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Massachusetts Contractor to Pay for Clean-Up Costs Following Chemical Explosion

A Sutton, Mass.-based contractor has agreed to pay $120,000 to reimburse the state for the cost of responding to a 2017 explosion and fire of a backyard shed at a Shrewsbury residential property, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced. The …

New York State Rejects City’s Request for Funds for Big Fire Costs

A western New York city won’t be getting state aid to cover the costs linked to a massive fire at a former steel plant last fall. The blaze started Nov. 9 in a large building on the Bethlehem Steel site …

Transport Company Agrees to Restoration Plan After West Virginia Train Derailment

Federal regulators say CSX Transportation has agreed to a long-term plan for cleaning up and restoring the area around a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia. Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency order released Friday, CSX must submit a …

Enbridge: Cleanup of 2010 Oil Spill in Michigan Cost $1.21B

A Canadian pipeline company says it has cost about $1.21 billion to clean up a 2010 oil spill into the Kalamazoo River system in Michigan. TV stations WOOD and WWMT report Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. released the updated estimate, roughly …

Secret Benefactor Aiding Louisiana Parish in Gustav Claims Fight

A financial institution is paying lawyers $700 per hour to help Louisiana’s Livingston Parish fight the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denials of $60 million in claims for Hurricane Gustav-related cleanup costs. But its identity is shrouded in secrecy. The Advocate …

Catlin Introduces ‘UK Asymmetric’ Terrorism Insurance and Crisis Response Product

London-based underwriting subsidiaries of the Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited have introduced a new terrorism insurance product that includes unique crisis response services as well as coverage for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) losses. The announcement explained that the “UK …