Legal Opinion
Public Interest Research Group v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 7, 1992PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
This appeal is the most recent chapter in New Jersey’s ongoing efforts to clean up hazardous waste emanating from industrial sites. The appeal concerns the Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act (ECRA), N.J.S.A. 13:lK-6 to -13, which requires the owners and operators of industrial sites either to develop a cleanup plan for real property contaminated by hazardous waste or to certify in a “negative declaration,” N.J.S.A. 13:lK-8g, as a condition precedent to the closing, sale, or transfer of a business or real property, that cleanup is…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- New Jersey Guild of Hearing Aid Dispensers v. LongSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- City of Newark v. Natural Resource Council in the Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Aluminum Co. of America v. Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by62 opinions
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- In Re Petition for Substantive Certification Filed by the Township of WarrenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
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