Insurance Journal » cleanup http://www.insurancejournal.com Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property/Casualty insurance industry Fri, 24 May 2013 08:29:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tool Identifies California’s Most Polluted Cities http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/04/24/289576.htm Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:35:55 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=289576 Seven of California’s 10 ZIP codes most burdened by pollution are in the San Joaquin Valley and three are in Los Angeles, according to a new tool developed by state environmental officials to target communities for cleanup. “People tend to …

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]]> EPA Blamed For Delays in Asbestos Study In Montana http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/04/21/289246.htm Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:20:58 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=289246 Internal investigators are faulting the Environmental Protection Agency for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The EPA’s Office of Inspector …

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]]> Hanford Nuclear Contractor Settles Lawsuit For $1.1M http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/04/04/287318.htm Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:38:10 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=287318 A contractor at the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department claiming the company used federal money to lobby for new government customers for a first responder …

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]]> Yellowstone Oil Spill-Violations $1.7M Penalty Proposed In Exxon Spill http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/03/27/286256.htm Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:45:32 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=286256 Federal pipeline regulators have proposed $1.7 million in penalties against Exxon Mobil Corp. for a pipeline rupture that spewed crude oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River. The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a notice sent to the company Monday that …

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]]> New Mexico Reaches Settlement Over Massive Tire Dump http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/03/25/285946.htm Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:47:09 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=285946 A massive tire dump that stretches through a remote arroyo in northeastern New Mexico will be cleaned up as part of a settlement reached with a ranching operation. State Land Commissioner Ray Powell and Environment Secretary Dave Martin announced the …

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]]> 3 Former Execs Plead Guilty In California Asbestos Case http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/03/14/284738.htm Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:51:16 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=284738 Three former executives of a now-defunct nonprofit have been convicted of violating federal asbestos laws when the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, Calif. was cleaned up. The Merced Sun-Star reported Rudy Buendia, Patrick Bowman and Joseph Cuellar each pleaded …

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]]> Washington Nuke Plant Contractor To Pay More Than $18.5 Million http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/03/08/284091.htm Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:14:53 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=284091 One of the contractors charged with cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site has agreed to pay an $18.5 million civil and criminal penalty related to a time card fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Michael Ormsby of the Eastern Washington …

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]]> Six Leaking Tanks Are Washington Nuclear Site’s Latest Woe http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/02/25/282546.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:43:40 +0000 Don Jergler http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=282546 Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country’s most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about delays for emptying the aging tanks. The leaking materials …

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]]> Scientists Back EPA on Montana Asbestos Risks http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/02/11/280807.htm Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:13:55 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=280807 Federal officials anticipate finishing by late 2014 a risk study to guide the cleanup of an asbestos-contaminated Montana mining town, after a panel of scientists backed draft results that say even a minuscule amount of the substance can lead to …

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]]> Beazley Launches Environmental Cleanup Costs Insurance http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/01/23/278403.htm Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:28:28 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=278403 Beazley plc has expanded its environmental products offering with the launch of an environmental cleanup costs insurance policy that provides coverage for cost overruns for remediation of known conditions at covered locations. The product, written on a non-admitted basis through …

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]]> Utah Man Accused of Killing Officer Sues Insurer http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/01/15/277516.htm Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:25:09 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=277516 An Ogden man accused of killing a police officer during a drug raid at his home is suing his insurance company over its rejection of his homeowner’s damage claim stemming from the shootout. Matthew Stewart, in his complaint filed Jan. …

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]]> Yellowstone Oil Spill: Feds Say Delay Made Oil Spill Worse http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2013/01/04/276066.htm Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:52:59 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=276066 Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.’s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana’s Yellowstone River made an oil spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulators said in a new report. The July 2011 rupture fouled 70 …

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]]> Cleanup Continues At Louisiana Explosive Company http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/12/20/274887.htm Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:42:44 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=274887 Authorities say it could take up to three weeks to finish moving military propellant into storage at an explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town. The town of Doyline was evacuated earlier this month after authorities …

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]]> Coast Guard: Large Dock Washes Ashore On Washington Coast http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/12/20/274877.htm Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:18:34 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=274877 The Coast Guard on Tuesday spotted a large dock that has washed ashore in a remote section of Olympic National Park on the northwest Washington coast. Scientists are concerned it could be debris from the tsunami that struck Japan last …

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]]> Conocophillips Reaches Deals Over Alaska Spills http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/12/20/274863.htm Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:10:52 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=274863 ConocoPhillips has agreed to federal and state civil penalties of about $200,000 for spills of crude oil and contaminated water from corroded pipe in Alaska’s Kuparuk Oil Field in 2006 and 2007. ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. also agreed to reimburse the …

