The blog associated with EnviroPolitics,  ”a daily electronic newsletter of environmental and political news, legislation, regulations (and more)” coverning New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York is reporting that the New Jersey State Senate Environment and Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committees will hold a joint session on Tuesday, April 15, to discuss reforms to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s site remediation program.

Here are some of the key issues that will be discussed at the hearing, courtesy of the EnviroPolitics blog:

* The use of licensed site professionals to review some remediations;
* Remedy selection/encouragement of permanent remedies;
* Engineering and institutional controls;
* Standards for the remediation/replacement of underground tanks;
* Site remediation enforcement issues;
* Issues concerning remediation funding, and,
* Change in use of contaminated sites.

The fact that both committees are meeting together is an indication that serious changes are in the works.

The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. in Committee Room 4 on the St Floor of the State House Annex. That’s the building to the right when you are facing the State House in Trenton.