Panel Says Agency Violated Code In The Way It Set 'Specific Criteria' For Water

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey appellate panel on Dec. 19 reversed and remanded a ruling by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding specific groundwater quality criteria for perfluorononanoic acid (PFOA), concluding that the state administrative code expressly limits the DEP's authority to establish "specific criteria" with the expectation that they "shall be replaced with specific criteria as soon as reasonably possible by rule" (Chemistry Council of New Jersey v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, No. A-1439-15T4 and Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, No. A-1442-15T1 and Arkema Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, No. A-1917-15T1, N.J. Super., App. Div.).
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