Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, June 6, 2014 By: Chris Dolmetsch and Zain Shauk BP Plc, Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among two dozen U.S. refiners sued by Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell and accused of polluting the state’s groundwater with a gasoline additive. Sorrell filed the case Thursday in state court in Montpelier, the capital. […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 3, 2014 By: Patrick J. Kenny, Julie E. O’Keefe, Kevin Stolworthy, Laurence R. Tucker and Jonathan S. Wolff, Armstrong Teasdale LLP A recent federal appeals court ruling underscores the need for businesses using potentially irritating chemicals to check their insurance policies for “absolute pollution exception” clauses. These increasingly common clauses exclude coverage […]

Source: Chicago Tribune, June 4, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com For months, a company that stores giant mounds of petroleum coke on Chicago’s Southeast Side has maintained it had nothing to do with gritty clouds of dust blowing into surrounding neighborhoods or black residue staining the sides of nearby houses. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]

Source: South Bend Tribune (IN), June 4, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A group of residents and landlords who own property in a neighborhood near Goshen High School have accused a nearby plant of polluting the neighborhood, leaving a dangerous plume of carcinogens, under homes, businesses and the school, that contaminated air and drinking water for […]

Source: http://www.app.com, June 3, 2014 By: Nicholas Huba Seven years after shutting down a contaminated gas station on Route 88, state and ExxonMobil officials still are debating how to clean up the site. Benzene, a clear petroleum-based chemical that can be poisonous, was detected in September 2013 in soil samples and off-site ground water, according […]

Source: http://www.fredericknewspost.com, June 4, 2014 By: Danielle E. Gaines A multibillion-dollar lawsuit scheduled to go to trial this fall in Frederick County has been settled, according to attorneys. The suit was filed in 2010 on behalf of Monrovia families who said they were harmed by exposure to gasoline and related products leaked into groundwater from […]

Source: http://eb.gmnews.com, June 2014 By: Thomas Castles Ten companies have agreed to remediate contaminated groundwater at the Evor Phillips Leasing Co. Superfund site in Old Bridge, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agreement will allow the third phase of cleanup to move forward at the site near the intersection of Bordentown Avenue […]

Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com, June 3, 2014 By: Amanda Purcell The city Office of Planning and Development broke ground Monday on a State Street project aimed at helping to restore contaminated sites. The property, across from Little Italy, 900 State St., is used primarily as an additional parking lot for the restaurant and is owned by Joseph […]

Source: http://tdn.com, June 2, 2014 By: Brooks Johnson For the first time, state officials have estimated the costs of cleaning up the old Reynolds Metals Co. aluminum site in Longview: Depending on the option chosen, the price tag could be a whopper. Cleaning up the 416-acre site — contaminated by 60 years of aluminum production — could […]

Source: http://www.pressconnects.com, June 1, 2014 by: Tom Wilber New studies prompt reevaluation of exposure guidelines Exposure to TCE pollution deemed unsafe for village residents is acceptable for workers at the Huron Campus, state health officials determined in 2005. That assessment may change this year, however, as the state Department of Health takes into account new […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, May 30, 2014 By: Ruth S. Kochenderfer and Christopher M. Dougherty, Steptoe & Johnson LLP In Lapolla Indus., Inc. v. Aspen Spec. Ins. Co., — F. App’x —-, 2014 WL 2019281 (2d Cir. May 19, 2014), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit applied Texas law and held that pollution […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, May 30, 2014 By: Brian Nearing A state lawmaker from Albany is proposing that oil storage terminals that handle Bakken crude oil or tar sands oil — like the two terminals at the Port of Albany — be required to put up financial guarantees to cover the multimillion-dollar costs of dealing with spills, […]