Monthly Archives: September 2024

In An Astonishing Move, The Murphy DEP Claims That They Have No Legal Authority To Direct Drinking Water Systems To Sample Source Waters For Chemical Contaminants

DEP Says Lack of Data On Extent of Unregulated Chemicals In Drinking Water Makes It Impossible To Regulate Them DEP Also Claims That DEP Lacks Legal Authority To Collect That Data When Will “Emergent Contaminants” Emerge Into Public Awareness & … Continue reading

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Apology To Readers

My Post Exaggerated The Urgency Of The Sullivan County Incinerator Project Late yesterday afternoon, based only on an email action alert from the Catskill Mountainkeeper, I posted a piece urging government officials and activists to oppose “construction” of a new … Continue reading

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A Green Light To Sprawl: The Murphy DEP Is Revising Interpretations Of Longstanding Environmental Regulatory Protections

DEP Is Effectively Engaged In Deregulation, But Without Revising Regulations DEP Is Violating NJ Supreme Court Doctrine On Rulemaking Bear with me for a moment as I try to establish the context to illustrate the insidious and lawless behavior of … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Rubber Stamps Approval of Another Huge Warehouse Development On Farmland

DEP Ignored Environmental Concerns Of Hundreds Of Local Opponents Environmental Groups Threw In The Towel And Didn’t Even Try To Stop It The Murphy DEP just issued a Water Quality Management Plan approval of extension of sewers to serve a … Continue reading

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Biden EPA Funding Of Woodbine NJ “Brownfields” Sites Raises Questions

A Blizzard Of EPA Press Releases On Federal Grants In the last year or so, I’ve been hit with a blizzard of EPA Region 2 press releases touting EPA distribution of grant funds from various federal infrastructure laws. They all … Continue reading

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