Source: New York Time Online, November 25, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The first sign that something was amiss at Great Kills Park, on Staten Island, came in 2005 when a police flyover of New York City detected a positive reading for radioactive material there. The finding, part of a counterterrorism search, did not come as […]

Read here about cleanup of a former oil well pad.  

Read here about cleanup of a fuel leak in the Mississippi River in Iowa that resulted from a sunken towboat.

Source: http://www.daily-chronicle.com, November 15, 2013 By: Jillian Duchnowski Planning is underway to replace the Keslinger Road bridge that collapsed in August 2008, thanks to a recent $900,000 settlement with Enbridge Energy. The lawsuit filed in October 2011 was dismissed Thursday after DeKalb County and Afton Township officials reached an agreement that will allow crews to […]

Source: http://investigations.nbcnews.com, November 18, 2013 By: Rebecca LaFlure, The Center for Public Integrity The government’s multi-billion-dollar effort to clean up the nation’s largest nuclear dump has become its own dysfunctional mess. For more than two decades, the government has worked to dispose of 56 million gallons of nuclear and chemical waste in underground, leak-prone tanks […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, October 31, 2013 Bby: Jan A. Larson, Jenner & Block A Colorado state court applying Massachusetts law recently denied an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, holding that its absolute pollution exclusion and the term “pollutant” are ambiguous as applied to Chinese Drywall and should be construed in favor of coverage for the insured. […]

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, November 21, 2013 By: Meghan Grant A group of four property owners, including Cheridan Realty LLC that owns a commercial building on Commerce Road, are suing the owners of the Kane Tract in Carlstadt, claiming improper berm construction was to blame for the severity of the damage suffered due to Hurricane Sandy, a […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, November 18, 2013 By: Lane Powell PC For several years, design and construction professionals have been awaiting word from the Washington Supreme Court regarding whether aggrieved parties are limited to remedies set forth in their written contracts or whether they can pursue common law negligence claims. On November 14, the court decided Donatelli […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, November 20, 2013 By: Matt Dunning Although most contractors acknowledge that maintaining thorough contractual and operation records can greatly reduce the severity of construction defect claims, insurance experts said Wednesday that lack of documentation among their clients remains a pervasive issue. In 2012, in four out of five construction defect disputes involving Hartford, […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, November 20, 2013 By: Gavin Souter Legionella is a relatively new liability exposure for construction firms, but pending safety standards concerning the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease should raise risk management concerns, underwriting experts say. Contractors should ensure that projects they work on comply with the new standard to shield them from liability […]

Read here about an oil firm in California that has been fined $60,000 for discharging fracking fluid.  

Source: The Columbian (WA), November 19, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Three environmental groups that sued the Port of Vancouver alleging its approval of a lease for an oil transfer facility violated state open public meetings law have broadened their lawsuit to charge the port also violated state environmental laws. In their updated complaint, originally filed […]