For employers, both those expecting to reopen and those who remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has several guidance documents regarding COVID-19 and workplace safety. Irrespective of this guidance, employers must comply with OSHA’s safety and health standards and regulations or where applicable, an OSHA-approved
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New Jersey Firms Up Funding For Electrification of Transportation Sector
As an update to last week’s post concerning Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s (RGGI) new Strategic Funding Plan, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), in celebration of Earth Day, announced that they will be investing an additional $45 million into the electrification of New Jersey’s transportation sector.
The money will be used to reduce…
COVID-19 ALERT: NJDEP Confirms Site Remediation Work Allowed Under Statewide Shut Down of Construction Projects; Social Distancing Practices Required
Late last night, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) released guidance confirming that site remediation work may continue under Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 122 (EO-122), which shut down all non-essential construction projects as of Friday, April 10 to help prevent community spread of COVID-19.
As anticipated in our blog last week, NJDEP…
Breaking News!! New Jersey Releases Strategic Funding Plan to Address Climate Change Reduction, Environmental Justice and Clean Energy
Just this morning, the Murphy Administration, along with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and Economic Development Authority (EDA), released the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Strategic Funding Plan (SFP)for 2020 through 2022 which calls for investment of an estimated $80 million of New Jersey’s RGGI auction proceeds…
COVID-19 Alert – NYSDEC Guidance on “Essential” Remediation and Brownfields Cleanup Activities
By Jill B. Richardson & Jullee Kim on
Posted in Regulatory Counseling
The regulated community received some clarity from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) this week on whether activities to respond to, investigate, and remediate contamination are “essential” in the wake of recent Executive Orders restricting the operation of non-essential businesses and construction work in New York State.
In the guidance, NYSDEC…