On June 6, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) proposed its long-awaited environmental justice rule (the “Proposed Rule”). The Proposed Rule will impact permitting considerations on certain new and expanded facilities, and renewals of existing major source air permits located in New Jersey’s overburdened communities. The Proposed Rule would implement the requirements
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CSG’s Toft to Discuss Environmental Justice, Community Relations at MGP Conference 2019
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Dennis M. Toft, Chair of CSG’s Environmental Group, will be speaking at the MGP Conference 2019 taking place from October 7-9, 2019 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. There, he will serve on the “Improving Community Relations” panel, discussing environmental justice and best practices for meaningful relationship building with communities developed on…
NJDEP Seeks Public Comment on Environmental Justice Guidance
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On April 20, 2018, Governor Murphy signed Executive Order 23. In the order, Governor Murphy concluded that New Jersey’s low-income communities and communities of color have been exposed to disproportionately high and unacceptably dangerous levels of air, water, and soil pollution, and that the State should focus its efforts on promoting environmental justice. Accordingly, the…