Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ During a routine tank tightness test at an airport hangar, it was discovered that some fuel leaked from an underground storage tank. It was determined that the seal in a coupling device that connected the tank to the piping had failed, and gasoline was leaking out of the pipe connection. Upon inspection, it […]

Source: https://www.wvnews.com/, October 24, 2024 By: Nicki Skinner The Taylor County Board of Education met to discuss the potential for environmental concerns centering on a below-ground fuel storage tank on the Taylor County Bus Garage grounds. According to Superintendent John Stallings, the underground tank has far exceeded its life expectancy and could potentially cause issues, […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, July 24, 2024 By: Terry Gangcuangco</span. Erie Insurance Exchange is not obligated to defend or indemnify a gas station operator accused of contaminating a neighbor’s water source due to a leaking underground storage tank, according to a ruling by the Kentucky 22nd Circuit Court of Appeals. Read more.

Source: https://www.seattlepi.com/, May 29, 2024 By: Jordan Gass-Poore, The Uproot Project For more than a decade, some residents of the tiny Richmond, Rhode Island, neighborhood of Canob Park drank and bathed using tap water that had been tainted by gasoline that leaked from storage tanks buried under service stations a few hundred yards from their […]

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/, April 4, 2024 By: Theresa Clift The Sacramento County district attorney’s office has sued a state agency alleging that storage tanks are leaking hazardous substances under several downtown buildings, including the state Capitol. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court against the California Department of General Services, alleges the leakages are also […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, March 28, 2024 The U.S. military said it’s finished draining million of gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawaii that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021. Joint Task Force Red Hill began defueling the tanks in October after completing months of […]

Source: Distinguished Programs A vacant riverfront industrial complex was purchased by a developer in order to construct retail, commercial, and residential buildings. During excavation activities, several underground storage tanks were discovered that had not been identified during previous environmental investigations. Soil and groundwater contamination were found on  the property. Contaminated soils were excavated and disposed […]

Source: https://news.cgtn.com/, June 22, 2023 As many as 1,002 people have filed administrative claims against the U.S. government on Tuesday, seeking monetary damages related to fuel-contaminated drinking water in Hawaii. Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, they alleged the U.S. Navy released jet fuel and other contaminants from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility into […]

Source: http://www.constructionrisk.com, August 2017 By: Kent Holland Where lead-based paint was ingested by a tenant’s child, the tenant sued her landlord for injuries allegedly sustained by the child. The landlord tendered the claim to its commercial general liability (CGL) insurer who, instead of defending the case, filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a determination that […]

Publication Date 01/06/2011 Source: Watertown Daily Times (NY) Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Jefferson County filed an expected lawsuit Wednesday against Onondaga Development LLC over the removal of underground fuel storage tanks at the former Griff’s convenience store. The county has been at odds for months with P.J. Simao, principal of Onondaga Development, over a 2007 agreement […]

Source: State of California Website, January 17, 2006 Attorney General Lockyer Announces $25 Million Settlement With AT&T For Failing To Inspect And Repair Underground Storage Tanks Joint State-Local Enforcement Yields One of the Nation’s Highest Penalties Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced that AT&T has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit that […]

Source: US EPA Website, Release date: 11/16/2006 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that an EPA Administrative Law Judge has assessed a $3.1 million penalty against Euclid of Virginia, Inc. for not taking required measures to detect and prevent leaks from underground storage tanks at 23 gas stations in Maryland, Virginia and the District […]