Source: http://www.unionleader.com, January 7, 2016 By: Kimberley Haas Residents in the town of Barrington are concerned after more asbestos than expected was found during the demolition of the old town hall.The board of selectmen will meet Monday to discuss their options on disposing the hazardous material. A meeting Thursday night did not produce any action […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, January 4, 2016 By: Hunton & Williams LLP Real estate professionals, owners, managers, investors and lenders, as well as anyone else involved in today’s real estate market, face a variety of risks of loss. Here are ten ways insurance can help mitigate potential liabilities.1 Additional Insured Coverages. Real estate transactions are complex, with […]

Source: http://www.irmi.com, October 2015 By: Jeff Slivka, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC Professional liability risk is inherent in nearly every stage of the construction process and throughout every project delivery method. To identify it, you just have to know what you are looking for. When specifically looking at the Construction Manager—At Risk (CMAR) delivery method, […]

Source: http://triblive.com, January 7, 2015 By: Jacob Tierney Orange and green hues from manganese that have tainted drinking water in the Beaver Run Reservoir will be erased as a result of a proposed project to clean up a long-abandoned coal mine in Salem. The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County project is expected to start in […]

Source: http://liherald.com, January 7, 2016 By: Joseph Kellard Nu-Clear Dry added to registry of contaminated sites A longtime Long Beach dry-cleaning business is working to clean up contamination from compounds that leaked from the property’s facility and landed it on a registry of statewide sites deemed substantially hazardous. Nu-Clear Dry Cleaners, at 180 E. Park […]

Source: http://www.constructionbusinessowner.com By: Elizabeth Manning New Day Underwriting shares insight into underwriting and risk exposures in the construction industry Jeff Slivka recently took leadership of New Day Underwriting Managers as the company’s new president. Slivka helped launch the company in 2005 and has since grown into an award-winning, specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance […]

Source: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com, January 6, 2016 BERKELEY (CBS SF) – The Berkeley City Council has voted unanimously to file a nuisance lawsuit that seeks to hold Monsanto Co. accountable for the cost of cleaning up contamination that the city believes is linked to the company’s products. The council’s 6-0 vote on Tuesday means that Berkeley is […]

Source: http://www.theolympian.com, January 6, 2016 By: Lisa Pemberton Cold weather has bogged down efforts to clean up a fuel spill at the Olympia School District’s bus barn in Tumwater. “It’s going to take a few more days,” Department of Ecology spokesman Chase Gallagher said Wednesday. “Part of (the delay) was the ice was thawing on […]

Source: The Independent (UK), January 2, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com It was the middle of the night when Alexandra Ortiz first smelt the rotten-egg stench of leaking gas from the Aliso Canyon methane facility in the hills above her neighbourhood. “The whole house smelled of gas,” Ms Ortiz, 34, said last week. “At the time, […]

Source: http://www.startribune.com, December 30, 2015 by: Jessie Van Berkel Superfund process likely to be lengthy and costly. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking over the cleanup of a Burnsville landfill — which could mean big bills for businesses, school districts and cities around the metro that sent trash there. The state has spent months negotiating […]

Source: http://www.courier-journal.com, December 30, 2015 By: James Bruggers Chemicals found at hundreds to thousands of times higher than officials consider to be safe. The idle Black Leaf industrial property in the Park Hill neighborhood is awash with chemicals, potentially complicating a cleanup, the latest round of environmental testing confirms. Some soil samples on 29 acres […]

Source: http://www.masslive.com, December 27, 2015 By: Mary Serreze The owners of a former mill at 188 Pleasant St. have been advised by state environmental regulators to take immediate action after polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found in soil samples collected from a stained area behind the building’s loading dock. The 48,726 square-foot, three-story brick building, built […]