NJDEP releases revamped guidance on vapor intrusion

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has released its revamped
Vapor Intrusion Technical Guidance Document.

The document is designed to provide more in-depth assistance to investigators who evaluate
and respond to evidence of volatile chemicals migrating from subsurface soils into overlying buildings.

Douglas I. Eilender, a member of the Environmental & Energy Department at the Cole Schotz
law firm, summarizes the changes in a blog report to the firm's clients.

Related:
EPA weighs using vapor intrusion as a Superfund criteria
New York State Vapor Intrusion Guidance 

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In Pennsylvania 

Gov. Tom Corbett will sign drilling emergency-response bill The legislation is designed to provide an emergency response plan and accurate GPS coordinates for each Marcellus Shale well site in Pennsylvania Inquirer 

Corbett administration slashes wildlife research funding The administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has cut funding for a wildlife research program by nearly 70 percent, eliminating state money for projects meant to examine the impact of natural gas drilling and climate change, according to a report AP

In New Jersey

Logging bill lands in limbo Environmentalists concurred that the State Legislature’s decision to put on hold a controversial logging bill, which would have opened up state lands to the logging industry, would be an opportunity for lawmakers to tweak the legislation The Record

State Agency to investigate improper billing at PSE&G Whistleblowers’ allegations, if true, could lead to criminal charges against New Jersey’s largest utility NJ Spotlight

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If you missed yesterday's seminar on NJ's LSRP program

Yeah, we know. When you read yesterday's post (Interest high as new NJDEP site-cleanup program nears) you nearly wept, knowing you had missed a terrific opportunity to learn all about the upcoming changes to New Jersey's contaminated site remediation program.

Well, cheer up, fortunate person. The law firm of Riker Danzig is offering you a chance to save your bacon.

Attorneys in the firm's Environmental Practice Group will touch all the bases of the state's new Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP) program in a complimentary breakfast seminar on January 26 in Morristown, NJ.

They will be joined by experts from the state's Department of Environmental Protection and the LSRP Licensing Board.

If you missed yesterday's seminar, it's probably because you have not signed up for free email updates on our Enviro-Events Calendar.  

Our calendar also is where you'll find all the details on the Riker Danzig seminar.

So get your butt over there and check it out.  And be sure to use the form on top of the right column to get on our email update list.

 
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Shale boon could stunt alternatives

Natural gas derricks like this one  in Morgantown, West Virginia have become an increasingly common sight in the United States. A new economic study raises concern that the abundant new resource could delay development of renewable energy and carbon capture technologies.National Geographic 

Protestors outside Capitol say gas drilling erode local control About 150 members of environmentalist groups and local citizen activists staged a raucous rally in the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday that targeted two competing bills to regulate the fast-growing shale drilling industry Associated Press

In New Jersey

Law delays antipollution efforts in New Jersey Gov. Christie signed a bill Tuesday that aids land developers in the state by delaying antipollution efforts, a move environmentalists said would mean further deterioration of New Jersey's water quality Statehouse Bureau  NJ Spotlight  AP Press

Superfund designation sought for Pompton Lakes sites U.S. Senator Bob Menendez says he believes the areas of the borough contaminated by a former DuPont munitions factory should be designated Superfund sites, and is pushing the federal government to explain why it hasn’t done so The Record

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Interest high as new NJDEP site-cleanup program nears

In May, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will turn over authority and responsibility for the remediation of contaminated sites to independent engineering practitioners called Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs).

It marks a major change in regulatory direction for New Jersey which formerly attempted to manage the program exclusively within the NJDEP. That led to years of processing delays and an eventual backlog of more than 20,000 sites.

In May of 2009, the state Legislature stepped in and created the LSRP program, modeled on a cleanup-program in Massachusetts. 

Interest in the rules and procedures that will govern the new program was evident this morning as more than 200 people turned out to hear DEP officials conduct an overview session in Edison sponsored by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey.

NJBIZ today carried a report on the day-long program that included 14 speakers on topics such as the status of the new LSRP licensing exam, implementation of the new program, the future of training for the site remediation program and specific looks at the documents being furnished by the DEP.

Related:
Overview of the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) Program
Slides for the Overview of the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) ProgramQuick Reference Guide: Major differences between old SRP process and the new LSRP program
New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association (LSRPA) Website
What is an LSRP? Fox, watchdog, rat or scapegoat?
What do you want from NJ's LSRP program?

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Firing of Pa. conservation panel official criticized The longtime citizens advisory committee on Pennsylvania’s parks and forests has been fired, an action that fellow members and environmentalists say could reduce public oversight over gas drilling in state forests Times Leader

A standalone Marcellus bill is moving  Shale well operators would be required to provide sophisticated siting information and develop an emergency response plan under legislation moving closer to passage Times-Tribune   Post-Gazette

In New Jersey

Christie signs bill allowing wineries to sell to customers Wineries from New Jersey to California can now sell their vintages directly to consumers and retailers under a bill pushed by Democrats in the Legislature and signed today SHB AC Press

NJ may call on electric utilities to revive solar sector Office of Clean Energy mulls two options to halt slide in prices of solar certificates NJ Spotlight 

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