Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy, had been locked in a tough battle with U.S. Rep. Andy Kim for the party’s nomination to take over for Menendez, a fellow Democrat who said last week he would not run in the primary but might still run for re-election as an independent in the fall.
She was aiming to become the first woman ever to represent New Jersey in the U.S.
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A Conversation with DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette and BPU President Christine Guhl-Sadovy
Shawn M. LaTourette CommissionerNJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
Christine Guhl-Sadovy President NJ Board of Public Utilities
Enjoy a networking opportunity with attendees, followed by a panel discussion with Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Christine Guhl-Sadovy.
The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session. REGISTER Cost: $55 member | $75 non-member
April 10, 2024 | 8 – 10 a.m. The National Conference Center at the Holiday Inn of East Windsor Breakfast included
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Statewide program first in the nation to use new technology to destroy PFAS.
From Waste Today Magazine
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative to destroy hazardous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foam.
During a March 18 event at Wright State University’s Calamityville training facility in Fairborn, Ohio, DeWine announced details of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s new Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) Takeback Program. AFFF is primarily used by fire departments to smother flammable liquid fires, but its high concentrations of PFAS compounds—often called “forever” chemicals—resist typical environmental degradation processes and cause long-term contamination of water, soil and air.
Using PFAS Annihilator technology developed by Battelle, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the AFFF Takeback Program is designed to destroy PFAS in firefighting foam to nondetectable levels through the process of supercritical water oxidation.
“The development of this technology is just another example of how Ohio continues to lead the nation in innovation,” DeWine says. “Through this new program, we’re destroying PFAS, which was once believed to be indestructible, to protect our first responders and safeguard the environment.”
Battelle’s PFAS Annihilator technology uses extreme heat and pressure to chemically transform PFAS into carbon dioxide and inert salt, destroying the PFAS and leaving behind no harmful byproducts or residual contamination. This technology differs from other AFFF disposal methods, such as incineration, which destroys the foam but releases that PFAS into the air, or landfilling, which results in contaminated landfill leachate.
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Any person, business, or other entity, that is, or may be, subject to penalty liability for violations of NJDEP requirements.
Why is DEP issuing this Advisory?
In 2011, NJDEP implemented an Interim SEP Policy. SEPs are voluntary environmentally beneficial projects responsible entities may complete, if approved at the Department’s sole discretion, to reduce their penalty liability. Through the resolution of enforcement actions, the Department has approved dozens of SEPs, which bring direct, concrete, and measurable environmental benefits to communities.
The Department has now implemented a final policy entitled “Standard Operating Procedures for Incorporating Supplemental Environmental Projects into Settlement Agreements and Administrative Consent Orders,” which became effective on February 15, 2024.
In part, this new policy:
1. Bolsters the requirement that SEPs have a nexus to the underlying violation at issue in the enforcement action and maintains the strong commitment that SEPs must be for the benefit of the public through concrete and measurable environmental benefits;
2. Furthers the Department’s pursuit of climate resilience in requiring the Department to consider the extent to which climate change would impact a SEP’s performance and encourages SEPs that would improve the resilience of vulnerable communities;
3. Continues the Department’s commitment to Environmental Justice by strongly encouraging responsible parties to consider community input in the development of a SEP, including the potential for a full penalty reduction (within statutory restrictions and within the enforcement program’s discretion) if a responsible party completes a detailed Community Needs Assessment as part of their SEP proposal; and
4. Encourages completion of approved SEPs by providing for additional stipulated penalties if an approved SEP is abandoned by a responsible party. Responsible parties who may wish to reduce their penalty liability should review the full SEP policy in detail. The possibility of reducing the penalty liability through a SEP does not, in any way, compromise a responsible party’s obligation to achieve full compliance in relation to the underlying violations.
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A Senate hearing put the waste industry’s longtime request for certain PFAS-related Superfund exemptions in the spotlight as the EPA is poised to make certain PFAS hazardous.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, ranking member on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, speaks during a PFAS hearing on March 20, 2024. (2024).
At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, the waste and recycling industry continued to advocate for a “narrow exemption” from chemical rules they say could saddle operators with unfair costs and liability when the U.S. EPA eventually designates certain PFAS as hazardous substances under Superfund.
Speakers representing the Solid Waste Association of North America and the National Waste & Recycling Association, along with wastewater treatment facilities, testified during the Senate Environment and Public Works committee hearing that their industries are “passive receivers” of PFAS-containing material.
The solid waste and wastewater sectors say they play a critical role in responsibly managing materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, noting many operators are already implementing PFAS removal and destruction technologies. Yet an Environmental Working Group representative testified that such an exemption could provide a “loophole for polluters.”
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Six months after his indictment on wide-ranging federal corruption charges, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, who has repeatedly defied calls for his resignation, announced Thursday he will not run in the Democratic primary for re-election.
But New Jersey’s senior senator left the door open for an independent campaign to retain his seat in the fall.
“I will not file for the Democratic primary this June. I am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent Democrat in the general election,” Menendez said in a nine-minute video posted to his campaign social media account.
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