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New Online Services Announced to Accelerate Applications for Permits and Public Notifications

By | Published May 10, 2013 | Posted in Land Use, Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP), Permitting | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In an effort to continue reducing red tape and delays in vital Sandy rebuilding and recovery projects, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced May 9, 2013, that a new series of online services has been launched. These services are aimed to streamline and digitize the permit application and public notification process. Both Read More

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NJDEP Updates Elevation Standards and Flood Maps

By | Published April 10, 2013 | Posted in Climate Change, Development, Environmental Issues, Land Use, Legislation and Rulemaking, Planning, Redevelopment, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On 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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NJDEP "Waiver Rule" Upheld by Appellate Court

By | Published March 25, 2013 | Posted in Administrative Law, Appeals, Coastal & Waterfront Development, Development, Land Use, Legislation and Rulemaking, New Jersey Environmental Laws, Permitting, Planning, Redevelopment, Zoning | Tagged Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On March 21, 2013, an Appellate Division panel upheld the controversial “waiver rule” adopted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) last March. The rule has been promulgated at N.J.A.C. 7:1B-1.1, et seq. An outgrowth of Governor Chris Christie’s effort to reduce bureaucracy and encourage economic growth through application “common sense principles,” the Read More

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NJ Gov. Christie Vetoes Anti-Fracking Legislation

By | Published September 30, 2012 | Posted in Environmental Issues, Industries, Legislation and Rulemaking, Natural Gas, New Jersey Environmental Laws, Proposed Legislation, Waste Management | Tagged Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

In an earlier blog post this July, we reviewed recent hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) developments in New Jersey and New York. The legal and political landscape concerning fracking continues to evolve, including in Trenton, where, on September 21, 2012, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed bill A-575—a proposal to ban wastewater and other hydraulic fracturing Read More

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NJ Appeals Court Invalidates ISRA Regulation Requiring “Contamination Free” Certifications For Certain Industrial Sites

By | Published July 10, 2012 | Posted in Appeals, Hazardous & Contaminated Site Remediation, Industrial Facilities, Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA), Litigation, New Jersey Environmental Laws, Redevelopment | Tagged Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

On Friday, July 6, 2012, the New Jersey Appellate Division invalidated a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) regulation requiring owners or operators of industrial establishments seeking an ISRA de minimis quantity exemption to certify that the land at issue is “clean,” i.e., free from contamination above specified action levels.  This decision, which may Read More

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NJ Community Association Liability for Maintenance of Public Sidewalks

By | Published February 6, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

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

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Recent Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Concerning Clean Water Act (Wetlands) Enforcement

By | Published February 6, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

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

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EPA Report Suggests "Fracking" May Cause Groundwater Contamination

By | Published February 6, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

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New Jersey's LSRP Program Is Up and Running

By | Published February 6, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: , , | Leave a comment

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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