Business Interruptions Due to Coronavirus and Its Impact on Environmental Remediation Deadlines

Co-Authored by Linda Lee Under the Site Remediation Reform Act of 2009 (“SRRA”), N.J.S.A. §§ 58:10C-1 to 58:10C-29, a party responsible for conducting the remediation of a contaminated site must comply with certain mandatory remediation timeframes, as established by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”). Although “mandatory,” NJDEP may grant an extension of such timeframes […]

Clock Starts on DEP Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure Rule

DEP published its Green Infrastructure Stormwater Rule in the New Jersey Register on March 2, 2020.  The amendments followed an extended public stakeholder and internal review process spanning several years.  The amended rules replace the nonstructural stormwater management strategies provisions of the prior rules, which were subjective and often led to inconsistent results, with specific […]