Source: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com, June 6, 2016 By: Dan Stamm and Karen Araiza A U.S. Representative wants a congressional hearing into allegations of contaminated groundwater in the vicinity of the former Willow Grove Naval Air Base. “Concern among Horsham’s residents has significantly increased since the EPA tightened its health advisory guideline for these contaminants in our drinking […]

Source: http://www.pressdemocrat.com, June 5, 2016 By: Glenda Anderson The rehabilitation of a derelict Willits industrial complex that generated decades of lawsuits and debate over its toxic pollution is moving closer to reality. Escrow on the sale of the former Remco Hydraulics property is expected to close within a week or two, said Willits Mayor Bruce […]

Source: http://www.adn.com, June 2, 2016 By: Zaz Hollander The Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s booming growth and minimal zoning left a legacy of dumpsites, mine pollution and dairy contamination. Now $550,000 in EPA “brownfield” grants will start the process of identifying sites around Mat-Su that could be good candidates for cleanup and future development, borough officials say. Another $200,000 from […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, June 3, 2016 By: Jeanette DeForge Three federal grants totaling $600,000 will help the city continue the 11-year effort to tear down vacant Uniroyal factory buildings and clean up the contaminated property. The new grants will allow the city to begin removing hazardous materials including asbestos, lead and polychlorinated biphenyls to prepare to […]

Source: http://melrose.wickedlocal.com, June 2, 2016 By: Aaron Leibowitz Contamination at the building formerly occupied by Caruso’s Pizzeria has halted progress toward bringing business back to the site. According to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the site exceeds the reportable threshold for 1,2-dichloroethene, a highly flammable, colorless liquid with a sharp, harsh odor. Luigi Fusco, […]

Source: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com, June 2, 2016 By: Sammy Fretwell COLUMBIA, SC Since a power company began digging up coal ash from a leaking waste pond west of Myrtle Beach, arsenic levels have dropped dramatically in groundwater, according to an environmental group that pushed to have the ash removed. The state-owned Santee Cooper company has excavated more […]

Source: http://weartv.com, June 1, 2016 By: Jackalyn Kovac PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — The city of Pensacola wants Escambia County to pay for a contamination issue that is affecting a city park. In the last few months, the playground at Corrine Jones Park has been ripped up and replaced with construction. The city is adding a […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, May 31, 2016 By: Andrew H. Perellis, Patrick D. Joyce and Craig B. Simonsen, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Seyfarth Synopsis: The Eighth Circuit found that a class action could not be sustained in an environmental pollution case because “the class lacks the requisite commonality and cohesiveness to satisfy Rule 23.” In Karl Ebert v. […]

Source: https://nextcity.org, May 27, 2016 By: Jen Kinney This week, Portland is expected to become the seventh West Coast city to sue Monsanto, alleging that the corporation should be held liable for costs related to the cleanup of contaminants in Portland Harbor — though the corporation never had a manufacturing presence in Portland, nor on […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, May 26, 2016 By: Rebecca Forand An appeals court has set aside the majority of rulings against the township stemming from the case of a contaminated thermometer plant that later became a daycare center. The location was previously the Accutherm thermometer plant from 1984 to 1994 and mercury contamination concerns arose in the late 1980s. […]

Source: http://myjournalcourier.com, May 26, 2016 By: Nick Draper Jurors rejected a call for $7.5 million in damages in a precedent-setting lawsuit against a commercial hog-feeding operation, awarding nothing to those who argued their health and community were being endangered. Ten people filed the civil complaint in 2014 against the Scott County concentrated animal feeding operation […]

Source: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (MN), May 23, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Regulators have issued tougher rules for two pollutants found in some of Washington County’s drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a new “health advisory” for the chemicals — PFOS and PFOA, both formerly manufactured by the 3M Corp. The agency slashed the […]