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This link contains a chart of all of the environmental laws that have been enacted in New Jersey along with the citations for the regulations that have been promulgated to implement these laws. |
This law imposes reporting and cleanup liability for discharges of petroleum and hazardous substances. |
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (``DEP") has promulgated cleanup standards and procedures for remediating contaminated sites. The regulations are located at N.J.A.C. 7:26E. |
This is a link to the regulations that the DEP has established for investigating and remediating contamination associated with underground storage tanks. The regulations are located at N.J.A.C. 7:14B. |
Many homes are heated with oil that is stored in an underground storage tanks. While homeowners are generally not required to register these tanks, they are responsible for remediating oil leaking from these tanks. This link provides information on the cleanup requirements for home heating oil tanks and the financial assistance program that may be available to homeowners to help pay for the cleanup of heating oil contamination. |
The Industrial Site Recovery Act (``ISRA") requires owners or operators of industrial establishments to demonstrate that the facilities are free of contamination or agree to remediate the contamination before the facilities may be sold, transferred or closed. Regulations implementing ISRA may be retrieved with this link. |
This link provides a description of the ISRA process and procedures. |
This link contains downloadable forms that may be used to comply with ISRA. |
The DEP has established a variety of loans and grants that may be used by certain owners and operators of contaminated properties to help defray the remediation costs of those sites. This link provides explanations of the qualifying criteria for the various financial assistance programs. |
The DEP has established a fund to help compensate innocent individuals, businesses and local governments who have been damaged by discharges of hazardous substances. This link provides information on the scope of the program and a downloadable form that may be used to file claims against the fund. |
The
DEP publishes a newsletter twice a year
which provides updated information on the
various remediation progams administered by
the DEP. This is a link to the index of
articles that have appeared in this
publication. |
New Jersey |
