Rusting wrecks an oil spill timebomb?
Who will pay for cleaning up oil from a 70-year-old wreck? The owner of the ship, who may be long gone, or the Armed Forces that sank it?
View the post titled Rusting wrecks an oil spill timebomb?First, do no harm: controlled burns and sea turtles
A coalition of animal protection and conservation groups filed a lawsuit on June 30 to stop BP from conducting “controlled burns” of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico. They allege that protected and endangered sea turtles were being incinerated alive.,
View the post titled First, do no harm: controlled burns and sea turtlesInco to pay $36 million in Port Colborne class action
Inco has been ordered to pay $36 million to past and present property owners in Port Colborne, for lost property value due to historic nickel contamination. None of the contamination occurred after 1984, and Inco complied with all applicable laws during the operation of its refinery. Nevert…
View the post titled Inco to pay $36 million in Port Colborne class actionContaminated sites: which cleanup standards?
More stringent cleanup standards for contaminated sites will come into effect July 1, 2011, under 2009 amendments to Regulation 153/04. Some property owners with ongoing cleanups may prefer to use the old numbers, i.e. the “March 9, 2004 Soil, Ground Water and Sediment Standards” (“2004 sta…
View the post titled Contaminated sites: which cleanup standards?Risk Assessments- old numbers or new?
This Technical Update will likely invalidate most risk assessments already submitted to the MOE.
View the post titled Risk Assessments- old numbers or new?Reg. 153/04 changes: impacts on contaminated sites?
Reg. 153/04- changes to rules on contaminated sites Working on contaminated sites? Dianne gave a presentation this week on Reg. 153/04, and the amendments made by 511/09. They mean big changes for people working on sites in Ontario, especially re: tougher cleanup standards; better investigat…
View the post titled Reg. 153/04 changes: impacts on contaminated sites?Cleaning up contamination – extra time has a price
Owners of contaminated sites face stringent new cleanup standards, effective July 1, 2011, under Reg. 153/04. Many owners want to cleanup under the existing, less stringent standards, but cannot finish the cleanup by next July. They can buy an extra 18 months to finish the cleanup, but only …
View the post titled Cleaning up contamination – extra time has a priceEnvironmental insurance getting cheaper?
Last week, insurance representatives told the Ontario Bar Association that environmental cleanup insurance has become much less expensive, perhaps 1 cent per square foot per year for large property portfolios. The available coverages have also expanded. This is good news. Environmental insur…
View the post titled Environmental insurance getting cheaper?Making parent companies pay: a sting in the tail of approval reform
This should add some surprising complications to a wide variety of transactions.
View the post titled Making parent companies pay: a sting in the tail of approval reformMunicipalities recovering spill costs
In 2005, the Environmental Protection Act was amended to allow municipalities a new mechanism to recover the costs of cleaning up spills. s.100.1 allows municipalities to cleanup spills caused by private parties, and to issue orders to recover the costs. This has also allowed the MOE to down…
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