Source: BestWire Services, July 17, 2012 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Consulting actuaries Richard Soulsby and Jason Kurtz of Milliman say in a disaster scenario involving hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, comparable historical pollution events show pollution liability limits could be dwarfed by fracking-related pollution claims. Soulsby and Kurtz authored a report on the subject, which notes industry regulators should require companies […]

Source: Detroit Free Press, July 16, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Reduce the smell of decomposing yard waste, or stop composting. That’s what Clinton Township is hoping a Macomb County Circuit Court judge will order in a lawsuit the township filed against Uni-Dig, a dirt and recycling business on Quinn Road. “What we’re requesting is public […]

Source: http://www.cspnet.com, July 13, 2012 Says company wrongfully collected $25 million from UST cleanup fund A state lawsuit says ConocoPhillips used false insurance claims to take $25 million from Utah over 14 years, allegedly misrepresenting it had no other insurance to pay for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, reported The Deseret News. In a complaint […]

Read here about a milestone that has been reached in one Montana town where hundreds have been killed after being exposed to asbestos.

Source: Albuquerque Journal, July 15, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com File this under “no good deed goes unpunished.” Albuquerque’s success in reducing its groundwater pumping to protect the region’s aquifer could make it harder to clean up a massive Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak. As less water was pumped, the aquifer rose, and now it […]

Read here about an agreement that has been reached in Texas to clean up a former waste disposal site.

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com, July 12, 2012 By: Ian Bauer, Milpitas Post Out-of-town lawyers specializing in class action lawsuits about pet food recalls, sewage backups and odors generated by landfills say they plan to file a class action suit against the operators of the Newby Island Landfill and Resource Recovery Park on the Milpitas-San Jose border. Evans […]

Read here about a group of residents in Iowa who seek to have the EPA regulate emissions from livestock operations.

Source: Fayetteville Observer (NC), July 12, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Federal prosecutors have re-filed claims against House of Raeford Farms Inc. and its management for illegally dumping turkey blood and organs. According to a grand jury indictment filed June 26 the previously 14 alleged incidents of illegal dumping that were dismissed in February are being […]

Source: Charleston Daily Mail (WV) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new study being done by the Department of Energy may provide some of the first solid answers to an extremely controversial question: Can gas drilling fluids migrate and pose a threat to drinking water? A drilling company in southwestern Pennsylvania is giving researchers access to a […]

Read here about a major insurance company that announced that it won’t cover damages related to fracking.

Source: Construction Business Owner, July 1, 2012 By: Steven D. Davis & Ray Bustamante Gain a better understanding of this complex and often misunderstood type of construction insurance. The exposures that contractors face have become more complicated as a result of changes in project delivery systems over the past 20 years. This has forced construction […]