Oct 22, 2024 | (WCPA) | AB Trading Enterprises and 959- 961 Clinton Avenue Associates | Administrative Orders and Notices of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessments (AONOCAPAs) | Clinton Avenue Associates hazardous substances | Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) | enforce environmental law | Enforcement Actions | environmental justice (EJ) settlement | Environmental Justice Enforcement Actions | four lawsuits | Hawk's Auto | Inc. | Irvington | limited English proficiency populations | Long Branch | low-income | minority | New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law | Newark | overburdened communities | residential neighborhood | Rivers Edge Mall | Sharlin Properties LLC | Solid Waste Management Act (SWMA) | Trenton | Water Pollution Control Act | Yer Gas | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced one environmental justice (EJ) settlement as well as the filing of four lawsuits to enforce environmental law in and around communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law.
May 16, 2024 | Bergen County | Commissioner LaTourette | consent judgment | Cycle Chem Inc. | DEP | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Handy & Harman | Montvale | Montvale Groundwater Natural Resource Damage | Natural Resource Damages | NRD | Perk Chemical Company | Plessy Incorporated | Steel Partners Holdings | trichloroethylene | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette today announced a $14 million resolution of a natural resource damages (NRD) lawsuit against two companies for the contamination of groundwater with trichloroethylene (TCE) in Montvale, Bergen County.
Dec 20, 2023 | Climate Change | Flood History | Flood History Disclosure Forms | Flood Risks | Flood Zone Mapping Tools | Homeowners | Increasing Flood Risks | Renters | Department of Community Affairs | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
Measures Include Flood History Disclosure Forms, Flood Zone Mapping Tools to Aid Homeowners and Renters.
Sep 28, 2023 | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
New Jersey also puts an end to statewide illegal dumping scheme, obtains $8-million court-ordered penalty For Immediate Release: September 28, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Law- Michael T.G. Long, Director For...
Jun 28, 2023 | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
Largest Single-site Natural Resource Damages and Remediation Case in New Jersey History For Immediate Release: June 28, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralNJ Department of Environmental Protection- Shawn M....
Apr 20, 2023 | Camden | Contamination | DEP | Environmental Enforcement Actions | Fort Lee | Milltown | Newark | Pollution | Settlement | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
For Immediate Release: April 20, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralNJ Department of Environmental Protection- Shawn M. LaTourette, Commissioner For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Tara OliverOAGpress@njoag.govLawrence Hajna,...
