NJDEP Releases Technical Guidance for Investigating Child Care Centers & Educational Facilities (Effective Aug. 2017)

The NJDEP’s newly released “Technical Guidance for Investigating Child Care Centers & Educational Facilities” (Version 1.0, Feb. 2017) provides guidance for the remediation of properties where licensed child care centers (CECs) or educational facilities (EFs) are involved.   The Madden Legislation requires that licenses be issued for new or expanding CCC/EFs prior to the issuance of…

NJDEP Establishes New Interim Specific GWQC for Two (2) PFAS Compounds & Requires Evaluation of Sites for New Contaminants

On March 13, 2019, new Interim Specific Groundwater Quality Criteria (GWQC) were established by NJDEP for Perfluorooctanic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS), both of which are per-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  There is already an existing Specific NJDEP GWQC for the PFAS chemical Perfluorononanoic Acid (PFNA). There are many more compounds in this contaminant group but…

NJDEP Issues New Heating Oil Tank System Remediation Rules (N.J.A.C. 7:26F)

In August 2018, the NJDEP issued the Heating Oil Tank System Remediation Rules (HOTSR) (N.J.A.C 7:26F) that consolidated the rules for remediating discharges from heating oil tank systems into one chapter of the NJDEP regulations.  In the rule, a “heating oil tank system” is defined as a residential aboveground heating oil tank, a small non-residential…