Source: http://www.vashonbeachcomber.com, April 28, 2015 By: Natalie Martin After sampling dirt from more than 600 island properties, state officials will visit Vashon next Wednesday to update the public on their project to test and clean yards contaminated by the historic Asarco smelter plume. Since the state Department of Ecology (DOE) began the massive cleanup project […]

Source: http://louisianarecord.com, April 29, 2015 By: Kyle Barnett A home elevation company is being sued by Gretna homeowners who claim the foundation on their home was completely destroyed during the elevation. Tuynh Pham and Kim Tran filed suit against Armstrong N Construction LLC and International Insurance Company of Hannover SE in the 24th Judicial District […]

Source: https://www.djc.com, April 30, 2015 By: Tymon Berger and Tristan Swanson, Ashbaugh Beal Collaborative contracting means risk must be allocated and insured against. Construction is a collaborative process. Always has been, always will be. Despite this reality, market forces have historically prevailed in developing construction contracts to compartmentalize the owner’s relationships with the builder and […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, April 24, 2015 By: Brian Nearing Company balks at federal effort to expand original PCB removal deal An operation to clean up PCBs from the Hudson River that could leave behind tainted fish — or an impaired Champlain Canal — meets all obligations of an agreement reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, […]

Source: http://www.asbestos.com, April 24, 2015 When Heather Karras learned the Alabama elementary school her children attend contains asbestos, she pulled them out — and asked for answers. Delayed responses from Bay Minette Elementary School officials raised fears the deteriorating 1920s-era school possibly was placing children, teachers and anyone else who visits the building at risk […]

Source: http://www.clarkstonnews.com, April 23, 2015 With continued pollution mitigation problems at 148 N. Main Street, developer Curt Catallo is ready to wash his hands of the affair. “The constant hurdles and ever changing playing field have made it apparent to us that the city does not want this corner re purposed as we originally proposed,” […]

Source: http://www.hngnews.com, April 24, 2015 By: Jennifer Fetterly A Dane County zoning committee is requiring an energy company to come up with $25 million of additional insurance before moving forward on a pipeline expansion project. The conditional use permit (CUP) approved Tuesday, April 14 by the Dane County Zoning and Land Regulations Committee would allow […]

Source: http://www.infozine.com, April 23, 2015 Missouri has received another $7,124,000 million as part of the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation bankruptcy settlement. This $7,124,000 million is in addition to the $43.9 million announced in February for the clean-up of contaminated sites in Kansas City and Springfield and for the state’s Natural Resource Damages program. The company’s two […]

Source: http://www.wlos.com, April 22, 2015 Initial testing from the Department of Natural Resources finds contaminated groundwater near Duke Energy’s coal ash ponds. The Lake Julian and Cliffside power stations were amongst those with positive results. The levels of contamination exceeded state standards, but in almost every case the groundwater would be acceptable under federal standards, […]

Source: http://www.dailysunnews.com, April 21, 2015 By: Laura Gjovaag Workers digging out a space for a stormwater vault at the corner of Sixth Street and Decatur Avenue in Sunnyside hit oil a week ago, but not in a good way. An apparent fuel spill which has seeped into the groundwater was discovered by workers as they […]

Source: http://pensacolatoday.com, April 21, 2015 By: Shannon Nickinson Extensive soil contamination of the Escambia School District’s former Garden Street headquarters has axed a pending $3.25 million sales contract with a Tampa Bay developer. The school district terminated its contract with developer Fred Hemmer April 1 when it discovered the soil contamination, and cost of remediation, […]

Source: The Times-Picayune, April 21, 2015 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Fracking opponents suffered a major defeat Monday morning when a state judge ruled St. Tammany Parish cannot use its zoning regulations to block a proposed oil drilling and fracking project northeast of Mandeville. Judge William Morvant of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge said […]