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Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

NJDEP’s Newly Adopted Amendments to Ground Water Quality Standards Will Significantly Impact Ongoing Remediation Projects in New...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has amended the Ground Water Quality Standards (GWQS), effective on February 3, 2025. The rule, as adopted, does not differ substantially from the January 2024...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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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This is NOT a drill! EPA is going to require billions of dollars of PFAS remediation in many places, including at already "closed"...

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Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations and clean up at properties that had already been...more

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This is NOT a drill! EPA is going to require billions of dollars of PFAS remediation in many places, including at already...

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Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations and clean up at properties that had already been...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

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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PA Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Rulemaking with PFOA and PFOS Cleanup Standards

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On September 23, 2021, the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) approved a final form rulemaking that revises the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PADEP) regulations that...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - September 2020

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Contaminated groundwater plume in north Orange County placed on federal Superfund list - Orange County Register – September 1 - A five-square-mile plume of contaminated groundwater in north Orange County has been...more

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US Ordered to Pay $20.3 Million to ExxonMobil for Cleanup of Wartime Environmental Pollution

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The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued its third opinion on August 19 in the decade-long fight between Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) and the US government over who is responsible for the costs...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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

Pullman & Comley, LLC

2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 2: “Be Careful What You Wish For” - The End of the Transfer Act?

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Two major environmental bills have come forward on the Senate side. One, proposing changes to the Transfer Act, is largely what might have been expected from the working group created by PA 19-175 to study further...more

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Connecticut DEEP seeks to Overhaul Remediation Standards: Background Concentration Edition

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On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”).  These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2,” will...more

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Michigan Governor Moves to Establish Enforceable PFAS Limits

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On March 29, 2019, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the formation of a science advisory workgroup and her order for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), formally the Michigan Department of...more

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More Requirements and More Uncertainty - New York PFAS Update

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By way of background, in 2016 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) listed two long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—PFOA and PFOS—as hazardous substances. However, NYSDEC did...more

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