{"id":1640,"date":"2021-12-07T12:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/?page_id=1640"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:33:33","slug":"081511b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/notice-of-rule-proposal-archive\/081511b\/","title":{"rendered":"081511b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<\/b><br \/>\nSITE REMEDIATION<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice of Rule Proposal<br \/>\n<\/strong>Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, N.J.A.C. 7:26C and Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, N.J.A.C. 7:26E<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC NOTICE<\/strong><br \/>\nTake notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to amend the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (ARRCS rules), N.J.A.C. 7:26C, and other rules related to site remediation, including the Discharges of Petroleum and Other Hazardous Substances rules, N.J.A.C. 7:1E, the Underground Storage Tanks rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14B, and the Industrial Site Recovery Act rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26B, and to repeal and replace the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation (Technical Requirements), N.J.A.C. 7:26E.\u00a0 The ARRCS rules contain the administrative requirements for conducting site remediation, and the Technical Requirements prescribe how site remediation projects are to be conducted.\u00a0 All remediation, including remediation that is triggered by the ISRA Rules or remediation of an underground storage tank under the UST rules, must proceed pursuant to the ARRCS rules and the Technical Requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The Department is proposing to amend the ARRCS rules, the UST rules and the ISRA Rules to remove all provisions related to the phase in period during which projects are currently allowed to transition from proceeding under direct Department oversight to proceeding under the supervision of an LSRP.\u00a0 The Department is also proposing to recodify from the ISRA Rules and the UST rules to the ARRCS rules all administrative requirements.\u00a0 The Department is also proposing to add to the ARRCS rules regulatory and mandatory time frames by which the remedial investigation must be completed and the remedial action must be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, with extensive help from internal and external stakeholders, the Department has worked to transform the Technical Requirements into a more performance-based set of rules that will allow more flexibility in addressing contamination and potential exposure pathways while continuing to ensure that remediation is conducted in such a way that the results are protective of human health and the environment.\u00a0 The end result of the Department\u2019s efforts to transform the Technical Requirements is this proposal to repeal the existing Technical Requirements, and to replace them with new Technical Requirements that contain performance based remediation goals.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated August 15, 2011.\u00a0 A copy of the proposal is available from:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/081511b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Department\u2019s website<\/a>; Leslie W. Ledogar, Esq., Site Remediation Program, 401 E. State St., Mail Code 401-06, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ\u00a0 08625-0402, (609) 633-1493; official repository libraries; and LexisNexis Customer Service at (800)223-1944 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Be advised that there may be a fee for obtaining a copy of the proposal from some sources.<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing concerning the proposal is scheduled as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>September 13, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.<br \/>\nNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nFirst Floor Hearing Room<br \/>\n401 East State Street<br \/>\nTrenton, New Jersey<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Written comments may be submitted by October 14, 2011 to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Janis Hoagland, Esq.<br \/>\nATTN: DEP Docket No. 12-11-07<br \/>\nNJ Department of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nOffice of Legal Affairs<br \/>\nMail Code 401-04L; PO Box 402<br \/>\n401 East State Street, 4th Floor<br \/>\nTrenton, NJ 08625-0402<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SITE REMEDIATION Notice of Rule Proposal Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, N.J.A.C. 7:26C and Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, N.J.A.C. 7:26E PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to amend the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (ARRCS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1640","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4008,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1640\/revisions\/4008"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}