Source: http://thehill.com, June 29, 2016 By: Cathy Duvall Since 1980, EPA’s Superfund program has protected families and the environment by cleaning up of some of the nation’s worst toxic waste sites. While any process to cleanup and ensure the safety of these sites takes time, the EPA has a demonstrated a strong record of success. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 28, 2016 By: Joshua B. Frank and Martha S. Thomsen, Baker Botts LLP Right now, a number of lawsuits alleging coal ash contamination in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) remain pending in federal district courts across the country. These suits, typically brought […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, June 28, 2016 By: Stephanie Barry A demolition company in eastern Massachusetts has been fined $10,000 by state environmental watchdogs for flouting asbestos clean-up standards at the former Uniroyal site. According to a statement released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), it fined Costello Dismantling Company, Inc., of West Wareham, after […]

Source: http://wtvr.com, June 28, 2016 By: Wayne Covil HOPEWELL, Va. — Clouds of steam from an empty storefront, near a Hopewell neighborhood, alarmed residents. They were scared that the steam contained harmful chemicals. CBS 6 Problem Solvers reached out to the Department of Environmental Quality about the issue. “I’m very concerned, I’m concerned for me […]

Source: http://www.fox4now.com, June 29, 2016 LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Lee County School board unanimously approved a deal to build the new Bonita Springs High School on Imperial Parkway despite contamination concerns. “It’s appalling, in my opinion, thank you, I urge you not to sign that contract,” resident Barbara Watkins pleaded to the board. The […]

Source: http://www.heraldbulletin.com, June 27, 2016 By: Ken de la Bastide State removing underground tanks Work has started on the removal of underground storage tanks at the site of a former gas station on the west side of Edgewood Plaza. Last year, the Indiana Finance Authority announced that its brownfield program was authorized to award over […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, June 24, 2016 By: Joseph French, Low, Ball & Lynch Hearn Pacific Corporation v. Second Generation Roofing, Inc. Court of Appeal, First Appellate District (May 2, 2016) It is not uncommon in construction defect and some other cases for an insurer of the general contractor to take an assignment of its insured’s indemnity […]

Source: http://www.advisen.com, June 25, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Accused polluters are facing another federal lawsuit for their alleged contamination of the Tennessee River, which plaintiffs say has threatened the health of those living around it. The suit, filed by environmental nonprofit Tennessee Riverkeeper points to, a Decatur chemical plant as being the waste’s main generator. […]

Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com, June 24, 2016 By: Becky Kramer Sunset is one of the forgotten boom towns of Idaho’s Silver Valley. Its school, its general store and its largest employer, the Sunset-Star Silver Mine, faded into the forested landscape decades ago. But the toxic legacy of early 20th century mining practices lingers at the old town […]

Source: http://www.montgomerynews.com, June 24, 2016 By: Dan Sokil A lawsuit is in the works on behalf of a family exposed to water contamination near the former Willow Grove airbase in Horsham, and that suit could grow much larger before all is said and done. Philadelphia-based law firm Williams Cuker Berezofsky has notified the U.S. Navy […]

Source: http://www.opb.org, June 23, 2016 By: Cassandra Profita Seven companies have filed a legal dispute with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the plans to clean up the Portland Harbor Superfund site. The companies, including Chevron, Gunderson, NW Natural, Union Pacific Railroad, Evraz Inc., Arkema and TOC Holdings Co., are all members of the Lower Willamette […]

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com, June 24, 2016 By: Jeff Blumenthal D. G. Yuengling and Son, the nation’s oldest brewing company, has agreed to pay almost $10 million to settle Clean Water Act violations involving its two breweries near its Pottsville, Pa., headquarters The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that in a […]