New Jersey Zoning Watch

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has released a draft of new remediation standards and technical requirements for site remediation as new section N.J.A.C. 7:26D  and N.J.A.C. 7:26E-1.13.   Among other things, the proposed soil remediation regulations will replace NJDEP’s long-standing practice of using the “soil cleanup criteria” as guidance, which has never been adopted as a formal regulatory standard.  These standards are being proposed as mandated by the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act, at N.J.S.A. 58:10B-12(a), which directs the Department to adopt minimum remediation standards for soil, ground water and surface water necessary for the remediation of contaminated sites.

Written comments will be accepted up to July 6, 2007, and a public hearing on the new regulations is scheduled for June 7, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. the NJDEP Hearing Room.

Saul Ewing attorneys have reviewed and provided comments on behalf of private clients and trade organizations on a wide variety of NJDEP rule proposals, ranging from the proposed stormwater management/water quality regulations to the low emissions vehicle rules recently adopted by the Department.  If you would like further information on Saul Ewing’s brownfields and land use regulatory practice, visit our website at www.saul.com or contact us directly using the links on the right side of this home page.