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When Remediation Goes Wrong: Appellate Division Says Remedial Efforts May Constitute Evidence Spoliation

By | Published February 16, 2017 | Posted in Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, Environmental Issues, Environmental Litigation, Litigation, Spill Compensation and Control Act (Spill Act) | Leave a comment

In 18-01 Pollitt Drive, LLC v. Engel, the Appellate Division held that the discard of piping, a sump pit, and concrete flooring during remediation constitutes spoliation of material, physical evidence. Docket No. A-4833-13T3 (App. Div. Oct. 31, 2016).  Spoliation of evidence occurs when a litigant has “hidden, destroyed, or lost relevant evidence and thereby impaired Read More

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A draft settlement is not an executable agreement for parties seeking to settle Natural Resource Damage liability under the Spill Act

By | Published February 8, 2017 | Posted in Environmental & Natural Resources, Environmental Litigation | Leave a comment

The Appellate Division recently handed down its decision in Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al., holding that no enforceable settlement existed between the two parties with respect to Natural Resource Damage (“NRD”) claims associated with fifty-four sites. Under the Spill Act, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) Read More

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New EPA Rule Increases Civil Monetary Penalties in the Name of Inflation

By | Published November 11, 2016 | Posted in Environmental Issues, Federal Environmental Law | Leave a comment

Civil penalties, including those levied by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under statutes such as the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, dramatically increased on August 1, 2016.  Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the “Inflation Improvement Act”), federal agencies are required Read More

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Appellate Division Sheds Light on Procedural Requirements for Certain Environmental Claims

By | Published August 23, 2016 | Posted in Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, Litigation | Leave a comment

A recent Appellate Division case shed some light on certain procedural requirements for environmental claims. In Bradley v. Kovelesky, et al., Docket No.: A-0423-14T4, the claims before the court pertained to an 8.3 acre property in Middletown Township. Lawrence Carton, deceased June 2007, purchased the property January 2006. Carton set out to build a residence Read More

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The Path(way) to Reinvestigation: MassDEP Revisits Closed TCE Sites

By | Published August 8, 2016 | Posted in Environmental Cleanup Cost Recovery, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation | Leave a comment

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MassDEP”) recently proposed to reopen closed waste sites based on available data that suggests levels of trichloroethylene (“TCE”) may exceed current United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) toxicity values.  While the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) has not yet proposed a similar endeavor, it is worth following Read More

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U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Army Corps Jurisdictional Determinations as Judicially Reviewable Final Agency Actions

By | Published August 3, 2016 | Posted in Administrative Law, Environmental & Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Wetlands | Leave a comment

On May 31, 2016, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. that an Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional determination (“JD”) is a judicially reviewable final agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act (the “APA”). No. 15-290, slip op., 578 U.S. ___ (May 31, 2016). Read More

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Unprecedented Climate Change Case Proceeds in Court

By | Published July 6, 2016 | Posted in Climate Change, Environmental & Natural Resources | Leave a comment

A federal magistrate judge in Eugene, Oregon recently allowed an unprecedented climate change case to proceed in court.  Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein call it the “most important lawsuit on the planet right now.” In Kelsey Cascade Rose Juliana; et al. v. the United States of America; et al., Docket No.6:15-cv-1517-TC (D. Or. Apr. 8, Read More

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New York Court of Appeals Considers Navigability of Adirondack Waterway

By | Published May 31, 2016 | Posted in Environmental & Natural Resources | Leave a comment

In Friends of Thayer Lake LLC v. Brown, 2016 NY Slip Op 03647, the issue recently in front of the Court of Appeals of New York was whether a certain Adirondack waterway is navigable-in-fact, a question that determines whether the public has access to the waterway. Plaintiffs own land in a remote area of the Read More

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EPA Announces National Enforcement Initiatives, effective October 1, 2016

By | Published March 21, 2016 | Posted in Environmental & Natural Resources | Leave a comment

On February 18, 2016, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its National Enforcement Initiatives for the 2017 to 2019 fiscal years.  Effective October 1, 2016, EPA will keep four current National Enforcement Initiatives, add two new initiatives, and expand on one during the next three years.  Therein, EPA also announced the ending of Read More

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The Dune Abides

By | Published January 11, 2016 | Posted in Environmental & Natural Resources, Environmental Issues | Leave a comment

In State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection v. City of Margate, Docket No. ATL-L-2295-15 (Law Div.), the Atlantic County Superior Court ruled, among other things, that the municipal defendant (“Margate”) made a sufficient showing of arbitrariness to warrant a hearing on the issue of whether the condemnation action brought by the plaintiff, the Read More

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