DEC Did Not Act Outside of Its Authority in Promulgating Regulations that Required Cleanup of Contaminated Properties to “Pre-Disposal Conditions” under the State Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Act

| December 28, 2011

The Court of Appeals of New York recently held that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) did not exceed its authority or act contrary to state law in enacting certain regulations with respect to remedial programs implemented to clean inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.

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EPA lists Gowanus Canal on the National Priorities List

| March 10, 2010

On March 2, 2010, the EPA listed the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn on the National Priorities List (NPL), making it a federal Superfund site.  The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation urged EPA to consider

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Absence of Property Damage During Policy Period

| November 27, 2007

Under New York Law, property damage is deemed to occur within the period of an occurrence-based policy, if injury-in-fact takes place during the policy period.  See Continental Casualty Co. v. Rapid-American Corp., 177 A.D.2d 61 (App. Div., 1992).  An insurer may only refuse to defend an action, however,

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Pollution Legal Liability (PLL) Policy

| November 20, 2007

Pollution Legal Liability (PLL) policies protect policy holders against third-party claims for property damage, personal injury and cleanup costs relating to environmental contamination.  Typically, a PLL policy will protect can the insured party from loss arising from pollution conditions at or emanating from the insured Site.  Depending upon the specifics, a PLL policy will by [...]

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Common Law Recovery of Cleanup Cost for Petroleum Spills

| November 14, 2007

New York’s Oil Spill Act, Article 12 of the New York Navigation Law, provides a natural and attractive starting point for people seeking to recover cleanup costs for petroleum spills. The Act imposition of strict liability holds out the promise of avoiding litigation over events and states of mind for which little or contradictory evidence [...]

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