Source: https://patch.com/, August 18, 2020 By: Priscilla Korb The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week that a Deer Park dry cleaners met the cleanup requirements to address the recent contamination. According to the DEC, historic operations conducted Villa Cleaners on 1899 Deer Park Avenue by Vionpa Dry Cleaners, Inc. resulted […]

Source: https://www.elkharttruth.com/, August 19, 2020 By: Jordan Fouts The operators of a senior apartment project in the former Conn-Selmer factory are suing the musical instrument maker, saying it’s responsible for pollution cleanup at the site. Commonwealth Development Corp. of Wisconsin renovated the long-shuttered Conn-Selmer building at 1119 N. Main St., turning it into Gardenview senior […]

Source: https://www.tampabay.com/, August 17, 2020 By: Zachary T. Sampson A lawsuit filed last month by the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority accuses firefighting foam manufacturers of negligence in selling a product that has contaminated local airports with harmful chemicals. The lawsuit alleges the compounds “are present in certain areas of” Tampa International Airport, Peter O. Knight […]

Source: https://www.bridgemi.com/, August 17, 2020 By: Kelly House Michigan’s new, stricter drinking water standards for the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS have been lauded as among the toughest in the nation and as good news for residents who live near contaminated sites that now will require cleanup. But for residents of Oscoda Township, where […]

Source: https://www.bladenjournal.com/, August 14, 2020 By: Emily M. Williams An agreement between DEQ and the Chemours Co. is expected to further reduce chemical contamination of the Cape Fear River. The state Department of Environmental Quality and Chemours made the announcement Thursday. It’s a tentative agreement also involving Cape Fear River Watch related to litigation between […]

Source: https://www.brooklynpaper.com/, August 13, 2020 By: Kevin Duggan A developer wants to cleanse heavily-polluted soil and groundwater at 34 Berry St. in Williamsburg through the state-subsidized Brownfield Cleanup Program — a decade after building a luxury complex and renting apartments to hundreds of tenants on top of the toxic grounds. Manhattan landlord company Lcor in 2017 […]

Source: https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/, August 12, 2020 By: Greg Barnes North Carolina’s attorney general says he has started an investigation into manufacturers that contaminate the state’s waterways with per-or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.” “North Carolinians expect and deserve clean water to drink,” Attorney General Josh Stein said in a news release on […]

Source: https://www.clickondetroit.com/, August 11, 2020 By: Jason Colthorp & Kayla Clarke The cleanup of the contaminated site in Madison Heights that was discovered when green ooze seeped onto I-696 is moving into another phase. Crews have been working through the pandemic to cleanup the site in phases and more work is coming. The biggest task now is to […]

Source: https://www.fireengineering.com/, August 11, 2020 By: Julio Cortez and Nathan Ellgren A natural gas explosion destroyed three row houses in Baltimore on Monday morning, killing a woman and trapping other people in the debris. At least seven people were seriously injured, and firefighters were searching for more survivors. Dozens of firefighters converged on the piles of rubble. A fourth […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, August 10, 2020 Many utilities with historical coal-fired power plants are confronting increased regulatory scrutiny relating to the storage of coal combustion residuals (CCRs, also known as coal ash).1 Now, those utilities (and other companies who have stored CCRs) are facing a new liability exposure in the form of bodily injury litigation. This alert […]

Source: Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), August 9, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ New Jersey will likely pull in another $14.8 million this year as part of a long-running lawsuit against polluters statewide, which has now earned more than $369 million overall to help pay cleanup costs. Two new settlements were announced Monday by the state Department of […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, August 7, 2020 Residents near a middle Georgia power plant are suing Georgia Power Co., alleging the plant is poisoning their well water. The suit filed Wednesday in Fulton County Superior Court alleges the electric utility has illegally released toxic heavy metals from coal ash at Plant Scherer into groundwater. Georgia Power is […]