OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Environmental Justice Enforcement
Enforcement actions at DEP and in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General.
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Enforcement at DEP
Learn about enforcement actions at DEP including inspections, violations, and incident reports
Environmental Justice Enforcement Initiative
The Department of Environmental Protection and the Office of the Attorney General are collaborating on an environmental justice enforcement initiative designed to support communities that have historically suffered some of the worst environmental harms in the state. They are taking an unprecedented step forward in changing that reality by filing lawsuits to protect the environment in these areas.
Press Releases
- October 22, 2024
AG Platkin and DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Filing of Four New Environmental Justice Enforcement Actions - April 25, 2024
AG Platkin and DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Resolution of Two Environmental Lawsuits and the Filing of Six New Enforcement Actions, Including Four in Environmental Justice Communities - September 28, 2023
AG Platkin and DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Resolution of Four Environmental Lawsuits and Announce Six Recent Enforcement Actions in Environmental Justice Communities
- April 20, 2023
AG Platkin and DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Eight New Environmental Justice and Environmental Enforcement Actions and Other Settlements - August 24, 2022
Acting AG Platkin, DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Seven New Environmental Enforcement Actions, Six in Environmental Justice Communities - August 5, 2022
Acting AG Platkin, DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Natural Resource Damages Lawsuit against Monsanto and other Corporate Defendants over PCB Contamination (Joint News Release) - June 16, 2022
Acting AG Platkin, DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. over Hazardous Waste Dumping in Native American Tribal Community - October 8, 2021
Acting AG Bruck, DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Seven New Environmental Enforcement Actions, Six Environmental Justice
Communities (Joint Release) - May 10, 2021
Attorney General Grewal, DEP Acting Commissioner LaTourette Announce Nine New Environmental Enforcement Actions, Seven in Environmental Justice Communities (Joint News Release) - November 10, 2020
Attorney General, DEP Commissioner Announce Two New Natural
Resource Damage Lawsuits over Contamination of Riverfront Sites(Joint News Release) - July 8, 2020
Attorney General, DEP Commissioner File Lawsuit Against Nation’s Largest Auto Auction Company For Selling Tampered, Super-Polluting Vehicles (Joint News Release) - October 25, 2019
Attorney General, DEP File Six New “Environmental Justice” Lawsuits Targeting Polluters in New Jersey’s Lower-Income and Minority Communities (Joint News Release) - December 6, 2018
Attorney General, DEP File Lawsuits Across New Jersey Targeting Polluters in Lower-Income and Minority Communities (Joint News Release) - August 1, 2018
AG, DEP Announce “New Day” for N.J. Environmental Enforcement; State Files Six Major Lawsuits Focused on Contaminated Properties (Joint News Release)