Source: http://www.app.com, September 9, 2016 By: Jean Mikle A public hearing is scheduled for Monday on a controversial plan to build more than 300 townhouse and apartment units at the site of the borough’s old landfill. Borough Administrator Joseph Kostecki said the Borough Council is expected to vote Monday on a redevelopment ordinance necessary to […]

Source: Dayton Daily News (OH), September 12, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A fire suppressant foam linked to the shutdown of two drinking water wells at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base injured a firefighter during a training incident and the Defense Department has launched an investigation to determine how widespread the problem is across the nation. The […]

Source: http://www.newyorklawjournal.com, September 2, 2016 By: Jason Grant An insurance company does not have to indemnify Keyspan Gas East Corp.’s environmental cleanup losses connected to periods of time when the relevant insurance was not available in the marketplace, a New York appeals court has found. In an issue of first impression in the state’s appellate […]

Source: http://legalnewsline.com, September 9, 2016 By: Mark Iandolo Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have announced a lawsuit against gasoline manufacturers in order to recover expenses associated with the cleanup of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). “The state has incurred significant costs to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com, September 7, 2016 By: John Siciliano The Environmental Protection Agency is setting its sights on dry cleaners as part its new list of 18 contaminated cleanup sites. The EPA announced Wednesday that it is adding 10 waste sites under its Superfund program’s National Priorities List, which is set up to deal with long-term […]

Source: http://www.thestarpress.com, September 12, 2016 By: Seth Slabaugh A junk yard and one of the nation’s largest insurance companies continue to blame each other for never-ending water pollution. During five years of court battles with Hartford Iron & Metal, Valley Forge Insurance has spent millions of dollars in a seemingly inept attempt to stop PCB-contaminated storm water from illegally draining […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 8, 2016 By: Michael Winram and Melinda Norquay, Maddocks The Southern District of Ohio Court in the USA has awarded $2.1M and $5.6M to two plaintiffs for exposure to perfluooctanoic acid (commonly referred to as PFOA) in drinking water. The plaintiffs claimed to have been diagnosed with a kidney tumour and testicular […]

Source: http://www.ny1.com, September 7, 2016 Mount Sinai Beth Israel says Legionella bacteria was recently found in some areas of the hospital. In a statement, the hospital says testing of water systems last month returned positive results for the bacteria. One patient contracted Legionella bacteria and is currently being treated, according to the hospital. According to […]

Source: http://www.ktoo.org, September 7, 2016 By: Tim Ellis Cleanup work continues today near Birch Lake where a tractor-trailer tank loaded with 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel overturned Monday, spilling the fuel into a ditch that runs between a small wetland and the Richardson Highway. The workers are trying to keep fuel from seeping into the […]

Source: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com, September 8, 2016 By: John Ferro For years, just about everyone has had something to say about whether General Electric Co. should dredge additional PCB-contaminated sediment from the upper Hudson River. Everyone except the State of New York, that is. When Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to the area in June to highlight visitor centers […]

Source: https://www.altamontenterprise.com, September 7, 2016 By: Elizabeth Floyd Mair The owner of the old and vacant dry cleaners at 2312 Western Ave. has applied to be named a brownfield cleanup site. According to the application, the property lies about 1,000 feet from the Hunger Kill, a creek that feeds into the Watervliet Reservoir, the town’s […]

Source: http://www.kotatv.com, September 7, 2016 The Air Force found some contamination in groundwater at the boundary of Ellsworth Air Force Base, caused by fire-fighting foam used at a training site. The contamination was first discovered in 2011 and further testing this year continues to show perfluorinated compounds (called PFCs) are present, exceeding health advisory levels. […]