Land
Wisconsin farmer accused of cheating federal crop insurance program
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Indictment alleges that documents were falsified including those indicating inability to plant crops that were planted.
Waste
Prison, fine loom in New York hazardous waste case
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Government agencies say company owner removed arsenic, chromium, lead, selenium and other hazardous chemicals from a bankrupt facility in Keene, New Hampshire, without a permit and took the materials to his facility in Owego.
Water
Court rules on gravel pit pond status
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The state changed its mind whether a permit is needed to store water treatment residuals there.
Land
Bankruptcy judge: Michigan farmland sale doesn’t violate conservation easement
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Local conservancy argues that sale violates prohibition on dividing land, makes it less viable for agriculture and harder to manage the easement.
Air
New York company pleads guilty to asbestos violation
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The prosecution said the company failed to inspect asbestos debris and pools of water, comply with pretesting waiting periods, properly calibrate pumps and perform air sampling and decontamination of equipment.
Wildlife
Property owner snared in Ohio trapping case
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Traps used to catch coyotes killing birds on hunting preserve also caught neighbor’s dog.
Wildlife
Michigan court tosses elk farm suit against state
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The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the elk-breeding facility waited too long to sue after the state shut it down during a year-long chronic wasting disease quarantine. An appeal to the state Supreme Court is likely.
Wildlife
Prison ahead for illegal deer trafficker
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Lawyer unsuccessfully argues that deer bred and raised in captivity are not wildlife.
Waste
Prison terms loom in Michigan asbestos case
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Three people plead guilty to illegally removing asbestos from a former Southwest Michigan power plant. They are now facing possible prison terms after agreeing to reimburse the federal government for approximately $1 million to clean up the contaminated facility in Kalamazoo County’s Comstock Township.
Energy
Ohio high court says city can’t stop drilling
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Under the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling, Beck Energy Corp. will continue to drill for oil, despite the objection of Ohio city, Munroe Falls.