Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, June 8, 2020 A Waterloo, Iowa, chemical plant will pay a nearly $80,000 civil penalty to settle violations of federal Clean Air Act following a spill last year that hurt a worker there, federal officials said. The federal Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release that Hydrite Chemical also took necessary steps […]

Source: Billings Gazette (MT), June 4, 2020 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ A group of Billings homeowners and the geotechnical engineers they sued after homes started settling into the ground have reached a tentative agreement. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit are homeowners in the Copper Ridge subdivision on the far West End. Together with Rimrock Engineering […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, June 4, 2020 By: Letitia D. MOore, Holland & Knight LLP California continues to develop tools for evaluating per- and polfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at cleanup sites. In May 2020, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board issued an “Interim Final Environmental Screening Levels (ESLs) for Per- and Polfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Perfluorooctane […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, June 3, 2020 By: Jennifer C. Baker, Barnes & Thornburg LLP Never heard of that chemical? It could be an emerging contaminant, which calls for careful consideration as to whether there is insurance coverage for environmental investigations and remediation that may be required due to its presence in the environment. What are emerging […]

Source: https://www.inquirer.com/, June 4, 2020 By: Frank Kummer and Dylan Purcell A team of scientists report in a new study that they have found a recently identified group of chemical compounds, likely used as a substitute for highly-toxic PFAS, in soil samples taken across New Jersey. It’s not yet known whether the new compounds, called ClPFPECAs, are […]

Source: https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/, June 5, 2020 Environment, health, and safety (EHS) professionals and their organizations should be following the ongoing conversation surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). We continue to learn more about this large family of chemicals and their impact on both human health and the environment—and PFAS are increasingly coming under more expansive regulatory scrutiny. […]

Source: https://www.wpr.org/, June 3, 2020 By: Danielle Kaeding A Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam says it won’t test 500 private wells for PFAS contamination beyond its fire training facility after state regulators said the company failed to complete work as part of an ongoing investigation. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, are found in everyday products. […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, June 4, 2020 A growing number of lawsuits and regulations are targeting PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and the companies manufacturing these chemicals. · PFAs are man-made chemicals often described as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down naturally in the environment. Read more.

Source: https://www.ctpost.com/, June 5, 2020 By: Daniel Tepfer The town of Fairfield is facing “millions of dollars” for environmental cleanup after an engineering firm skipped state approval and used contaminated soil to build a berm around the town’s former dump site, a lawsuit claims. This week the town filed a lawsuit against Osprey Environmental Engineering […]

Source: https://leaderpost.com/, June 2, 2020 By: Alec Salloum The City of Regina will seek to recoup any of its expenses after contaminants from oil that spilled at the Co-Op Refinery Complex(CRC) got into Wascana Creek. “No municipal wastewater treatment plant is designed to treat this kind of event,” said Kurtis Doney, director of water, waste […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, June 1, 2020 By: Scott Fallon New Jersey formally adopted some of the most stringent standards in the nation for two chemicals found in drinking water across the state that have been linked to cancer and other ailments, officials said Monday. The move will require all operators of public water systems to begin […]

Source: https://www.azcentral.com/, May 29, 2020 By: Ian James Arizona environmental regulators say the Hillside Mine once produced gold, copper, silver, lead and zinc. But the operation in the hills of Yavapai County shut down in about 1950, and mining hasn’t resumed since. Read more.