News & Analysis as of

New Jersey PFAS

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

NJ Department of Environmental Protection Ramps Up Enforcement Activity Under the Toxic Packaging Reduction Act Ahead of Proposed...

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

Recent anecdotal evidence suggests that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is restarting enforcement activities under a seldom-used consumer packaging law originally adopted in 1990: the Toxic...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

PFAS – State Law Passed in New Jersey

Flaster Greenberg PC on

On January 8, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law P.L. 2023, c. 243 (A4125/ S2712). With certain industry exceptions not presently relevant (for example, oil refineries and petroleum terminals), and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Jersey Finalizes Law Restricting PFAS in Firefighting Foam and Creating Take-Back Program

Fox Rothschild LLP on

Last month, Governor Murphy signed a bill that affects the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in firefighting foam. The law, approved as P.L.2023, c.243 (Bill A4125 or S2712), accomplishes a few things: it...more

Mintz

If a thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of warning then what happened this week in NJ is a whopper of a PFAS thorn

Mintz on

James Russell Lowell wrote that one thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. This week's nearly 400 million dollar settlement between a New Jersey plastic manufacturer and the State of New Jersey over the...more

Maron Marvel

NJDEP Announces PFAS Interim Guidelines

Maron Marvel on

To continue combating environmental contamination, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued new regulations this week, which take immediate effect for four Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

King & Spalding

New Jersey Superior Court Certifies Classes In Drinking Water Class Action

King & Spalding on

As background, a water supply company in New Jersey issued two notices—one in October 2021 and the other in November 2021—to certain of its drinking water consumers that PFOA levels in their drinking water exceeded the state...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

NJDEP Issues New Guidance For Contaminants Of Emerging Concern

On August 5, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued new guidance on contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). New Jersey’s regulated...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

PFAS/Natural Resource Damages: New Jersey Attorney General Files Cost Recovery Action Against Gloucester County Facility

The New Jersey Attorney General ("AG") on behalf of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed a lawsuit in Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division ("Gloucester County") against Solvay Specialty Polymers...more

King & Spalding

PFAS Update - States Continue to Move Ahead

King & Spalding on

It’s hard to find a relevant regulatory agency in the United States that isn’t regulating per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). EPA describes PFAS presence in the environment as “one of the most pressing issues...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide