By Stuart Lieberman | Published February 9, 2015 | Posted in Legislation and Rulemaking, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) | Tagged Tags: environmental cleanup, environmental contamination, LSRP, Remediation | Leave a comment
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just proposed new rules that will govern how Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs) work, and the standards that apply to their work in the State of New Jersey. The draft regulations were published in the January 5, 2015 New Jersey Register. When adopted, they will be codified as N.J.A.C. Read More
Read MoreThe New Jersey Legislature is considering a bill (S-570) which would result in companies paying more to develop building on public land. The bill proposes that proposed projects on preserved land in the state would be assessed for how much revenue that project would generate. The proposal is intended to help balance the value to Read More
Read MoreUnder New Jersey’s 2009 Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA), parties that have been remediating sites since May 1999 (or before), are required to complete the remedial investigation (RI) phase of the site cleanup by May 7, 2014. Failing to complete the investigation by the May 2014 deadline would permit the NJDEP to take direct oversight Read More
Read MoreOn November 6, 2013, the American Society for Testing and Materials (“ASTM”) published new standards for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (“ESA”). Phase I ESAs are conducted to assess the environmental condition of commercial real estate for potential buyers. The ASTM’s E1527-05 standard has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to satisfy the Read More
Read MoreOn August 6, 2013, a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the federal district courts hold exclusive jurisdiction over Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) claims. In Litgo New Jersey, Inc. v. Commissioner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, __ F.3d __ (3d Cir. 2013), the Third Read More
Read MoreIn an expansion of governmental tort immunity, the New Jersey Appellate Division recently ruled in Turner v. Township of Irvington that public entities cannot be held liable for a 9-1-1 operators’ conduct regardless of their level of culpability. The 9-1-1 operator at issue acted with willful and wanton conduct when they were the cause of Read More
Read MoreOn April 29, 2013, the New Jersey State Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill that will have far reaching impacts on administrative law in New Jersey. The bill known as A-1521 would effectively strip certain agency heads of their current veto powers over the decisions of administrative law judges in contested state agency decisions. The bill Read More
Read MoreThe New Jersey Appellate Division recently held in Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority, A-3723-10 that when establishing tort liability a jury, not a judge, should be the one to decide whether a public entity’s acts are ministerial or discretionary in nature. This crucial distinction determines whether the public entity is subject to the ordinary-negligence Read More
Read MoreThe Christie Administration filed emergency rules to assist in the expedition of Superstorm Sandy-related recovery and rebuilding on March 17, 2013. These rules are meant to cut through unnecessary red tape that is delaying some aspects of New Jersey’s recovery from Sandy for both homes and businesses. The rules also contain portions that will expedite Read More
Read MoreOn March 26, 2013 the Administration of Governor Christie filed an adoption package that will set new statewide elevation standards, based on flood maps by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This package will keep an emergency rule from January 2013 in place. The update reflects the first change to New Jersey’s coastal county flood Read More
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