 settlement that released insurers, including a Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. subsidiary, from any future claims arising from environmental contamination at five facilities did not include a New Jersey storage battery facility because it was not specifically named, says a federal appeals court in a […]

Source: http://www.pe.com, July 6, 2017 By: Alicia Robinson State geologists are looking for contamination on more than two dozen Riverside properties that surround a former sewer plant where an environmental cleanup already is underway. They began collecting soil samples in the backyards of several homes and nearby Rutland Park in the city’s Arlanza neighborhood on […]

Source: http://www.latimes.com, July 6, 2017 By: Tony Barboza Lead will be removed from the soil of 2,500 of the worst contaminated residential properties including dozens of child-care centers near a shuttered battery recycling plant under a plan released Thursday by state regulators. The Department of Toxic Substances Control plan sets in motion the next two […]

Source: Contra Costa Times (Walnut creek, CA), July 4, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The Valero oil refinery is seeking $75 million from PG&E in a federal lawsuit that blames the utility for a May 5 power outage that disrupted gasoline production for a month, damaged equipment, and showered tons of air pollution on downwind areas. […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, May 17, 2017 On April 28, 2017, the Texas Supreme Court held that landowners have a clear path to the courthouse to pursue claims against oil companies for oilfield contamination. Forrest Oil Corp., n/k/a Sabine Oil & Gas v. El Rucio Land and Cattle Co., — S.W.3d. – (Tex. 2017); Forest Oil Corp., […]

Source: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com, June 29, 2017 Three companies will pay $8.2 million in a settlement over pollution on the St. Louis River in the Twin Ports dating back to the first half of the 20th century, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. XIK, Honeywell International Inc. and Domtar Inc. reached a settlement with the federal […]

Detailed investigation of 2012 parking garage collapse during construction at Miami Dade College.

Source: The New Orleans Advocate, June 25, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com After sending investigators into the Denka Performance Elastomer plant for five days last year to find out why it was discharging troubling amounts of chloroprene into the air, the Environmental Protection Agency has found that the LaPlace chemical manufacturer potentially violated the Clean Air […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 26, 2017 By: Matthew Jeweler, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP The Flint, Mich., water crisis returned to the news recently as criminal charges were brought against additional government employees resulting from the crisis. Meanwhile, a federal court in Pennsylvania recently issued a ruling in an insurance case that, like Flint, related to […]

Source: http://www.courierpostonline.com, June 23, 2017 By: Carly Q. Romalino Homes could be evacuated as a neighborhood littered with bits of lead-contaminated car batteries becomes a construction zone for federal cleanup crews. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicated Thursday it will move forward with cleanup of the Tempo Development at Crown Point Road and Hessian Avenue in […]

Source: http://www.bereaonline.com, June 26, 2017 A $200,000 grant has been awarded for the environmental clean-up of the former Parker Seal plant in Berea. The Brownfields Program grant was secured from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Kentucky River Foothills Development Council Inc. (KRFDC) in partnership with Fahe in Berea. Located at 103 Lewis Street, […]