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, […]

Source: http://www.trentonian.com, May 30, 2014 By: Sherrina Navani The former grounds of the University Medical Center of Princeton needs a very good cleaning. The hospital and the land it sits on are being prepped to become the new grounds for a low-to-middle income housing complex called Avalon Bay. Developers for the 280 units have battled […]

Source: http://www.nytimes.com, June 1, 2014 By: Coral Davenport The Obama administration on Monday will announce one of the strongest actions ever taken by the United States government to fight climate change, a proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, according to […]

Source: http://www.nbcnewyork.com, May 30, 2014 By: Greg Cergol Authorities on Thursday said tests showed pesticides, toxic metals and petroleum products in the soil of a Long Island park where asbestos had already been detected, and warned anyone in contact with the material “may have been put in jeopardy.” The Suffolk County district attorney has been probing […]

Source: http://www.centraljersey.com, May 29, 2014 By: Philip Sean Curran Test results were expected back by today, May 30, to determine the level and the extent of soil contamination at the old Princeton hospital site on Witherspoon Street after a discharge of suspected petroleum was found last week. The town said this week the discharge was […]