Contact: Karen E. Murphy, Esq.; Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.
New Jersey State Sen. Bob Smith (District 17), has proposed a bill which would allow NJDEP to grant a 2 year extension of time to responsible parties in order to complete the remedial investigation of a contaminated site, provided certain conditions are met. A link to the full text of the proposed bill, Senate No. 3075, is provided below.
Currently, the Site Remediation Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1 et seq., provides that NJDEP “shall” assume direct oversight of a cleanup if the person responsible for conducting the remediation has failed to complete the remedial investigation within 10 years after discovery of the discharge and within five years after May 7, 2009. For many sites where a discharge was discovered prior to May 7, 1999, this means the deadline to complete a remedial investigation is May 7, 2014 – less than 6 months from today.
