Monthly Archives: April 2014

BREAKING: EPA Withdraws Dupont’s Pompton Lakes Mercury Cleanup Permit

EPA Effectively Admits Legal Error  Withdrawn Permit Moots Dupont’s Appeal Unclear How Ecological Impacts and USFWS Concerns Will Be Addressed The permit appeal process should not be used as hammer by Dupont to force EPA concession and it is not a permission slip for … Continue reading

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NJ Drinking Water Institute Reconvenes After Spending Nearly 4 Years Banished to the Christie Regulatory Wilderness

[Important update in text below: 5/2/14] Update: 4/30/14 – Philadelphia Inquirer story: NJ water quality panel ends long hiatus: “It’s good to have them back,” said Bill Wolfe, a former DEP official and director of New Jersey Public Employees for … Continue reading

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Assembly Democrats Blast Christie DEP Budget for Lack of Open Space Funding and Diversion of Passaic River Cleanup Funds

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, an amount not to exceed $147,500,000 of cost recoveries from litigation related to the Passaic River cleanup shall be deposited in the General Fund as State revenue, subject to … Continue reading

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Christie’s Legacy on Barnegat Bay? Press Releases, PR Stunts, and Junk Science to Flout Clean Water Act

DEP Conducts Press Stunts While Bay Suffers “Insidious Ecological Decline” DEP Scientist Misrepresents Declining Ecological Health of the Bay DEP held another “Barnegat Bay Blitz” litter cleanup on Friday – like Christie Town halls – with press in tow. Remarkably, … Continue reading

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Mastro Report Documents Christie Directive Through IGA to DEP – Regulatory Approvals Are DEP’s “Quid” in Hoboken Rockefeller Development – Sandy Aid Shakedown

Gov. Christie Personally Directed Series of DEP Meetings to Discuss “economic development in Hoboken” Hoboken Mayor’s role in the Sandy aid shakedown was related to local development approvals of Rockefeller But DEP regulatory approvals for Rockefeller are completely ignored The Rockefeller Group … Continue reading

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