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NJ Department of Environmental Protection Ramps Up Enforcement Activity Under the Toxic Packaging Reduction Act Ahead of Proposed...

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Recent anecdotal evidence suggests that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is restarting enforcement activities under a seldom-used consumer packaging law originally adopted in 1990: the Toxic...more

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NJDEP Issues Fact Sheet on PFAS Environmental Sampling

On August 28, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued a “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Sampling Fact Sheet” (Fact Sheet), setting forth several considerations for persons responsible...more

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New Jersey FY 2025 – Department of Environmental Protection and Board of Public Utilities Budget Hearings

NJDEP is tasked with a multitude of responsibilities including overseeing statewide environmental governance through the divisions of Water Resource Management, Air Quality Energy and Materials Sustainability, Contaminated...more

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Proposed Amendments to Ground Water Quality Standards Could Significantly Impact Ongoing Remediation Projects in New Jersey

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published proposed amendments to the Ground Water Quality Standards (GWQS) on January 2, 2024. The rulemaking process is currently underway, and the new standards...more

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New Year, (Likely) New Remediation Standards–NJDEP Kicks Off 2024 With Proposed Ground Water Quality Standards

On Jan. 2, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) rang in the new year by publishing a Proposed Rule updating the Ground Water Quality Standards (GWQS) for 65 of the 73 constituents currently regulated...more

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NJDEP Issues Guidance for Green, Sustainable, and Resilient Remediation

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In September, NJDEP’s Contaminated Site Remediation and Redevelopment program (CSRR) issued new guidance (the Administrative Guidance for Green, Sustainable, and Resilient Remediation) encouraging the use of green and...more

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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Implements Green, Sustainable, and Resilient Guidance for the Remediation of...

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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), through its Contaminated Site Remediation and Redevelopment (CSRR) program, recently published new administrative guidance to “formally encourage” the use of green...more

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NJDEP Anticipates Significant Updates to Surface Water Quality Standards

What You Need to Know- • The NJDEP recently announced anticipated updates to New Jersey’s Surface Water Quality Standards, which are expected to have impacts on properties with NJPDES permits, laboratories, and remediation...more

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New Jersey’s Final Environmental Justice Rules: NJDEP Response to Comments, Practical Implications, and Applicability

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On April 17, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published its final Environmental Justice rules (EJ Rules). The EJ Rules stem from New Jersey’s first-of-its-kind Environmental Justice Law (EJ Law),...more

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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Implements Nation's First Environmental Justice Rules

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On Monday 17 April 2023, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the Department) published long-awaited environmental justice rules (EJ Rules). The final EJ Rules come more than two years after Governor Murphy...more

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New Jersey Commences Earth Week With Final Adoption of Regulations To Implement New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law While the...

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New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) finalized its long-awaited Environmental Justice Rules (“EJ Rules”) by publishing them in the New Jersey Register on April 17, 2023. The EJ Rules implement New...more

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Commercial Real Estate Alert: New Jersey’s New PFAS Soil Standards Shake Up Cleanups & Closings

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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) kicked off the week with publishing the long-anticipated, immediately effective Interim Soil Remediation Standards for four kinds of PFAS chemicals....more

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NJDEP Publishes Interim Soil Remediation Standards for PFAS

What You Need to Know- •NJDEP has established interim soil remediation standards for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) soil contaminants, effective immediately. •The new standards require the investigation of the...more

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NJDEP Proposes Rules Implementing Landmark Environmental Justice Law

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New Jersey’s landmark Environmental Justice Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157 (“EJ Law”), signed by Governor Murphy in September 2020, authorizes the NJDEP to deny or condition certain permits based on an assessment of a “facility’s”...more

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NJDEP Publishes Draft Rules for Implementation of New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law - June 2022

What You Need to Know- •The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has published draft rules for implementation of the state’s Environmental Justice Law, which requires an evaluation of the environmental and...more

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NJDEP’s Groundbreaking Environmental Justice Regulations Published for Public Comment

On June 6, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP or Department) published its long-anticipated Environmental Justice rule proposal (EJ Rule Proposal)—the nation’s first proposed environmental...more

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NJ DEP Proposes New “Environmental Justice” Permitting Rules

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) released on June 6 proposed new rules that would implement parts of the Environmental Justice Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157, requiring certain industrial facilities to...more

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Environmental Justice in New Jersey: Another Hurdle for an Applicant to Jump and an Opportunity for Enhanced Public Participation

In enacting its innovative Environmental Justice Law, the New Jersey state legislature declared, among other things, that: “all New Jersey residents, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, have a...more

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Governor Murphy's Plans for Enhanced Environmental Regulation and Enforcement in New Jersey

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Following New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy’s re-election this November, his Administration shows all signs of entering the new term with an aggressive environmental agenda. In the past four years, Governor Murphy has...more

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New Jersey Governor Signs Historic Environmental Justice Legislation

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed a historic environmental justice bill to protect overburdened communities from pollutants. The law requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to deny...more

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New Jersey: Permits and Approvals Must Be Registered With NJDEP By October 8, 2020 to Claim PEA 2020 COVID-19 Extension

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On July 1, 2020, New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy signed the Permit Extension Act of 2020 (“PEA 2020”) into law. The PEA 2020 tolls certain state and local permit approvals, including approvals of soil erosion and sediment...more

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New Jersey Enacts First-Of-Its-Kind Environmental Justice Legislation

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Since his inauguration in January 2018, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy has steadily advanced an aggressive environmental justice agenda. On April 20, 2018, he signed Executive Order No. 23, which directed the New Jersey...more

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NJDEP Announces Blanket 90-Day Extension to Remediation Deadlines in Response to COVID-19

Since at least March 9, the day that Governor Phillip D. Murphy signed Executive Order No. 103 (EO 103) declaring a state of emergency in response to COVID-19, regulated entities and business organizations in New Jersey have...more

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NJDEP Extends Certain Site Remediation Deadlines Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) took steps on April 24, 2020, to suspend the application of certain New Jersey Site Remediation Program (SRP) compliance deadlines. This was in response to...more

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, NJDEP Publishes Key Remediation Standard Proposal

UPDATE: In an apparent response to the numerous requests submitted by industry groups and the regulated community, the NJDEP has now extended the public comment period for this rule proposal by sixty (60) days to August 5,...more

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