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  • 29 Jan 2025 12:55 PM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    Gov. Kathy Hochul has doled out some more money for Chautauqua County projects.

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  • 29 Jan 2025 12:53 PM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    NJBIZ has learned U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-11th District, has reintroduced the bipartisan Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act.

    Sherrill, a 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial candidate, sponsors the legislation along with U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-OH, 10th District. It would provide tax incentives for the cleanup and repurposing of brownfield sites for commercial use and economic development.

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  • 29 Jan 2025 12:46 PM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the release of draft amendments to State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) regulations to incorporate provisions of the Environmental Justice Siting Law, also known as the “Cumulative Impacts Law” signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in 2022. 

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  • 28 Jan 2025 2:16 PM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    Norristown, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) listed the Nockamixon TCE Site to Pennsylvania’s Priority List of Hazardous Sites for Remedial Response (PAPL) on January 18, 2025. Since 2009, DEP has conducted soil, surface water, and groundwater investigations on the contamination – and has worked with the impacted local homeowners to install protection measures to ensure they can have clean air and pure water. While DEP has already addressed the immediate public health impacts, adding the Site to the PAPL allows DEP to address the problem head on and remediate the contamination at the source.

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  • 20 Jan 2025 1:19 PM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    Newark, N.J.  - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized its cleanup plan for the 80-120 Lister Ave. portion of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in Newark, NJ. The plan will address the contaminated soil, debris and groundwater that was left behind by activities at the Lister Ave. facility. The EPA released the proposed plan for public comment in September of 2024 and those comments were considered before EPA made its final decision.

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  • 17 Jan 2025 10:31 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    RAHWAY - The city is moving forward in the acquisition of a Leesville Avenue brownfield site, near the Woodbridge border, for redevelopment.

    The City Council has introduced an ordinance to acquire 767 Leesville Ave. as part of the city's efforts to encourage non-residential development.

    “This acquisition is a major win for Rahway,” said Mayor Raymond Giacobbe. “It demonstrates our commitment to revitalizing our community and ensuring that we focus on strategic, non-residential development to benefit our residents and local economy.”

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  • 16 Jan 2025 10:32 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    SAYREVILLE, NJ – After years of environmental remediation, delays related to COVID and other factors, Riverton is “going vertical.”

    Construction has begun, and the steel frame of the long-awaited Bass Pro Shop is now visible to every car that passes over the Driscoll Bridge. Last month, the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Authority (SERA), which has been working with developer North American Properties, announced that a lease deal has been struck between Riverton and Bass Pro, which will be the anchor of the $2.5 billion, 400+ acre mixed-use development along the Raritan River.  

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  • 16 Jan 2025 10:29 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    PHILADELPHIA – The City’s Office of Sustainability in partnership with the Philadelphia Environmental Justice Advisory Commission (PEJAC) is excited to announce the 2025 grant recipients of the Community Resilience and Environmental Justice (CREJ) Fund. The awarded projects seek to increase air quality monitoring, clean energy use, climate resilience and emergency preparedness, community gardening and greening, food sovereignty, flood resilience and tree canopy, and reduce illegal dumping. See the Office of Sustainability’s blog post for descriptions of each grantee’s funded project.

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  • 15 Jan 2025 10:35 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    DELAWARE- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an agreement with DNREC to address shortcomings in its permitting process that advocates say discriminated against communities of color and those with limited English proficiency.

    The agreement, called an Informal Resolution Agreement (IRA), stems from a 2022 civil rights complaint filed by several advocacy groups, including the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware (ACLU-DE).

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  • 15 Jan 2025 10:34 AM | Michael Lazo (Administrator)

    The Office of Sustainability is excited to announce the 2025 grant recipients of the Community Resilience & Environmental Justice (CREJ) Fund.

    This Fund is supported by the Office of Sustainability, Philadelphia Water Department, and William Penn Foundation, steered by the Philadelphia Environmental Justice Advisory Commission (PEJAC), and fiscally administered by the Philadelphia City Fund. The CREJ Fund is dedicated to resourcing frontline and fenceline communities experiencing environmental injustice to advance their vision of an equitable and resilient future.  

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