NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SITE REMEDIATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

Notice of Extension of Comment Period on Rule Proposal
Discharges of Petroleum and Other Hazardous Substances Heating Oil Tank System Remediation Rules Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites Technical Requirements for Site Remediation

PUBLIC NOTICE
Take notice that the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is extending the comment period on the proposal of new rules at N.J.A.C. 7:26F, Heating Oil Tank System Remediation Rules; and amendments, repeals, and new rules at N.J.A.C. 7:1E, Discharges of Petroleum and Other Hazardous Substances, N.J.A.C. 7:14A, New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14B, Underground Storage Tanks rules,  N.J.A.C. 7:26B, the Industrial Site Recovery Act rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26C, Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, N.J.A.C. 7:26E, Technical Requirements for Site Remediation.

The proposal was published in the New Jersey Register on July 17, 2017.  See 49 N.J.R. 2055(a).  A copy of the proposal is available from the DEP website at https://njdepwptest.net/wp-content/uploads/rules/proposals/20170717b.pdf; official repository libraries; and LexisNexis free public access to the New Jersey Register, https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/njoal/.

The proposal indicates that written comments may be submitted by September 15, 2017.  The Department is extending the public comment period for an additional 14 days, until September 29, 2017.

The Department encourages electronic submittal of comments.  Submit comments electronically at https://nj.gov/dep/rules/comments/. In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to:

Alice A. Previte, Esq.
Attention: DEP Docket Number 10-17-06
Office of Legal Affairs Mail Code 401-07
Department of Environmental Protection
401 East State Street
PO Box 402
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402