Insights

Brownfields Update

State Identifies Brownfields Successes The New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission ("CEGS") has released economic projections...

Administrative and Executive Action

EPA Cracks Down on Inadequate Spill Plans The EPA recently levied a penalty of $32,000 against a...

Legislative and Regulatory Action

Contaminant Disclosure Bill Enacted On January 14, 2000, Governor Whitman signed Public Law 1999, Chapter 362, expanding...

February Brings Final CAFRA Regulations

Ending a tortuous road for revisions to the Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Permit Program Rules ("CAFRA"),...

Citizens’Suits May Proceed Despite Compliance by Violator

In a victory for citizens' suit litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court held that citizens' groups do not...

Green Acres Funding Moves Forward

A year after voters gave overwhelming support to provide a stable source of funding to acquire and...

Wetlands Update

New Nationwide Permits On March 9, 2000, the Army Corps of Engineers published revised regulations containing five...

Compromise Ends Decade of Litigation for Hartz Mountain

On January 6, 2000, NJDEP's Office of Dispute Resolution, the State Attorney General, the American Littoral Society,...

Third-Party Challenges to Permits Difficult to Mount, but a Door Remains Open

In several recent cases, the Appellate Division has further defined the ability of third parties to challenge...