Source: https://www.usgs.gov, September 14, 2016 Mercury contamination is widespread, at various levels across western North America in air, soil, sediment, plants, fish and wildlife. An international team of scientists led by the U.S. Geological Survey, recently documented widespread mercury contamination in air, soil, sediment, plants, fish, and wildlife at various levels across western North America. […]

Source: http://www.seacoastonline.com, December 1, 2016 By: Jeff McMenemy A test of surface water taken from Breakfast Hill in Greenland showed levels of PFCs nearly three times the permanent lifetime health advisory level for drinking water. The Conservation Law Foundation conducted the tests on three samples taken from surface water around the Coakley landfill after state […]

Source: http://patch.com, November 8, 2016 By: Vincent Salzo Officials are suspending roadside maintenance activities at the Exit 33 reconstruction site until the situation can be completely assessed. Asbestos has been found in the soil at the site of the planned Exit 33 reconstruction project on I-95 in Stratford and the state Department of Transportation is […]

Source: http://www.ct.gov, November 4, 2016 The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced today that air and ground sampling and monitoring will be conducted after asbestos was found in the soil at the site of a CTDOT project involving the design and reconstruction of Exit 33 on I-95 in […]

Source: http://www.nbc-2.com, August 12, 2016 By: David Hodges Robert Wagner wishes someone had told him that his home was likely riddled with defects and that his walls were rotting away from the inside. And told him that the builder, Beazer Homes, wasn’t going to do the work unless he told them to. “By the time […]

Source: http://www.tampabay.com, September 1, 2016 By: Megan Reeves A handful of blunders by Tampa Bay area contractors nearly 10 years ago have caused a moldy mess in the attic of East Lake Fire Rescue, officials say, and repairs could cost as much as $350,000. The department, 3375 Tarpon Lake Blvd., is suing three companies they […]

Source: http://www.fdlreporter.com, September 1, 2016 By: Madeline Zukowski Three gas main leaks in the month of August were caused as construction crews or city personnel hit gas lines. On Aug. 5, city personnel were digging up a water main when they hit a four-inch gas line on Doty Street. Ten people were evacuated from their […]

Source: https://www.casino.org, August 23, 2016 By: Katie Barlowe The City of Somerville, Massachusetts is dropping its legal challenge against Wynn Resorts’ effort to build its $2.1 billion resort, the Wynn Boston Harbor, in the neighboring city of Everett. That means for that, the first time since the casino giant was awarded the sole east Massachusetts […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, August 22, 2016 By: Anthony Bartell, Adam Budesheim, Louis A. Chiafullo, J. Wylie Donald, Joseph F. Fields and Ira M. Gottlieb, McCarter & English LLP In an important recent decision, New Jersey joined a growing number of states holding that Insurance Services Office’s (ISO) 1986 comprehensive general liability (CGL) policy extends coverage to […]

Source: http://www.cem.va.gov What Do You Need to Consider? Do you perform clearing, grading, or excavation activities? Do you build roads, golf courses, playing fields, homes, or buildings? Are you involved in demolition activities? Will you discharge dredged or fill material to a waterway or wetland? Are you involved in tunnel or pipeline projects? If so, […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, June 17, 2016 By: Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Roy’s Plumbing, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75958 (W.D.N.Y. June 10, 2016), the United States District Court for the Western District of New York had occasion to consider the application of a pollution exclusion […]

Source: http://www.miamitodaynews.com, March 29, 2016 By: Susan Danseyar The Miami Marlins, Miami-Dade County and City of Miami will share in an insurance payout for a disputed environmental claim over ballpark construction that was settled for far more than had initially been offered. AIG Specialty Insurance Co. has agreed to provide a settlement of $2,910,142.13 to […]