Source: http://triblive.com, October 23, 2012 By: Tory N. Parrish The value of claims filed as a result of an asphalt spill on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last year has more than doubled to $1.7 million since June. Attorney Thomas Frampton, the court-appointed special master for the case in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, has received 616 […]

Source: http://www.stltoday.com, October 26, 2012 By: Leah Thorsen Hundreds of miles of railroad lines in three Missouri counties will continue to spread lead contamination, making a $70 million cleanup a waste of time and money, say lawyers for the mining company that footed the bill through a bankruptcy settlement. Arizona-based American Smelting and Refining Co. […]

Source: http://news.yahoo.com, October 11, 2012 High level of mold spores were detected in one of the residence halls of the University of Louisville. MoldRemoval.biz suggested the use of non-toxic mold remediation sprays to the officials for an effective and safe mold treatment. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) October 11, 2012 Mold took over a freshman residence building […]

Read here about 3 lawsuits filed in West Virginia over C8 exposure.  

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 18, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Findlay-based drilling company agreed to pay a $84,506 federal fine for air pollution and hazardous chemical violations in Washington County, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The EPA cited a subsidiary of Atlas Energy LP for several storage problems in 2008 and 2009. Atlas failed […]

Source: Pueblo Chieftain (CO), October 17, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new cleanup standard for molybdenum levels in groundwater has drastically reduced the size of a cleanup area contaminated by the Cotter Corp. Uranium Mill. The mill and a portion of the neighboring Lincoln Park community became a part of a federal Environmental Protection Agency […]

Read here about lawsuit against a fruit cannery that remains unsettled.  

Source: http://www.lexology.com, October 5, 2012 By: Robert S. Sanoff, Foley Hoag LLP Like a comet which drags a long trail in its wake, large CERCLA cases in federal court often are accompanied by related insurance coverage cases in state court. That is true with the Lower Fox River Superfund Site in Wisconsin. While a firestorm […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, October 11, 2012 By: James Warmoth, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP When faced with a risky means and methods issue—excavating near an existing structure, for example—contractors frequently seek or otherwise receive input (whether they want it or not) from the owner or its on-site representative. In other cases, the contractor may simply take […]

Source: Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA), October 12, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Adhesives maker Westech Aerosol Corp., just fined $30,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, might be looking to leave Bremerton. “I think they’re going to move somewhere in the not-too-distant future to a relatively nearby location in a business-friendly community,” spokesman Ray Foster said. […]

Read here about a ruling that will allow farm bureaus to join a chicken grower’s lawsuit against the EPA.

Source: Dow Jones News Service, October 11, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com New tests of water surrounding natural-gas-drilling sites near Pavillion, Wyo., have turned up results that are ” generally consistent” with earlier findings showing a link between contamination and hydraulic fracturing, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. The EPA’s announcement could be a blow to […]