Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com, May 5, 2016 By: Gordon Block The Army is expected to pay nearly $1.5 million to clean contamination at Fort Drum dating back more than 30 years. The remediation for the 3800 PCE Site at Oneida Avenue will include the injection of chemicals such as sodium permanganate to clean contaminants and add oxygen […]

Source: http://www.inforum.com, April 28, 2016 By: Forum News Service Wastewater spills from North Dakota oil production have caused widespread water and soil contamination, researchers from Duke University say in a new study. Researchers who took soil and water samples near the sites of some of North Dakota’s largest oil-related spills found high levels of ammonium, […]

Source: http://nreionline.com, April 29, 2016 By: Brian Dove From condominiums to office buildings to mixed-use properties, the dramatic increase in claims triggered by environmental incidents is affecting real estate properties of all types. Unexpected clean-up costs, regulatory fines and penalties, third party lawsuits, rental income loss, devalued properties and reputational damage are the direct causes […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 28, 2016 By: Hunton & Williams LLP In April 2015, we issued a Client Alert analyzing the Court of Appeals of Georgia’s opinion in Smith v. Ga. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 331 Ga. App. 780, 771 S.E. 2d 452 (2015), which held that lead-based paint is not a pollutant in the […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 28, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com For all its ills, New York Penn Station can count one more: toxic contamination on at least two of its tracks. Amtrak has launched a cleanup at the widely ridiculed and crowded station after tests found chemicals known as PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, on […]

Source: http://knoxblogs.com, April 25, 2016 News release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ATLANTA — The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that OXY USA Inc., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Company, has agreed to clean up contaminated water and sediments in the Ocoee River and one of its […]

Source: http://www.buffalonews.com, April 25, 2016 By: Harold McNeil Developer wants town to sign off on plans The developer of the former Westwood Country Club golf course has said it intends to spend $238 million to turn the land into single-family homes, townhouses and business properties. Before it can proceed with those plans, however, Mensch Capital […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 25, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Officials in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York are expanding their efforts to find out how much of a potentially toxic chemical ended up in drinking water, from private wells to public water systems. Factories for decades used the chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA, […]

Source: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com, April 25, 2016 The global slump in commodities, marked by low prices of raw materials like lead and copper, is leading to old electronics being dumped and e-recycling companies improperly disposing of them, NBC News reported. A Kentucky company was caught last year burying old TVs and other electronics devices in a 10-foot-deep […]

Source: http://newschannel9.com, April 22, 2016 The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that OXY USA Inc., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Company, has agreed to clean up contaminated water and sediments in the Ocoee River and one of its watersheds at the Copper Basin Mining District Superfund Site […]

Source: http://www.lexology.comm, April 21, 2016 By: Thomas C. Blatchley, Gordon & Rees LLP The South Carolina Court of Appeals recently held that a state-run insurance company owed no defense to a county public service district for offensive odors emanating from a sewage valve based on the policy’s pollution exclusion. The decision in S.C. Ins. Reserve […]

Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com, April 21, 2016 By: Pamela Wood More than a century of steelmaking at Sparrows Point has left contaminants in Bear Creek that pose a slight health risk to humans, according to a new report presented to the public Thursday night. As part of the ongoing cleanup of the former steel mill in southeastern […]