Source: Greeley Tribune (CO), September 21, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The oil and gas carnage in Weld County has grown, now with three exploration companies noting problems due to flooding and almost 22,000 gallons of oil either on the ground or in floodwaters. As of Friday afternoon, four spills had been reported by Anadarko Petroleum […]

Source: Waste Age, September 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Clean Harbors Inc. has agreed to pay a $112,500 fine regarding the transporting and reporting of waste oil. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said in a news release that the Norwell, Mass.-based Clean Harbors agreed to the payment for allegedly transporting waste oil from […]

Source: The Columbus Dispatch, September 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Battelle scientists are leading a search for sites where companies can pump fracking waste underground in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The two-year project, funded by a $1.8 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, is a response to the growing amount of polluted wastewater that […]

Source: Fleet Owner, September 19, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Just when it looked like things might be improving for flood-ravaged Colorado, Accuweather is reporting that the state may now be facing another catastrophe, water contamination caused by flood water flowing into and over the thousands of natural gas and oil wells and drilling sites that […]

Source: Ottawa Business Journal, September 23, 2013 By: Jeysa Martinez, Brazeau Seller LLP Innocent and blameless property owners may be exposed to significant environmental liability risk. When assessing environmental liability one might think that, if a land owner did not create nor contribute to an environmental spill or contamination, fault and fairness would be taken […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 18, 2013 By: Amy B. Briggs, David B. Killalea , Stephen T. Raptis, Robert H. Shulman and Susan P. White, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP A letter sent by the EPA in 2001 pursuant to CERCLA warning Land O’Lakes that it could be a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) for cleanup of an […]

Source: http://www.courierpostonline.com, September 17, 2013 By: Jim Walsh A legal agreement is providing $1 million toward cleanup costs for a polluted landfill in Voorhees. Under terms of a consent order, General Electric Co. will pay $255,000 to a state agency for costs incurred at the former Buzby Brothers Landfill. In addition, $245,000 will come from […]

Source: http://www.pottsmerc.com, September 18, 2013 By: Evan Brandt The state is stepping in to make sure a half-million-dollar environmental cleanup at a closed plating facility in the borough gets completed after the bankrupt owner stopped work. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced Wednesday it would take over the removal of hazardous materials left over […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 4, 2013 By: Stanley A. Martin, Duane Morris LLP The contractor’s excavator digging the foundation for a new building undermines the abutting building, which collapses, and a worker is injured. In the subsequent lawsuits, one by the abutter and one by the injured worker, the project owner tenders the defense to its […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, September 13, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com (FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 9/14/13) RIO DE JANEIRO — U.S. energy firm Chevron Corp. on Friday agreed to pay about $42 million to settle lawsuits related to an offshore oil spill in late 2011, much less than the $20 billion in damages that […]

Source: Houston Chronicle, September 10, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Tons of toxic gases spewed from a tower at BP’s Texas City refinery for more than 40 days in 2010 without warning to the public. This week four of more than 48,000 residents who sued BP claiming health damage from the release will be the first […]

Source: The Economist, September 7, 2013 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com How much should upwind states care if their filth blows next door? “ON SOME days even if we shut down the entire state, we would be in violation of some health standards because of pollution coming over from other states.” Thus the late Senator Frank Lautenberg […]