NJ Appellate Division Upholds $225 Million NJDEP Settlement with Exxon Mobil for Natural Resource Damages, Grants Environmental Groups Right to Appeal
In February 2018, New Jersey’s Appellate Division upheld a consent judgment that settled the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)’s claims against Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) under the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act to recover natural resource damages (NRD) for the Bayway refinery in Linden and another facility in Bayonne. The Exxon NRD decision, […]
Appellate Division Rejects Effort To Narrow Newark Bay Complex Litigation
The Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court has rejected an effort to substantially narrow the scope of the on-going litigation concerning contamination in the Newark Bay Complex, consisting of the lower Passaic River, Newark Bay and the lower reaches of the Hackensack River, the Arthur Kill, and the Kill Van Kull. The Department of […]
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