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 […]

Source: The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), October 9, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. will pay $1.2 million to the owners of 42 properties in Myrtle Beach where groundwater contaminated by the toxic degreaser trichloroethylene was discovered, according to a preliminary settlement approved this week by a circuit court judge. AVX used […]

Source: http://www.timesleader.com, October 7, 2014 By: James O’Malley A firm bearing the name of a former local engineer didn’t build the waste water treatment system it promised, a lawsuit alleges, and cleaning up the mess will seriously cost one community. Salem Township filed the two-count suit Monday in Luzerne County Court against Michael J. Pasonick, […]

Source: Staten Island Advance (NY), October 4, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com Asbestos problems at the controversial Mount Manresa project have led to $67,400 in city violations, and GOP Borough President James Oddo wants the city Department of Investigation to step in. Gaspare Santoro, the engineer who said that the six buildings on the site scheduled […]

Source: Foster’s Daily Democrat (Dover, NH), October 4, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com As lawyers and insurance companies work to determine responsibility for the Aug. 13 sewer backup that damaged two downtown restaurants, a few paragraphs in a 40-page development agreement could shield the city from liability. The city and First Street at Garrison LLC signed […]