Source: https://www.consensusdocs.org/, March 6, 2023 By: Brian C. Padove, Partner, Tieder, Hoffar, & Fitzgerald, LLP Whether it is an owner, contractor, or subcontractor, when construction entities enter into contracts their general focus is typically on a few interrelated goals: completing the project on time, within budget, and making a profit. An often-overlooked aspect of contracting, […]

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/, March 29, 2023 By: Aleks Phillips A barge carrying 1,400 tons of methanol, a toxic substance, is among those to have crashed on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday and is partially submerged. The Louisville Metropolitan Emergency Services (LMES) said that shortly after 2 a.m. ET a vessel towing 11 barges […]

Source: https://menafn.com/, March 28, 2023 A state regulator in Minnesota has revealed that hundreds of fish have died in the wake of a radioactive leak at the Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant near Minneapolis. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), the shutdown of the plant following the leak caused an estimated 230 […]

On March 14, 2023, the EPA proposed a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) to establish legally enforceable levels, called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), for six PFAS in drinking water. PFOA and PFOS as individual contaminants, and PFHxS, PFNA, PFBS, and HFPO-DA (commonly referred to as GenX Chemicals) as a PFAS mixture. EPA is also […]

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/, March 27, 2023 By: Shalom Baer Gee A Rapid City couple whose ranch borders 106 acres of the landfill filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming pollution, contamination and burning compost. Ross and Fern Johnson — owners of a 1,500-acre cattle ranch — filed a petition in Pennington County Court on Feb. 24 […]

Source: https://6abc.com/, March 26, 2023 Coast Guard personnel responded to the release of hazardous material into Mill Creek in Bristol on Saturday afternoon. The Coast Guard was notified around 11:40 p.m. Friday about the release and dispatched a team of pollution responders. Officials say the release was caused by a pipe rupture at a nearby […]

Source: https://www.post-gazette.com/, March 24, 2023 A Beaver County school district has sued Norfolk Southern over the train derailment last month in nearby East Palestine, Ohio. The 27-page lawsuit, filed Thursday by the Blackhawk School District in federal court in Pittsburgh, alleges the district’s students are affected and will be affected by discharges of hazardous material […]

On March 14, 2023, the EPA proposed a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) to establish legally enforceable levels, called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), for six PFAS in drinking water. PFOA and PFOS as individual contaminants, and PFHxS, PFNA, PFBS, and HFPO-DA (commonly referred to as GenX Chemicals) as a PFAS mixture. EPA is also […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, March 22, 2023 By: Jim Riccioli An unreported motor oil spill near New Berlin’s City Center has evolved into enough of a concern to prompt the city to declare it an environmental hazard as a belated clean-up process continues. New Berlin Mayor Dave Ament issued a formal “state of emergency” Monday, four days after […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, March 21, 2023 As the number of ethylene oxide (EO) lawsuits has risen in recent years, so have disputes regarding the obligation of insurers to defend and indemnify defendant policyholders from such liabilities. Companies that are targets or potential targets for EO lawsuits should identify and evaluate their insurance assets in order to […]

Source: https://www.tweaktown.com/, March 22, 2023 By: Jak Connor An energy giant that manages the nuclear power plant in the city of Monticello, Minnesota, has confirmed that 400,000 gallons of contaminated water has leaked out of its nuclear power plant. Reports indicate the leak was initially detected by the Monticello nuclear power plant four months ago, […]

Source: https://www.fayobserver.com/, March 22, 2023 By: Paul Woolverton A year ago, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners sued The Chemours Co. on accusations its Fayetteville Works factory on the Bladen-Cumberland county line had contaminated drinking water wells of county residents with toxic chemicals since the 1970s. A year later, the people in Gray’s Creek in southern […]