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Update: NJDEP v. DuPont/Chemours PFAS Trial/3M Settlement Comment Period Commenced and Runs through September 19, 2025

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DuPont/Chemours Trial. On June 30, 2025, the next bench trial phase or “mini-trial” commenced in NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION, ET AL., VS. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, ET AL., Docket No....more

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New Jersey AG Platkin Reaches $450M PFAS Settlement With 3M

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On May 13, New Jersey Attorney General (AG) Matthew Platkin announced a proposed $450 million settlement agreement with 3M regarding allegations that, among other issues, contamination of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl...more

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July 2024 New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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Paraco Gas Corporation purchased an insurance policy for Directors, Officers and Private Company Liability (“D&O”) from Ironshore Indemnity, Inc. that covered certain acts of Paraco’s officers and directors. Paraco...more

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New Jersey Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Incidental Take Authorizations for Offshore Wind Projects

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On February 29, 2024, the federal District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a challenge to eleven incidental take authorizations (ITAs) issued for offshore wind projects off the coasts of New York and New Jersey...more

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New Jersey Enacts Extended Producer Responsibility Law For Electric Vehicle Batteries

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One of the recent efforts to promote the circular economy has included Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws that give manufacturers responsibility for managing the waste associated with their products beyond the point...more

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Environmental Justice Update: New Jersey Issues Guidance Promoting Use of Green and Sustainable Technologies in Remediation

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Costs to clean up environmentally impacted real estate have continued to increase. A variety of factors have caused this trend including: listing of new contaminants, enhanced focus on contamination pathways like vapor...more

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Economic Analysis of the New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary: Report Calculates Economic Value of Improved Water Quality

The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (“NEIWPCC”) announced the release of a report titled: Economic Analysis of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary (“Report”) ...more

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An Overview of the New Jersey BPU’s New Energy and Water Benchmarking Annual Reporting Requirements

Beginning October 1, 2023, under a benchmarking program administered by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), all property owners or operators of commercial properties over 25,000 square feet in New Jersey will be...more

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If a thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of warning then what happened this week in NJ is a whopper of a PFAS thorn

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James Russell Lowell wrote that one thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. This week's nearly 400 million dollar settlement between a New Jersey plastic manufacturer and the State of New Jersey over the...more

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Environmental Justice Updates: Executive Order 12898 and New Jersey’s Implementation of its Environmental Justice Law

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Environmental Justice (“EJ”) continues to be a strong focus of both the federal and state governments with two major developments occurring in the past two weeks. On April 21, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order...more

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Environmental Justice Update: New Biden Administration Executive Order Expands EJ Across Federal Government; New Jersey Rolls Out...

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If you blink, there’s a good chance that you will miss a major development in the environmental justice (EJ) space. Given that Earth Day occurred last week, it’s no surprise we have two major developments to report: ...more

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NJDEP Announces PFAS Interim Guidelines

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To continue combating environmental contamination, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued new regulations this week, which take immediate effect for four Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

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New Jersey Issues Executive Order 192 Requiring Enactment Of Various Workplace Safety Requirements

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On October 28, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order Number 192, which mandates that every employer that “requires or permits its workforce, whether in part or as a whole, to be physically present at a...more

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PFAS Update - States Continue to Move Ahead

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It’s hard to find a relevant regulatory agency in the United States that isn’t regulating per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). EPA describes PFAS presence in the environment as “one of the most pressing issues...more

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