By Stuart Lieberman | Published September 15, 2021 | Posted in Environmental Litigation, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) | Tagged Tags: Administrative appeals, Appeals by third parties, OAL appeals, Third party appeals | Comments Off on Environmental Hearing Requests by Third Parties: An Update
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⟩ Environmental Hearing Requests by Third Parties: An Update
In 2010 this author contributed an article discussing the difficulty that anyone other than an applicant had in administratively contesting a permit. Stuart J. Lieberman and Shari M. Blecher, “It’s No Party for Third Parties,” 200 N.J.L.J. 1, 1-2 (2010). Things have not improved. In two recent cases, the Appellate Division made clear that third Read More
Read MoreLong standing land use attorney Michele Donato joins Princeton’s Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich as “of counsel”
The law firm of Lieberman, Blecher & Sinkevich is proud to announce that Michele R. Donato, Esq. has become Of Counsel with their firm. Ms. Donato has specialized in land use, historic preservation and environmental law throughout her career. The Of Counsel relationship with the Lieberman Blecher and Sinkevich affords both groups an excellent opportunity Read More
Read MoreLieberman Blecher & Sinkevich Congratulates Shawn LaTourette, the Department of Environmental Protection’s new Commissioner
Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich congratulate Shawn LaTourette on being approved by The New Jersey State Senate as DEP’s Commissioner. He had previously served as acting Commissioner since January 2021. Shawn is uniquely qualified for this job. He has worked as an environmental lawyer, first at what is now Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich and later at Read More
Read MoreTenants Must Be Informed of Lead in their drinking water
Governor Murphy just signed legislation (S968/A2836) that will require landlords to notify tenants of elevated lead levels. This is particularly meaning in New Jersey where we have many people impacted by lead in their water and where many people rent the places in which they live. Tenant notification was always a good practice. Now it Read More
Read MoreNJDEP new stormwater regulations are in effect
Developers in New Jersey must now meet the State’s new stormwater regulations. New Jersey has had numerous generations of stormwater regulations, some of which have had to be revised following court challenges. Stormwater regulation is the control of rainwater that cannot not be naturally absorbed as a result of new development or disturbances. Poor stormwater Read More
Read MoreWarehouse Construction in NJ May Be Curtailed in Proposed Legislation
New Jersey State Senate subcommittees are currently considering a bill (S-3688) that aims to dramatically slow shipping and distribution warehouse construction across the State. Recently it seems that is the only thing that anyone has wanted to build in this state but some lawmakers believe that there may be such a thing as too many Read More
Read MoreMajor New York Recycling Company Accused of Stormwater violations
The Sierra Club has just filed a significant lawsuit against one of New York’s largest scrap companies — Ben Weitsman & Son and several allegedly relate companies. In this lawsuit, filed in federal court, the Sierra Club alleges that the Defendants improperly store and process scrap metal. The Plaintiff alleges the scrap metal is often Read More
Read MoreCongratulations to Shawn LaTourette on being nominated by Governor Murphy as the next DEP Commissioner
Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich congratulate Shawn LaTourette on his nomination as the new Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner by Governor Phil Murphy earlier today. Shawn has been the Acting Commissioner of the DEP since January. Shawn was our colleague at Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich for many years where he worked on environmental litigation and regulatory matters. Shawn Read More
Read MoreAppeals Court Critical of Law Firm’s “Scorched Earth” Collected Tactics in Landlord Tenant Case
Law firms hired by landlords in collection actions against tenants can be liable to pay the tenant both statutory penalties and attorneys fees if they use improper collection practices. That’s the ruling in an appeals court decision in the case of Kelly Williams v. Gluck & Tobin Esquires and Irving Tobin, which upheld an attorneys Read More
Read MoreNew Jersey has ambitious goals for emission reductions
New Jersey’s Global Warming Response Act (“GWRA”) calls for New Jersey to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2050. In January 2020, Governor Murphy presented New Jersey’s latest Energy Master Plan (“EMP”) as the roadmap to achieving this goal. The EMP outlines seven strategies the state will use in Read More
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Environmental Hearing Requests by Third Parties: An Update
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In 2010 this author contributed an article discussing the difficulty that anyone other than an applicant had in administratively contesting a permit. Stuart J. Lieberman and Shari M. Blecher, “It’s
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In Shipyard Assocs., LP v. City of Hoboken, 242 N.J. 23 (2020), the Supreme Court held that the City of Hoboken could not block a waterfront residential development by enacting
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Long standing land use attorney Michele Donato joins Princeton’s Lieberman Blecher & Sinkevich as “of counsel”
By Stuart Lieberman / August 19, 2021
The law firm of Lieberman, Blecher & Sinkevich is proud to announce that Michele R. Donato, Esq. has become Of Counsel with their firm.
Ms. Donato has specialized in land use,
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RLUIPA case in SDNY challenges alleged discrimination against Orthodox Jewish community
By Carolyn Griffin / August 19, 2021
In December 2020, the Southern District of New York filed a lawsuit under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) against the Village of Airmont. The suit alleges
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