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Appeals Court Clarifies Procedures for Hearing Requests and Appeals from DEP Decisions

October 24, 2023

In its reported decision in Musconetcong Watershed Association v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Appellate...

The Latest Chapter in the Saga of the 'Waters of the United States'

July 6, 2023

Reprinted with permission from the June 30, 2023 issue of the New Jersey Law Journal. © 2023...

NJDEP Adopts Environmental Justice Regulations

April 24, 2023

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP” or the “Department”) adopted its long discussed Environmental Justice...

EPA Proposes Stringent New Standards for PFAS in Drinking Water

April 19, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed the first national drinking water standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

Court Denies Pre-Enforcement Review of NJDEP Direct Oversight Determination

March 22, 2023

The New Jersey Supreme Court has long recognized a presumption of judicial review of administrative action grounded...

EPA Proposes New PFAS Reporting Requirements for the Toxic Release Inventory

March 8, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a proposed rulemaking in December to add per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

“Additive Limitations”: Regulations May Clarify Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Ahead of Sackett Decision

January 6, 2023

On December 30, 2022, at a time that can only be described as temporally adjacent, even actually...

NJDEP Proposes Significant Changes to Inland Flood Hazard Area Regulations

October 31, 2022

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) has announced that it will propose an Inland Flood...

NJDEP Adopts Interim Soil Remediation Standards for PFAS

October 18, 2022

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) published interim soil and soil leachate remediation standards for...

Access Denied: Court Prevents Use of Access Statute to Identify Off-Site Discharger

October 12, 2022

Remediating parties often need to enter onto another’s property to investigate and remediate contamination that has migrated...

No Discharge, New Problem: NJDEP Files Another Spill Act Suit Against Product Manufacturer Who Was Not a Discharger

September 13, 2022

NJDEP continues to assert a novel theory of Spill Act liability in a suit against the manufacturer...

A New Emphasis on MARPOL is a 2023 World Maritime Theme

August 31, 2022

A New Emphasis on MARPOL is a 2023 World Maritime Theme: An example of its environmental impact...

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