Source: http://6abc.com, March 19, 2018 A contractor struck a six-inch gas main in Hamilton Township, Mercer County on Monday. Calls starting coming in around 1 p.m. for a strong smell of gas in the area of the township known as Five Points. The intersection was closed and traffic was being diverted through the neighborhoods. Chopper […]

Source: http://www.gainesville.com, March 21, 2018 It is still unclear if the design change contributed to the failure. Construction of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed six people in the Miami area was behind schedule and millions over budget, in part because of a key change in the design and placement of one of its […]

Source: http://www.njspotlight.com, March 13, 2018 By: Tom Johnson Natural-resources damage suit involves three oil companies who contaminated groundwater with potentially carcinogenic gasoline additive The Murphy administration yesterday said it has settled cases with three oil companies who have agreed to pay nearly $200 million for polluting water with a potential human carcinogen. Attorney General Gurbir […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, February 27, 2018 By: Judy Greenwald A Pennsylvania state appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling and held the Consolidated Rail Corp. is not entitled to pollution coverage under policies issued by a Berkshire Hathaway Group unit and Continental Insurance Co. The ruling by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg in Consolidated […]

Source: http://www.wcax.com, February 27, 2018 By: Taylor Young A Shelburne business owner is warning others after he says he unknowingly purchased property contaminated with PCE. “It’s just been challenging,” said Sean Ryan, the owner of Elegant Floors. From 1996 to 2000, a dry cleaning business occupied his building. Ryan has a black plastic bag taped […]

Source: https://www.twincities.com, February 11, 2018 By: Bob Shaw Call it the $5 billion Teflon trial — Minnesota’s biggest environmental lawsuit ever. When the trial of the State of Minnesota vs. 3M Co. starts Feb. 20, it will pit the state against what may be its most-loved company. The state attorney general will be taking on a […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, January 24, 2018 By: Smith Currie & Hancock In 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its final rule lowering the permissible silica exposure level (“PEL”) from 250 µg/m3 to 50 µg/m3. In response, OSHA received petitions from both a collection of industry petitioners (“Industry”) arguing that OSHA made the regulation […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com, January 16, 2018 The Missouri Court of Appeals (Eastern District) addressed in a December 19th opinion a coverage issue involving a Premises Pollution Liability Policy (“ PPL policy”). See Hazelwood Logistics Center, LLC v. Illinois Union Insurance Company, 2017 WL 6460094. The coverage question involved whether a PPL policy applied to methane gas discharging from […]

Source: Modesto Bee (CA), January 14, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com In a ruling with implications for cities across the United States, appellate justices this week rejected Modesto’s request to reinstate a $75 million judgment against a producer of toxic dry cleaning chemicals. However, the ruling also paves the way for a new trial under conditions […]

Source: https://stateimpact.npr.org, July 19, 2017 By: Susan Phillips Construction of Sunoco Pipeline’s $3 billion 350-mile long Mariner East 2 pipeline resulted in at least 61 drilling mud spills from April 25 through June 17, 2017, according to newly released documents. The spills have occurred in ten of the 12 counties along the route and range […]

Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com, July 18, 2017 By: Ian Bush A week after Sunoco agreed to address concerns that its pipeline construction was tainting well water in one Chester County community, two new problems have cropped up — this time, in part of Media, Delaware County. Its plastic barrier and hay bales, are no match for the deluge along […]

Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com, January 3, 2018 By: Jim Melwert The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has ordered all construction work to be halted on the $2.5 billion natural gas pipeline that runs from western Pennsylvania to Delaware County’s Marcus Hook. A 24-page report from DEP cites numerous permit violations by Sunoco on the Mariner East 2 pipeline and […]