Source: Dow Jones News Service, March 26, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Goodrich Corp. will be required to pay at least $21.5 million to clean up contaminated groundwater and soil at a Superfund site in Rialto, Calif., the Environmental Protection Agency said. Along with previous settlements, the order will result in a clean-up of the site […]

Source: Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA), March 23, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Breaking their weeks-long impasse, the Washington Department of Ecology and Pope Resources have agreed on a $17-million cleanup plan for Port Gamble Bay. The agreement, to be spelled out in a legally binding consent decree, ensures that Ecology will provide $2 million toward the […]

Read here about the continuing mediation occurring in a Savannah River lawsuit.  

Read here about a fracking bill in Illinois that is being watched closely by mining organizations in Missouri.  

Read here about a fracking chemical lawsuit in Wyoming in which the judge ruled against environmentalists.  

Read here about accusations toward Union Pacific that it contributed to lead pollution along railroad lines.  

Source: The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, March 19, 2013 By: John G. Nevius, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. Many jurisdictions have announced that they plan to more actively pursue natural resource damages (“NRDs”) from potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) deemed liable under CERCLA or Superfund. Recent developments in case law have changed the landscape when it comes […]

Source: Earth Techling, March 2013 By: Beth Buczynski Anti-fracking activists in New York State have conducted one of the first methane baseline assessments on an area that will soon be home to a natural gas compressor station. It’s hoped that by establishing a baseline measurement of ambient methane, residents will be able to prove fracking’s […]

Read here about a Connecticut bill that would ban hydraulic fracturing waste.  

Read here about an appeals court in New Jersey that ruled that the state is within its rights to waive its own rules on request.  

Source: http://blog.al.com, March 21, 2013 By: Ben Raines Mobile Gas failed to report its 2008 mercaptan spill in Prichard’s Eight Mile community to the National Response Center as required by federal law. Anytime a company spills a “reportable quantity” of a listed hazardous substance into the environment, federal officials must be notified, according to the […]

Source: The Wilson Daily Times (NC), March 16, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com State regulators are investigating a reported hog waste spill that environmental groups say could contaminate the Contentnea Creek and Neuse River. N.C. Division of Water Quality inspectors on Friday took water samples from an unnamed stream near a Murphy-Brown farm southeast of Stantonsburg. […]