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Methane Gas, an Apartment Complex and a Bankruptcy Filing

A federal bankruptcy court authorized the owner of the upscale Marble Cliffs Crossing Apartments complex in Columbus, Ohio to install a methane gas remediation plan over the objections of the purchaser of the mortgage note, holding that the plan was necessary to protect the safety of tenants and was critical for preserving the value of […]

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1993 EPA Memo Clarified CERCLA Jurisdiction For Indoor Contamination

Since vapor intrusion started to come into focus a decade ago, environmental consultants have been debating if vapor intrusion was covered by the standard phase 1 or needed to be specifically added to the phase 1 scope of work. This is not an academic discussion but a real concern to property owners and lenders who are

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County Liable to Developer for Migration of Landfill Gas

A federal district court ruled that a Maryland county government was liable to a developer for damages resulting from the migration of landfill gas from a closed landfill to a planned development community. The court held that developer was entitled to recover response costs under CERCLA and that the subsurface migration of methane gas and VOCs

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