On February 17, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) released updated Remedial Action Permit (RAP) forms and instructions to reflect recently adopted updates to New Jersey’s site remediation...more
On Jan. 20, just ahead of Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s inauguration, now former Gov. Phil Murphy signed a slew of legislation into law, including an amendment (Amendment) that clarifies and narrows the definition of “broker” under...more
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) groundbreaking Environmental Justice Rules (EJ Rules), codified at N.J.A.C. 7:1C, went into effect on April 17, 2023, following the passage of New Jersey’s...more
What You Need to Know - • The NJDEP has issued “substantial changes” to New Jersey’s Resilient Environments and Landscapes (REAL) proposed rules, seeking to modernize the state’s coastal flood safety and land resource rules...more
To follow up our prior Environmental Blog discussing the proposed amendments to the Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) 2.0, another significant change relates to the remedial action permit (RAP) framework, aiming to...more
The New Jersey commercial real estate industry is preparing for big statewide permitting changes slated to come into effect this summer. Under its controversial Resilient Environments and Landscapes (“REAL”) Rule, aimed to...more
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
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
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
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
A New Jersey environmental justice bill that would give significant weight to environmental justice factors in permitting decisions for industrial projects became law on Friday. This new environmental justice law may affect...more
This Alert provides an update on (1) the process to extend permits and approvals from a broad range of New Jersey state and local entities that would otherwise expire during the “COVID-19 extension period” and (2) NJDEP’s...more
Permit Extension Act Now Law - On June 29, 2020, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy signed the Permit Extension Act of 2020 (“PEA”) into law. The PEA extends environmental permits and other government approvals in effect on...more