Legal Opinion
Lacey Municipal Utilities Authority v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided October 28, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
VERNIERO, J.
This appeal requires us to determine whether the Lacey Municipal Utilities Authority (Lacey or the Authority) may proceed with its reimbursement claims against the fund established by the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act (the Spill Fund) or whether those claims are barred by the one-year statute of limitations found at N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11k. The administrative law judge who arbitrated the claims concluded that they were time barred and that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had not waived a strict…
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