Source: http://www.modeldmedia.com, December 12, 2016 By: Nina Ignaczak Wayne State University urban geology professor Jeffrey Howard knows Detroit dirt. As a teacher and researcher, he’s been digging into Detroit’s vacant land and industrial sites over the last several decades in an effort to better understand and classify the city’s soils, many of which are disturbed […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, December 8, 2016 By: Andrew Dodson Bay City officials have applied for a $200,000 Brownfield Cleanup Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address contamination issues at the former Surath Scrap Yard, a piece of property they say could be home to Bay City’s next big development. A year ago, the Bay […]

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com, December 8, 2016 By: Joe Rubin “This just feels like a violation of the compact between government and the public to protect us.” Last April, residents of Sacramento’s working-class Mangan Park neighborhood were invited by city officials to a meeting to discuss a health scare involving the presence of lead particulate in their […]

Source: http://www.sanluisobispo.com, December 8, 2016 By: Matt Fountain Three business properties in the Thread Lane/Buckley Road area next to the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport will be investigated as potential sources of trichloroethylene (TCE), a toxic solvent found to exceed safe levels in groundwater in the Buckley Road area in January 2016. On Thursday, […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, December 7, 2016 By: Melissa Hillebrand Market seeing a rush of claims approaching, and even topping, billion-dollar losses While more risks exist in the energy industry than ever before and challenges to underwriters have never been as great, opportunities still abound for insurers willing to do their due diligence in a market that […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, December 2, 2016 By: Ryan Stanton High levels of toxic vapor from a plume of pollution in the ground are getting into the basement of a rental house next to an Ann Arbor dry cleaner, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found. Low levels also were found in two other houses nearby, said […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, November 30, 2016 By: Scott Fallon and David M. Zimmer Federal regulators are forcing borough officials to design both a paving plan and an excavation plan for the Ford Superfund site until the town decides which one to go forward with, according to a letter sent to the town on Tuesday. The letter […]

Source: http://portcitydaily.com, November 26, 2016 By: Benjamin Schactman Duke Energy reached a $1.5 million settlement  with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) over groundwater contamination from the Sutton coal ash pits. The settlement, reached on Wednesday Nov. 23, resolves a suit filed by the SELC in 2013 when, after Duke closed its Sutton facility, operators […]

Source: http://www.clickondetroit.com, November 17, 2016 By: Jason Colthorp Agency looks into toxic fumes from cleaner Homeowners in downtown Ann Arbor are facing new questions about air quality in their neighborhood as the Environmental Protection Agency does testing in and around their homes. The agency is looking into toxic fumes they believe are coming from a […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, November 17, 2016 By: Scott Fallon The EPA rejected the borough’s request to exempt it from a costly cleanup at a section of the Ford Superfund site. Federal environmental officials have rejected the borough’s request to exempt it from a costly cleanup at a section of the Ford Superfund site, according to a […]

Source: http://www.constructionbusinessowner.com, November 2016 By:  Joseph Nawa, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC Managing risks associated with design/build After an exasperating few years, many experts are predicting a robust, healthy commercial building environment for 2016 and beyond. Fueled by the growing integration of sustainable and energy-efficient features, which are now viewed more as essentials than commodities, […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, November 17, 2016 By: Ryan Stanton One of Ann Arbor’s most heavily polluted areas is getting renewed attention from federal regulators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is testing the indoor air at six homes in the vicinity of Armen Cleaners, a dry-cleaning business at 630 S. Ashley St., to determine whether releases of […]