Pennsylvania has an aggressive brownfields remediation program under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2), 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. Sections 6026.101 to .908. Section 308 of Act
Continue Reading The Weirdness of Appeals Under Section 308 of Act 2Environmental Cases in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts in 2021
A review of the environmental cases decided by the Pennsylvania appellate courts last year follows. Please forgive any omissions of cases or detail in this catalogue. Many of these cases…
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Pennsylvania Prospective Purchaser Agreements: Emphasis on ‘Prospective’
This is an update to a 2019 post.
Section 1113 of the Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (“HSCA”), 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 6020.1113, authorizes settlements of responsible parties’…
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New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Legislation: The Focus on Major Source Permit Applications Might Impact Property Values
Last month, I wrote about the “Environmental Justice for All Act,” a bill that proposes a finding that vulnerable populations are disproportionately burdened by environmental hazards. New Jersey is…
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