COVID-19 UPDATE April 27, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF Special Alert By notice dated April 24, 2020, NJDEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe issued a temporary rule to extend most of the regulatory deadlines and mandatory time frames established under the NJDEP Site Remediation Program for 90 days. The extension only applies […]
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By Luke H. Legere, McGregor & Legere, P.C. April 26, 2020 In a recent decision with far-reaching implications for owners of contaminated property, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, often referred to as the federal Superfund law) does not preclude claims […]
April 23, 2020 Megan A. Elliott MGKF Litigation Blog Today, the Supreme Court altered Clean Water Act jurisprudence when it vacated and remanded a closely-watched Ninth Circuit decision which pertained to the federal government’s authority to oversee of the migration of pollution through groundwater to navigable waters. See County of Maui, Hawaii […]
Biobased Products News and Policy Report April 23, 2020 Federal USDA Announces Relief Funding For Farmers And Ranchers, But Does Not Address Biofuels Industry Request For Assistance On April 17, 2020, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary, Sonny Perdue, announced $19 billion to farmers and ranchers as part of its […]
Apr 23, 2020
NJDEP Issues General Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Alert – Update from Manko Gold
COVID-19 UPDATE April 23, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF Special Alert On April 21, 2020, in an apparent move to distance itself from EPA’s approach to enforcement and compliance during the COVID-19 outbreak (the EPA policy is reviewed in our April 2 Alert), NJDEP issued a Compliance Alert entitled “Environmental Compliance […]