From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:46:48 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "Insurance company sues Gary [Indiana] airport over pollution defense" |
Insurance company sues Gary airport over pollution defense By Teresa Auch Schultz Northwest Indian Post-Tribune July 27, 2015 Gary/Chicago International Airport's insurance provider wants off the hook for paying for the airport's defense against a case with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Old Republic Insurance filed a lawsuit against the airport's authority on Friday in U.S. District Court in Hammond asking that the court find Old Republic does not owe any money to the airport over the issue and that the airport pay back money Old Republic has already spent. The lawsuit does not say how much the insurance company believes it is owed. The issue centers around a notice that IDEM sent to the airport in September after two soil samples from the airport's property showed the presence of arsenic, benzopyrene and PCBs. IDEM also reported an oily sheen on Boeing Ditch, which runs along the northwest end of the airport's runway. … For the entire article, see http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-airport-insurance-lawsuit-st-0728-20150727-story.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
Prev by Date: [CPEO-BIF] "EPA's 'proven program' gets rare praise from Republicans" Next by Date: [CPEO-BIF] "Bud Kouts Chevrolet to redevelop site …" Lansing, Michigan | |
Prev by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] "EPA's 'proven program' gets rare praise from Republicans" Next by Thread: [CPEO-BIF] "Bud Kouts Chevrolet to redevelop site …" Lansing, Michigan |