Source: http://www.freep.com, October 12, 2014 By: Keith Matheny Michigan’s increasing role in petroleum products transport doesn’t just pose potential risk; it’s already causing problems. An oil pipeline operated by Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge burst near Marshall in July 2010, resulting in the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. The spill decimated Talmadge Creek, […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, October 14, 2014 By: Joe Malinconico Facing cleanup costs that could exceed $1 million, municipal officials say they are hiring an environmental consultant to help them address the piles of debris that accumulated over the years at the city-owned Montgomery Street yard. One of the key questions the company, DeFeo Asociates, is being […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, October 14, 2014 By: Barry Zalma Construction defect suits are now flooding the courts of North America in greater numbers every year. The majority of construction defect suits and appellate decisions arise in a few litigious jurisdictions but are spreading across the country like Kudzu. The courts of Texas, Florida, New York, Colorado, […]

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com, October 14, 2014 By: Salem Solomon A new lawsuit alleges that the condominium tower Signature Place in St. Petersburg has numerous construction and design defects. The 36-story residential building is the tallest in St. Petersburg, the Tampa Bay Times said. The suit filed last week in Pinellas County Circuit Court alleges problems including: […]

Source: The News-Item (Shamokin, PA), October 11, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An excavation crew is working to remove contaminated soil on the south face of Little Mountain along Trevorton Road. Randy Farmerie, professional geologist manager with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), said the Northridge Group Inc. and Groundwater and Environmental Services Inc. have […]

Source: The Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA), October 12, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Chemicals from Keystone Sanitary Landfill are contaminating groundwater — a recurring problem for more than a decade that appears to violate state law, a Sunday Times review of state Department of Environmental Protection tests found. A trend of increasing concentrations of ammonia-nitrogen, chloride, nitrate, […]

Source: http://www.courthousenews.com, October 8, 2014 By: Jack Bouboushian Property owners in Palm Beach County, Fla., may sue an airplane manufacturer for allegedly contaminating the groundwater with toxic chemicals, the 11th Circuit ruled. In two consolidated cases, property owners in “The Acreage” in Palm Beach County sued United Technologies Corporation, d/b/a Pratt & Whitney (P&W), alleging […]

Source: http://swtimes.com, October 11, 2013 By: Chad Hunter Whirlpool Corp. this week responded to criticism from the state that the amount of soil targeted for removal from a contamination hot spot at the company’s shuttered plant “seems inadequate.” A portion of Whirlpool’s property on Jenny Lind Road has been contaminated with trichloroethylene, or TCE, since […]

Source: http://newsitem.com, October 11, 2014 By: Sarah Desantis An excavation crew is working to remove contaminated soil on the south face of Little Mountain along Trevorton Road. Randy Farmerie, professional geologist manager with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), said the Northridge Group Inc. and Groundwater and Environmental Services Inc. have been removing soil […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, October 13, 2014 By: Hasime Kukaj Roche officials said Wednesday that they are satisfied with the progress of soil and groundwater remediation at its Clifton/Nutley campus, which it plans to vacate and sell soon. A small audience turned out for a public meeting at the Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel Rutherford. In addition to the […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, October 8, 2014 By: Jacki L. Anderson, Proskauer Rose LLP The rule courts generally employ to interpret undefined words in insurance policies — essentially, to look to the words’ plain or ordinary meaning — sounds simple.  However, many times, there is more than one meaning of such words, lending to more than one […]

Source: http://www.courthousenews.com, October 8, 2014 By: Rose Bouboushian Insurers cannot hold up payment of about $17.4 million for New Jersey pollution rooted in the production of World War II equipment, a federal judge ruled. Cornell-Dubilier Electronics started using polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to insulate the electrical capacitors it manufactured in 1939. After submerging its products into […]