Title Excerpt Author Date Total Comments Recent Comment
NJDEP publishes new rules for site remediation Steve Barnett 11/08/09 564 08/27/10
NJDEP posts Guidance for Implementation of Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) Steve Barnett 10/25/09 0
Construction in historic fill or other environmentally impacted areas is "initiating remediation" Steve Barnett 10/25/09 0
Rutgers to hold Licensed Site Remediation Professional Seminar Steve Barnett 10/23/09 0
NJDEP presentation slides from Site Remediation Advisory Group meeting Steve Barnett 10/22/09 0
OSHA-NJICA Alliance Agreement to be renewed November 6 2009 Steve Barnett 10/19/09 0
New Jersey Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) The SRRA was signed May 7, 2009 and NJDEP implementing rules will go into effect during the first week of November 2009.  The SRRA takes steps to “privatize” site remediation approvals in New Jersey.  Qualified private consultants will become Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP’s) who will assume many of NJDEP’s oversight… Steve Barnett 10/19/09 0
Recoverability of stimulus monies expended by USEPA in site remediations A federal court has denied EPA’s request to maintain as confidential e-mail correspondence allegedly indicating that site remediation actvity and EPA costs were driven not by an immediate threat to the environment or other emergency but instead by redevelopment goals.  Such challenges are important to issues of the recoverability of American… Steve Barnett 09/15/09 0
NJDEP Site Remediation Public Notification Requirements Go Into Effect Steve Barnett 09/02/09 0
NJDEP sets new soil cleanup standards Steve Barnett 11/24/08 133 09/08/10
New NJDEP flood hazard (also known as stream encroachment) rules Steve Barnett 08/27/07 0
New Jersey Appellate Division decision upholds jurisdiction of the Board of Adjustment to grant ... Steve Barnett 04/12/07 749 09/08/10
New Jersey Appellate Division overrules NJDEP’s denial of a hearing request Click here for the opinion. Steve Barnett 04/11/07 0
Financial Assurance for Non-Permanent Environmental Remedies Steve Barnett 04/05/07 0
Supreme Court rules against Bush Administration on Global Warming Greenhouse Gases In Massachusetts v. EPA, the United States Supreme Court ruled that USEPA does have authority to regulate greenhouse gases and, further, that EPA has not reasonably explained why EPA has refused to decide whether greenhouse gases cause or contribute to climate change.  EPA had argued that the Clean Air Act and… Steve Barnett 04/03/07 0
Steve Barnett and Michele Tantalla co-author "Rapanos: The feds and intrastate waters" Steve Barnett 03/30/07 0
"The Brownfield Priorty – Brownfield does not only mean grants, loans and tax credits” Steve Barnett 12/19/06 0
Form of Prospective Purchaser Agreement used by NJDEP Steve Barnett 09/24/06 67 01/29/08
Governor Corzine Highlights Brownfields in Economic Growth Strategy for the State of NJ, 2007 Steve Barnett 09/07/06 64 01/30/08
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) These materials are referred to in the cover story article of the June 2006 issue of Environmental Protection magazine. Here is the Fabricant Memorandum. Here is the Cannon Memorandum. For the Draft Model Rule, FAQ’s and more, visit the RGGI website. The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global… Steve Barnett 05/04/06 0
NJDEP publishes new Guidance for the Sampling and Analysis of Concrete Designated for Recycling Steve Barnett 04/01/06 191 01/30/08
OSHA promulgates “Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium" effective May 30, 2006 Steve Barnett 02/28/06 64 04/10/10
OSHA Region II New Jersey Industry Communication Alliance Names Steve Barnett Chairman Steve Barnett 02/15/06 6 07/31/10
NJDEP Sheen Remediation Policy, February 1, 2006 Steve Barnett 02/10/06 65 01/30/08
NY, NJ, PA HSE News Check out these links which offer regular emails delivered to your inbox reporting and summarizing current events relating Health, Safety and Environment in the NY, NJ, PA areas:  Garden State EnviroNet, and also EnviroPoliticis a daily compendium of environmental and political information for environmental professionals in NJ, PA, NY Steve Barnett 02/04/06 0
Contractors' Registration Act a/k/a Home Improvement Act effective December 31, 2005 Steve Barnett 01/30/06 11 08/31/10
Governor Corzine's Environment Transition Policy Group Final Report See Governor Corzine’s Environment Transition Policy Group Final Report, January 10, 2006.  Four of the twenty-six members abstained from signing on to the Report.  Among other things, it advocates a the State adopt a “Polluter Pays Act” (but NJ already has one - the NJ Spill Act enacted in 1977 was… Steve Barnett 01/10/06 0
Chemical Security Best Practices & Open Questions - Recent Developments & Gov Corzine's Initiatives Steve Barnett 01/04/06 1 09/19/07
New Soil Remediation Standards in New Jersey - NJ Law Journal article by Dave Mairo Steve Barnett 10/24/05 65 01/29/08
Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act (TCPA) On September 26, 2005, NJDEP Commissioner Campbell signed Administrative Order 2005-05 to take effect October 1, 2005.  The Order provides that NJDEP will require facilities to undertake certain actions relating to inspections by NJDEP of facilities pursuant to the TCPA.  Among the new requirements: • the facility must post a notice… Steve Barnett 09/28/05 0
Amendment of Rules Governing the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund Steve Barnett 09/16/05 66 01/29/08
Proposed New Penalties for Violations of NJDEP Site Remediation Requirements Steve Barnett 08/17/05 63 01/30/08
Senators Lautenberg and Corzine Announce 800 Thousand Dollars for Brownfield Sites in New Jersey Steve Barnett 06/15/04 68 01/30/08