Mar 14, 2023
Webinar – The Dirty Side of Dry Cleaning: Liabilities & Transaction Considerations
Join us March 28 at 1 PM Eastern Time for a free webinar "The Dirty Side of Dry Cleaning: Liabilities & Transaction Considerations".
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May 10, 2023
EPA Launches $20 Million Program to Address Contaminated Land in Alaska
On May 5, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new funding program to assist Alaska Native entities to address and remediate contaminated lands in Alaska.
Apr 18, 2023
The Polluter Does Not Always Pay: Environmental Liability of Property Owners
Environmental contamination is a multi-faceted and complex issue with different bases of liability, particularly against the landowner.
Mar 27, 2023
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding one site and proposing to add four additional sites to the Superfund National Priorities List where releases of...
Mar 17, 2023
5 Cleanup Technologies in Testing Stage for Superfund Site with Twice the Toxins of Love Canal
After more than 60 years, cleanup could be in the future for the Dewey Loeffel Landfill Superfund site, while toxin removal and monitoring moves forward at a related site along Route 203.
Mar 06, 2023
The cleanup of three contaminated sites in Niagara County used for World War II atomic energy and weapons programs will get another infusion of federal dollars.
Jan 29, 2023
Contaminated bases endanger vulnerable minority communities
Over the last century, the U.S. army's use, storage, and inattentive disposal of toxic substances have been the source of enduring environmental hazards.
Dec 28, 2022
EPA adds sites in Mississippi, Nebraska to the Superfund National Priorities List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the addition of two sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks.
Jul 29, 2022
EPA: game not over, says environmental agency leader after supreme court blow
The Biden administration will work around court ruling by setting new limits on ozone and coal ash to hasten closing of coal plants.
Jul 13, 2022
Four brownfield projects in and around the southeastern edge of Midtown Cleveland have received state funding, enhancing their chances of coming to fruition and paving the way for...
Jul 12, 2022
The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) recently met key milestones in a cleanup campaign to reevaluate whether certain sites around Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) with...
Mar 15, 2022
Lawmakers consider $100 million relief fund for farmers with contaminated land
The fund would reimburse farmers whose water or fields are contaminated by PFAS for testing and clean up, lost crops and herds, farm transitions or buyouts, and long-term health monitoring.
Feb 02, 2022
Interior Department approves $1B to clean up abandoned wells
The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to cap abandoned oil and gas wells across the United States.
Nov 01, 2021
The first phase of the implementation of the new Regulation respecting the traceability of excavated contaminated soils began on November 1st.
Oct 25, 2021
An Environmental Primer for Lenders
Given the current demand for downtown properties, borrowers are acquiring contaminated properties like never before.
Oct 23, 2021
New Oregon Brownfield Loan Program to Watch
Revitalizing Brownfields has long been considered a centerpiece for community efforts to encourage growth and development of properties impacted by contamination.
Oct 14, 2021
The Law Is An Ass, RCRA Edition
Late last month, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a public water supplier could be liable in a citizens’ suit brought under the imminent and substantial endangerment provisions of RCRA, where the plaintiff alleged that the groundwater used by the supplier had been contaminated...
Sep 30, 2021
Microorganism that remediates cadmium-contaminated soil
In recent years, phytoremediation (the utilization of plants, animals and microorganism to take up or immobilize hazardous substances from contaminated soils) has been widely applied to the remediation of Cadmium (Cd) contaminated soil.
Sep 14, 2021
CERCLA – EPA Sharpens CERCLA Enforcement Tools to Focus on Environmental Justice Communities
The Comprehensive Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or “Superfund”) imposes strict, joint and several liability on responsible parties for remediation of contaminated properties.
Jul 27, 2021
Plant Absorbs Toxic RDX Contamination
Chemicals from munitions have permeated soil across an estimated 10 million hectares of land used for firing ranges across the U.S.
Jul 12, 2021
CERCLA, also known also as Superfund, in 1980 to address the horror of sites like Love Canal where discarded toxic chemicals began oozing into neighboring backyards and basements, contaminating air, soil and water, and...