Source: http://www.journal-topics.com, September 6, 2017 By: Tom Robb Township Says Former Dry Cleaners To Blame; Also, Deal In Works To Remove Tollway Restrictions Elk Grove Township trustees scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday, Sept. 6 in which possible litigation for the township’s Youth Services building at 401 W. Golf Rd., Mount Prospect — a site […]

Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com, September 6, 2017 Two public wells for drinking water have been shut down on the East End of Long Island, after tests found contamination from PFCs, or perfluorinated compounds. As CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported, the chemicals may have leeched into the ground from firefighting suppression foam. “You can smell the chlorine in it,” […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, September 4, 2017 By: John R. Hardin, K&L Gates While the full extent of damages caused by Hurricane Harvey is unknown at present, the storm has already caused unprecedented damage in Texas. That damage arises in the midst of pending legislative change that may affect significantly losses governed by Texas law. Specifically, for […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, September 4, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com By Douglas Belkin and Tawnell D. Hobbs Water is subsiding in flooded neighborhoods, the mayor is insisting Houston “is open for business,” and shelters are emptying out, but Texans returning to flood-damaged homes face plenty of obstacles: the threat of toxic pollutants in the […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, August 29, 2017 By: Kirk D. Johnston, Smith Currie & Hancock Two of the primary mechanisms for construction risk transfer are indemnity provisions and insurance agreements. Both indemnity provisions and insurance agreements require one party to stand good for the loss of another. But there are significant differences, both practical and legal. In […]

Source: https://bangordailynews.com, August 29, 2017 By: Deborah McDermott The York Board of Selectmen have agreed to pay for a detailed assessment of the Maine Department of Transportation facility on Route 1, after an engineer hired by the town said there are too many unanswered questions about what lies underground for the town to move forward […]

Source: https://www.tapinto.net, August 29, 2017 By: Jack Murtha Workers began cleaning up the former site of the Ferren Mall and parking deck this week near downtown New Brunswick, according to Middlesex County. The move represents yet another step toward the property’s future. While which tenants and what exactly will occupy the site remain unclear, it’s poised to […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, August 30, 2017 By: Garret Ellison Toxic chemicals from industrial waste dumped in unlined trenches at a long-forgotten landfill have turned up this year in private residential drinking water wells north of Grand Rapids, and public health officials worry the contamination may have been occurring unnoticed for decades. Wolverine World Wide, a global shoe […]

Source: http://napavalleyregister.com, August 23, 2017 By: Bruce Sackrison Most business insurance policies exclude pollution — and most business owners don’t know this. For this last article in a series, I could have called “weird liability coverage” we’ll look at a liability risk and coverage that is seldom talked about. Even if you don’t own an […]

Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com, August 18, 2017 By: Luke Broadwater Baltimore officials agreed this week to pay $3.9 million to help clean up hazardous pollution from a dump site in East Baltimore. The Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Mayor Catherine Pugh, voted Wednesday to enter into a consent decree with the federal government and state […]

Source: http://www.gazettetimes.com, August 28, 2017 By: Bennett Hall With the initial cleanup completed, workers are preparing to remove contaminated soil from the site of an oil spill that dumped an undetermined amount of pollution into the Willamette River in downtown Corvallis last week. Between 50 and 75 gallons of used motor oil was released Wednesday […]

Source: http://www.greenvilleonline.com, August 22, 2017 By: Judith Bainbridge For six months in 1986, four Greenville News reporters researched, investigated and interviewed experts and local citizens alike in order to write a six-week series on PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) contamination in the waterways of Pickens County. Suspected of causing cancer in humans, the major symptoms of PCB poisoning are […]