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]]> Biologist: Tsunami Debris Overwhelming In Spots In Alaska http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/12/17/274286.htm Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:23:17 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=274286 Debris that gathered this past summer on Alaska’s Kayak Island made walking on its beaches feel like walking through a natural disaster zone, a federal biologist said Thursday. Jacek Maselko, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in …

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]]> Utah: Chevron To Pay $1.8 Million In Settlement http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/12/17/274282.htm Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:20:18 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=274282 Chevron Corp. has paid Utah $1.8 million in a settlement reached after the state claimed the oil company collected money from a cleanup fund meant only for firms without insurance, state officials said . Chevron misrepresented the fact that it …

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]]> $100K Deal Reached in Montana Over Lead-Contaminated Waste http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/12/10/273350.htm Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:11:02 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=273350 The owner of a central Montana landfill has agreed to pay the U.S. government $100,000 to settle a civil action over 1,600 tons of earth containing unsafe levels of lead that sat untreated and unprotected for about four years. The …

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]]> Utah Sues BP Amoco For Dipping Into State Fund http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/12/06/273110.htm Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:12:49 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=273110 Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is suing oil giant BP Amoco for collecting state money to clean up spills from leaky storage tanks under service stations. Shurtleff says BP had its own insurance policies for cleanups and wasn’t entitled to …

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]]> EPA Pushes Tough Asbestos Standard for Mont. Town http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/10/01/264917.htm Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:44:26 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=264917 A proposed standard for federal cleanup of asbestos contamination in a Montana town concludes that even a tiny amount of the material can lead to lung problems, a benchmark far more rigorous than any in the past and one that …

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]]> Former Montana Mill Eyed As Possible Superfund Site http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/09/18/263385.htm Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:03:05 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=263385 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the former Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. pulp mill in Frenchtown has potentially dangerous levels of dioxins, heavy metals and other hazardous chemicals, a finding that could lead to the area becoming a Superfund site. The …

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]]> Alaska To Get $1 Million For Tsunami Cleanup http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/09/12/262831.htm Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:04:23 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=262831 Japan is providing money for cleanup of debris from that country’s tsunami last year. KTUU-TV reported that Alaska will receive $1 million from Japan. The money is part of a $6 million appropriation for the task to the U.S. and …

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]]> Risk Of Lawsuits Preventing Abandoned Mine Cleanup In Colorado http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/09/11/262649.htm Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:36:09 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=262649 Colorado mining authorities have dug through a mountainside and reopened the dark granite shaft of an abandoned mine that turned deadly, trying to find options for dealing with one of the West’s worst environmental problems. The Pennsylvania Mine, perched above …

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]]> Ore. Groups To Organize Tsunami Debris Volunteers http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/08/15/259413.htm Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:47:21 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=259413 Four nonprofit groups say they will team up to organize and coordinate Oregon volunteers working on tsunami debris. The World of Coos Bay reports the groups plan to create a data base of people who can monitor the Oregon coast, …

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]]> California Supreme Court Tells Insurers To Pay http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/08/13/259121.htm Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:32:48 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=259121 Insurance companies must pay up to the policy limits for cleanup of the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Riverside County, the California Supreme Court ruled. The 17-acre industrial waste dump 50 miles east of Los Angeles near Glen Avon was operated …

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]]> Fort Wayne Storm Damage Nearly $2M, Likely To Rise http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/08/06/258375.htm Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:40:55 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=258375 A severe thunderstorm that toppled thousands of trees in Fort Wayne, Ind. has cost the city nearly $2 million for cleanup work that continues more than a month after the storm. Fort Wayne mayor’s spokesman Frank Suarez says the $1.8 …

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]]> Tainted Montana Town Reaches Cleanup Milestone http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/07/16/255815.htm Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:04:54 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=255815 Grass and freshly planted trees are sprouting in a new town park that sits atop the site of a vermiculite plant that once spewed asbestos dust across the mountain community of Libby – a welcome dose of normalcy for a …

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]]> Utah Says Energy Giant Falsified $25M in Claims http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/07/13/255577.htm Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:26:26 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=255577 Petroleum giant ConocoPhillips filed $25 million in false insurance claims over 14 years for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, a state lawsuit charged. The lawsuit filed earlier this week in 3rd District Court accused the Houston-based multinational company of …

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]]> Asarco Files Lawsuits For Help With Cleanup Costs In Montana http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/06/13/251245.htm Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:37:11 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=251245 Asarco LLC wants three other companies to help pay for environmental cleanup required in Montana at its former lead smelter in East Helena and a silver mine near Philipsburg. Asarco filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Helena last week …

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]]> Kauai, Maui to Get $400K For Storm Cleanup Efforts http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/05/23/248606.htm Wed, 23 May 2012 16:09:46 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=248606 Officials say Maui and Kauai will get a combined $400,000 to clean up damage from heavy storms that hit Hawaii in March. The money will fund 20 temporary jobs for people to clean and repair damaged homes, land and public …

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