SAYREVILLE - The borough has begun the process of remediating the Old Fire House on Main Street.

The Borough Council has authorized the borough engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the environmental remediation portion of the property.

Upon approval of the plans and specifications, the Borough Clerk is authorized to advertise for bids.

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UTICA, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida Counties (WDB HMO) a $500,000 brownfields job training grant, the board announced.

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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has proposed a massive overhaul of its rules and regulations governing site remediation. The proposed changes would impact several key site remediation regulations, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) Rules, the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, and the Heating Oil Tank System Remediation Rules. If enacted, the proposed changes will significantly impact the regulated community and New Jersey real estate transactions.

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Egg Harbor City, New Jersey is entering a transformative new chapter with its designation in the Brownfield Development Area (BDA) program, bringing critical resources to drive redevelopment, job creation, and sustainable economic growth. 

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Almost 15 years after Newtown Creek was named a federal Superfund site, the government is taking a step toward cleaning it up — or, at least part of it. 

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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the winners of the 2025 Pennsylvania Student Radon Poster Contest and continues to encourage Pennsylvanians to test their homes for radon as part of the department’s ongoing National Radon Action Month outreach.

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

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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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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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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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