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September 10, 2010 Information on hydraulic fracturing chemicals is key to agency study of potential impacts on drinking water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it has issued voluntary information requests to nine natural gas service companies regarding the process known as hydraulic fracturing. The data requested is integral to a broad…

EPA Releases New Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Selecting Safe School Locations / EPA provides new tools for communities making school siting decisions WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released draft voluntary guidelines to help communities protect the health of students and staff from environmental threats when selecting new locations for schools. More…

Pretty soon companies’ toxic release data may be available to the public before the pollution is actually released into the environment. Unlikely, but the EPA is getting faster each year at making public the data it has collected from companies’ Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data sheets. Issued the same month it was collected, the EPA…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: At ERMI we point out that every business is impacted by environmental exposures. Your agency could easily experience the exposure listed in the article below. Most insurance agencies I have visited use fluorescent light bulbs. When those bulbs burn out they are classified as a hazardous waste (they contain mercury)…

EPA Construction Stormwater Rule Takes Effect February 1, 2010 By Meline MacCurdy and Russell Prugh EPA has issued a long-awaited final stormwater rule, impacting nearly every construction and development project in the United States. The rule, published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2009, for the first time imposes an enforceable numeric limit on…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: This is an environmental exposure not just for the contractor applying the sealant material but also for the property owner and manufacturer. Storm water runoff is a very real environmental exposure for any property owner where it can rain and / or snow. In the past few years both Home…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: Share the following with any client’s you have than can be responsible for designing or maintaining storm water systems. The potential liability created through this court decision is probably not covered by your standard insurance program for your impacted client’s. Impacted businesses should take a proactive approach by making sure…

A survey done to more than 750 top CEOs reveal that 93% regard sustainability as a critical issue to their company’s future success, reports Envido. www.envido.co.uk 1-020-7199-0090 A major global survey of 750 chief executives undertaken by Accenture in partnership with the UN Global Compact initiative, revealed that 93% believe sustainability is critical to their…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: I have been talking for years how storms water runoff is a big exposures for any insured you work with that owns property, performs construction, farms, etc.. Here is a simple example to share with your insured’s about a manufacturer that created a storm water problem through their air emissions.…

Every Business Is Impacted by Environmental Exposures On January 13, 2010 USA Today reported that Wal-Mart, Claire’s will pull jewelry from China containing cadmium. USA Today went on to say “Two chain stores are pulling jewelry that lab tests show contained high levels of the heavy metal cadmium. Jewelry and accessories store Claire’s, with nearly…