Rosensweig now Of Counsel at Sokol Behot & Fiorenzo

Gary S. Rosensweig
Veteran environmental attorney Gary S. Rosensweig has been named Of Counsel at the New Jersey law firm Sokol, Behot and Fiorenzo and will be resident in the firm’s
Princeton office.
Rosensweig concentrates his practice in the areas of a environmental regulation, land use, permitting and compliance.
He was an original member of the staff of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, serving from 1970-1982 in various executive and professional positions, including Director of Administration.

Rosensweig is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and was chair of its Land Use Law Section from 2008 to 2009. He also is a member of the association’s Institute of Municipal Attorneys and Solid Waste Attorneys Committee

Sokol Behot also named new associates–Michael R. Olszak and Christopher J. Turano. Both join the firm’s Litigation Practice Group  in Hackensack, NJ

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Woodwell to lead Pennsylvania Environmental Council

Davitt W. Woodwell

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council, a statewide environmental advocacy organization, today named
Davitt B. Woodwell to the position of president and chief executive officer, succeeding Paul M. King, who is retiring.


Woodwell also becomes a member of PEC’s board of directors. The transition is effective July 1. 


Woodwell assumes his statewide duties after twelve years as the vice president of its Western Pennsylvania office in Pittsburgh. He began his career as a staff attorney at PEC in 1993 and served in several positions during his tenure at PEC.  He took a leave of absence from PEC during 2000 and 2001 to serve as the first executive director of the Riverlife Task Force which developed a master plan for Pittsburgh’s waterfronts and proposed the creation of the new “Three Rivers Park.”  


Prior to joining PEC, he was dean of students at Kildonan School in Amenia, New York.
A graduate of both the University of Pittsburgh and its School of Law, Mr. Woodwell is a member of the DCNR Natural Gas Advisory Committee, the DCNR Ecosystem Management Advisory Committee and the Center for Sustainable Shale Development Standards and Evaluation Committee.  He also serves on the board of directors of Aspinwall Riverfront Park and the Steel City Rowing Club. 


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He is past chairman of the Citizen Advisory Panel to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission and was a member of the boards of directors of the Allegheny Land Trust, the MetEd/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund, the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, the Regional Trails Corporation, the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation, and Friends of the Riverfront.


Woodwell also served as a member of the University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics Shale Gas Roundtable and the Allegheny County Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee. He also participated in the Department of Environmental Protection’s regulatory negotiation on the special protection waters program.  


He has been an adjunct professor of environmental law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and is a frequent speaker at environmental forums and conferences. Woodwell resides with his wife and two children in Indiana Township, Pennsylvania.

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Frustration over Fenimore Landfill boils over in Roxbury

The mayor and members of Roxbury Township Council, sharing the stage with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection representatives, all became targets of residents’ frustration and anger Tuesday night over future plans for the foul-smelling Fenimore Landfill. 
The session started with consultant presentations on alternative methods for ending the odor problems at the dump and ended with shouting, protest and song.

Daily Record reporter William Westhoven captured it all in words and video.

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Capitol Hill Enviro-Calendar: March 13-14, 2014

Agriculture, Energy and Environment Policy and Legislation


THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014

HOUSE AGRICULTURE

10:00 a.m. 1300 Longworth
Markup to consider Budget Views and Estimates Letter of the Committee on Agriculture for the agencies and programs under jurisdiction of the Committee for FY 2015; H.R. 935, the "Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013"; and H. Con. Res. 86, Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide Cooperative Extension Service, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth

HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES
10:30 a.m. 1324 Longworth
Markup on the following legislation: H.R. 1192, to re-designate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite National Park as "Mount Jessie Benton Fremont"; H.R. 1501, the "Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument Preservation Act; H.R. 3222, the "Flushing Remonstrance Study Act; H.R. 3366, to provide for the release of the property interests retained by the United States in certain land conveyed in 1954 by the United States, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to the State of Oregon for the establishment of the Hermiston Agriculture Research and Extension Center of Oregon State University in Hermiston, Oregon; and H.R. 4032, the "North Texas Invasive Species Barrier Act of 2014", 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Affairs, and the District of Columbia
2:30 p.m. SD-342
To hold hearings to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2014

HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
11:00 a.m. 1324 Longworth 202-225-0691
Hearing on discussion draft of "The Alaska Native Subsistence Co-Management Demonstration Act of 2014", 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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Public showdown tonight in NJ over smelly landfill

Roxbury, NJ residents will get to speak out on the Fenimore Landfill a hearing tonight at 7:30 in the high school

Will the NJDEP representatives leading tonight’s public hearing on the infamous Fenimore Landfill get hazardous duty pay?  They probably should.

Residents of Roxbury Township in Morris County (Governor Christie’s home county) are mad as hell and not inclined to take any more of the smell that the dump has been serving up for most of the time since late 2012 when a new operator took it over as part of a DEP-approved closure. That plan involved trucking in construction waste to serve as cover.

Far from ending the dump’s life, the operation instead produced noxious emissions that forced neighbors to stay inside their homes during warm weather and generated complaints of headaches, increased asthma and other problems.

Roxbury residents raised a political stink of their own that convinced the state in June to seize the property and implement measures that have reduced the odors measurably.

At tonight’s hearing, consultants to the NJDEP will present two possible approaches–one involving capping of the waste and implementing odor control measures. The second will look at digging up the waste and transporting it to another facility.

Many residents hope the state will agree to ‘truck it out’ but Gov. Chris Christie warned them at a recent town hall meeting that the removal approach would result in a much long cleanup and even greater odors.

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Public meeting on smelly Roxbury site an about-face for DEP
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Environment bills in committee in Trenton – March 10


Bills to boost New Jersey’s farm-to-school program dominate the agenda of the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee at 2 p.m. today. A likely more controversial measure, involving licenses for the taking of Menhaden, shares the agenda.

Meeting at the same time one floor below, members of the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will again take up the issue of requiring state buildings to be topped with green or blue roofs. Bills involving utility boil-water notices and DEP Superfund site recommendations also are up for discussions and votes.


Here’s the lineup.


ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

A-156  Space, P. (R-24); McHose, A.L. (R-24); Andrzejczak, B. (D-1)
Requires Department of Agriculture to post on its website certain information regarding State’s farm to school program.
     
A-2641  Space, P. (R-24); Andrzejczak, B. (D-1); Dancer, R.S. (R-12)
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support farm to school and school gardens programs.
     
A-2642  Andrzejczak, B. (D-1); Riley, C.M. (D-3); Space, P. (R-24)
Allows contributions to NJ "Farm to School" program.
      
A-2643  Space, P. (R-24); Riley, C.M. (D-3); Dancer, R.S. (R-12)
Establishes "Best in New Jersey ‘Farm to School’ Awards Program" to annually recognize the best farm to school programs implemented by a school or school district.
      
A-2684  Andrzejczak, B. (D-1)
Establishes Menhaden Personal Use and Limited Sale License and permits use of certain gear for taking of menhaden.
      
AJR-56  Andrzejczak, B. (D-1); Dancer, R.S. (R-12); Riley, C.M. (D-3)
Designates Wednesday of "Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week" as "School Garden Day in NJ."
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ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT AND SOLID WASTE

Committee Room 9, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

A-1348  Stender, L. (D-22); McKeon, J.F. (D-27); Quijano, A. (D-20)
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Related Bill: S-1121
     
A-2305  DeAngelo, W.P. (D-14)
Requires adoption of certain rules and regulations by DCA and DEP concerning blue roofs and green roofs.
      
A-2307  DeAngelo, W.P. (D-14)
Requires NJ Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program to give additional weight in ranking system to projects including green or blue roofs.

A-2340  Greenwald, L.D. (D-6); Spencer, L.G. (D-29)
Requires report and public hearing prior to DEP recommendation of site for inclusion on Superfund list.

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