SMITH LICENSED SITE PROFESSIONALS BILL APPROVED BY FULL SENATE

Measure Would Break Backlog Of Site Remediation Projects By Allowing Professional Review, Approval

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Bob Smith, Chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, which would establish a licensed site remediation professional program in New Jersey to speed up the clean-up of contaminated sites around the State was approved by the full Senate today by a vote of 34-4, receiving final legislative approval.

“Right now, New Jersey has a backlog of over 20,000 known contaminated sites in the State that are not being cleaned up fast enough,” said Senator Smith, D-Middlesex and Somerset. “These sites are a blight on our neighborhoods, a major public health hazard, and an impediment to the environmentally-sound redevelopment of our aging urban and suburban industrial communities. If we’re going to overcome the backlog, ensure the public health and transform these sites into useful, viable property, we need to change how we handle the site remediation approval process in the Garden State.”

ASSEMBLY PASSES McKEON MEASURE TO EXPEDITE CLEAN-UP OF MORE THAN 20,000 TOXIC AND CONTAMINATED SITES IN N.J. THAT POSE THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

McKEON: MEASURE WOULD REFORM DEEPLY FLAWED SITE REMEDIATION

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed legislation Assemblyman John F. McKeon sponsored to expedite the clean-up of toxic and contaminated sites in New Jersey that pose a threat to public health and the environment.

**MONDAY'S ASSEMBLY SESSION**MEDIA ADVISORY**McKEON TOXIC SITE REMEDIATION BILL UP MONDAY IN ASSEMBLY
 
(TRENTON) - Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman John F. McKeon to speed toxic site cleanups will be considered Monday by the Assembly.

MCKEON: TOXIC AND CONTAMINATED SITES POSE A THREAT TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, MEASURE WOULD REFORM DEEPLY FLAWED SITE REMEDIATION

Assembly Environment Chair Welcomes Unanimous Support by Joint Panel; DEP Gratified by Advancing of Measure after Two Years of Effort

(TRENTON) – Assemblyman John F. McKeon today announced that toxic sites pose a serious threat to public health and the environment and the site remediation legislation he sponsored is a significant effort to help reform the clean-up of over 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey.

MCKEON: TOXIC AND CONTAMINATED SITES POSE THREAT TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, MEASURE WOULD REFORM DEEPLY FLAWED SITE REMEDIATION

Assembly Environment Chair Welcomes Unanimous Support by Joint Panel; DEP Gratified by Advancing of Measure after Two Years of Effort

(TRENTON) - Assemblyman John F. McKeon today announced that toxic sites pose a serious threat to public health and the environment and the site remediation legislation he sponsored is a significant effort to help reform the clean-up of over 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey.

MEDIA ADVISORY - JT. SENATE & ASSEMBLY PANEL TO CONSIDER REVISED MEASURE TO REFORM SITE REMEDIATION, ESTABLISH LSRP PROGRAM

(TRENTON) - A joint panel of the Senate Environment and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committees will hold a Thursday afternoon hearing to consider a revised bill that provides for far-reaching reform in the site remediation process by expediting the clean-up of over 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey that pose a hazard to public health and the environment.

SMITH - DEP SITE REMEDIATION REFORM PLAN A GOOD START FOR DISCUSSION

TRENTON – After a joint hearing of the Legislative environmental panels in the Statehouse today, Senator Bob Smith, the Chair of the Senate Environment Committee, said that site remediation reform would be a priority for his Committee, and that we must revolutionize the way site remediation and environmental cleanup is done in New Jersey.

VAN DREW - REVITALIZING ECONOMY AND PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE MAIN GOALS OF REVISED SITE REMEDIATION PROGRAM

TRENTON – Senator Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May and Cumberland, the Vice Chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, issued the following statement regarding today’s joint hearing of the Legislative environmental panels regarding the DEP’s plan to reform New Jersey’s site remediation program:

GORDON - NEW JERSEY MUST MAKE SITE REMEDIATION A PRIORITY

Senator Cites Environmental Cleanup as Tool to Revitalize Communities

TRENTON – Senator Bob Gordon, D-Bergen, a member of the Senate Environment Committee, issued the following statement today after a joint meeting of the Legislative environment panels to review the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)’s plan to reform how the State handles site remediation oversight:

MEDIA ADVISORY - JOINT ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW DEP SITE REMEDIATION REFORM PLAN

TRENTON – The Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will hold a joint hearing on Tuesday April 15 to review the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) plan to reform the process the State follows for site remediation and cleanup.