On Friday, April 24, 2020, there was an emergency adoption by NJDEP Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe concerning a waiver of certain provisions of Administrative and Technical Site Remediation Rules. As more specifically detailed in her Rule Modification, it extends specific site remediation timeframes and relaxes certain person responsible for site remediation (PRCR) deadlines concerning: Mandatory […]
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Innocent Purchasers of Contaminated Property
New Jersey’s Spill Compensation and Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11 et seq., governs liability regarding a property upon which hazardous substances have been discharged. The Act states that anyone “in any way responsible” for hazardous substance discharge is strictly liable, jointly and severally, without regard to fault, for all cleanup and removal costs. Land purchasers in […]
WJ&L in the News – Again!
Kenneth A. Porro, Esq., partner in our firm’s Litigation Department is quoted in the August 31, 2012 NJ Spotlight article on Beach Replenishment litigation. The article can be accessed here: http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/0831/0007/