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Lead-Based Paint Inspections in Rental Dwellings
Lead is a naturally occurring element that is widely used in many products including gasoline, cosmetics, and paint. Lead-based paint is usually not hazardous if it is in good condition. However, paint that is peeling, chipped, cracked, or in some way damaged or lead dust, that forms when lead paint is scraped, sanded or heated, 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 MoreCOVID -19 and New Jersey Real Estate Transactions
The real estate industry relies on person to person activity. Real estate sales people meet their clients in person. They show them real estate in person. They hold open houses in person. And then they usually conduct closings in person. Of course this industry has been greatly impacted by COVID-19 and business cannot be conducted Read More
Read MoreFive Tips for Tenants with Coronavirus Financial Hardship
The shutdown of our economy has crippled many companies in New Jersey. Tenants who are operating businesses that have been negatively impacted need help if they will be able to continue now and after the stay-at-home orders are lifted. Even businesses who receive government assistance may very well need financial help to remain viable. Many Read More
Read MoreNJ Community Association Liability for Maintenance of Public Sidewalks
Community Associations are often concerned about the extent of their liability for the maintenance of public rights of way located within their boundaries. The New Jersey Supreme Court recently shed light on this issue in the case of Luchjeko v. Hoboken, where the Court held that condominium associations are not liable to pedestrians injured as Read More
Read MoreFuture of Federal Climate Change Law Remains Uncertain
In American Electric Power v. Connecticut, 131 S. Ct. 2527 (2011), the United States Supreme Court rendered its first decision on climate change since the Court’s landmark decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497, 127 S. Ct. 1438 (2007). In Massachusetts, the Supreme Court held that the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 Read More
Read MoreRecent Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Concerning Clean Water Act (Wetlands) Enforcement
Earlier in January, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Sacket v. EPA, a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) enforcement case that concerns whether CWA administrative orders are subject to pre-enforcement judicial review. In the Sacket case, the property owners planned to build a home on a one-half acre parcel of land in Idaho. After Read More
Read MoreEPA Report Suggests "Fracking" May Cause Groundwater Contamination
The issue of hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) has been hot topic of late, in no small part because of the search for cheaper, more reliable sources of domestic energy. Fracking refers to the process by which pressurized water or fluids are injected into a geologic formation in order to create fractures in the rock that Read More
Read MoreRCRA Remains a Viable Cause of Action to Pursue Cleanup of Contaminated Sites in New Jersey
A recent decision from the Third Circuit further confirms that state remediation standards, while instructive, are not dispositive of a claim under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). Raritan Baykeeper v. NL Industries, Inc., No. 10-2591, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 20021 (Oct. 3, 2011), is at least the third decision in our jurisdiction Read More
Read MoreNew Jersey's LSRP Program Is Up and Running
Under recent changes to New Jersey’ s environmental statutes concerning environmental cleanups, remediation of most contaminated properties in New Jersey will no longer be supervised by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”). Instead, licensed professionals known as Licensed Site Remediation Professionals, or LSRPs, will have the responsibility of reviewing and approving environmental cleanups Read More
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