Source: EHS Today, August 31, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The Department of Justice (DOJ), EPA and the state of New Mexico have reached a settlement with Chevron Mining Inc. (CMI) requiring $143 million in cleanup work at the Chevron Questa Mine Superfund site near Questa, N.M. As part of the settlement, the company will perform […]

Source: http://www.wgrz.com, August 25, 2016 By: Kelly Dudzik Neighbors who live near two former U.S. Army Nike sites in Aurora and Orchard Park have concerns about possible environmental contaminants. Thursday night, a representative from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers met with them. There is an old launch area and an old control area. Both […]

Source: http://www.montgomerynews.com, August 26, 2016 By: Dan Sokil A Warrington family has filed suit against the U.S. Navy, seeking health assessments and coverage of medical costs related to the ongoing water contamination from two local military bases. “We had sent a notice of intent to the Navy that we were going to sue them, to […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Amid an outcry from parents over lead contamination, Los Angeles school officials said Monday that they will remove soil with elevated levels of the brain-damaging metal from two elementary schools near the closed Exide Technologies battery recycling plant. Soil will be replaced in a front […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, August 22, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com New York’s environmental regulator has notified federal officials that General Electric Co.’s seven-year, $1.6 billion dredging campaign to remove industrial pollutants from the Hudson River has been inadequate. Commissioner Basil Seggos of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation in a letter released Monday […]

Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com, August 24, 2016 By: Craig Fox Initial environmental remediation work began on Monday in the cleanup at the former New York Air Brake plant on Starbuck Avenue. William J. Soluri, the center’s director of site facilities, told his board on Tuesday morning that workers started excavating soil from the cleanup site at the […]

Source: https://scripps.ucsd.edu, August 19, 2016 Scripps scientist findings may have implications for current remediation strategies A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego scientist Jane Willenbring challenges the long-held belief that asbestos fibers cannot move through soil. The findings have important implications for current remediation strategies aimed […]

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com, August 22, 2016 By: Alexandra Suarez Residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago, Indiana, were completely devastated by the news that their housing units would be demolished after it was revealed that the topsoil in the area was contaminated with lead. In July, residents of the complex were told that the building […]

Source: The New York Times< August 19, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Harley-Davidson has agreed to pay a $12 million civil fine and stop selling illegal aftermarket devices that cause its motorcycles to emit too much pollution, the Justice Department said on Thursday. The settlement resolves government accusations that Harley sold roughly 340,000 ”super tuners,” enabling […]

Source: http://www.telegram.com, August 20, 2016 By: Cyrus Moulton Worcester Regional Transit Authority Administrator Jonathan E. Church said a project to excavate and dispose of contaminated soil at the site of the new maintenance facility will be completed next week, even as a new incident of contamination comes to light. Mr. Church told the WRTA board […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, August 20, 2016 By: MaryAnn Spoto The owners of an Ocean County-based asphalt manufacturing plant have agreed to pay $10 million to settle a decades-old groundwater contamination case that affected more than 1,000 residents of a nearby development in Manchester. The tentative agreement between the state Department of Environmental Protection and the owners and operators […]

Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com, August 21, 2016 By: Craig Fox With an environmental remediation ongoing about a mile away, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that a second cleanup will soon start at the former New York Air Brake site on Starbuck Avenue. The new $1 million cleanup project, expected to take four months, will […]