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 […]

Source: http://mynewsla.com, April 20, 2016 By: Hillary Jackson Federal environmental regulators announced that 66 companies will collectively spend about $78 million to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corp. Superfund site in Whittier. The settlement requires the companies to spend $70 million to install wells and operate a groundwater treatment system in the […]

Source: http://www.reporternewspapers.net, April 29, 2016 By: John Ruch A 9-acre shopping center at 7300 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs will hit the market for some type of redevelopment, according to its property manager. But first, the owners are dealing with a former dry cleaner’s chemical pollution, which the state worries may be entering nearby homes […]