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Articles
04.21.2023
NJ's Natural Resource Damage Order May Be Helpful For Cos.
In the Law360 article, "NJ's Natural Resource Damage Order May Be Helpful For Cos.," Archer environmental law attorneys Marc Rollo, Matthew Conley and Charlie Dennen discuss the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) recently issued Administrative Order 2023-08. The administrative order is another step in the evolution of the natural resource damage, or NRD, enforcement in New Jersey. The administrative order affirms the DEP’s duties as trustee for the state’s natural resources and, importantly, directs the DEP to put in place mechanisms to enhance consensus-building in the planning, design and implementation of natural resource restoration activities through improved collaboration with the public and stakeholders.
Articles
04.06.2022
Recyclability, liability for plastics producers: Cases to watch in 2022
Marc Rollo and Alexis Way discuss the rising trend of lawsuits against plastic products producers and sellers in this Plastics News article, “Recyclability, liability for plastics producers: Cases to watch in 2022,” published April 5, 2022.
Client Advisories 2 results
Client Advisories
03.16.2023
NJDEP Issues Administrative Order Revamping NRD Settlement Policies and Practices in New Jersey
On March 14, 2023, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Commissioner Shawn LaTourette issued Administrative Order 2023-08 (AO 2023-08) regarding Natural Resource Restoration Policy. AO 2023-08, which can be found here, is another step in the evolution of the natural resource damage (NRD) enforcement in New Jersey. The Order seeks to, among other things, “improve” NJDEP's “policies and practices for voluntarily resolving potential NRD liabilities with responsible parties” by incorporating mechanisms for NRD assessment into the site remediation process.
Client Advisories
05.05.2020
Covid-19 Environmental Remediation and Enforcement Policy Updates
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, federal and state environmental agencies continue to issue policies and guidance to assist in navigating compliance with requirements under applicable state laws and directives set forth in executive orders, which we discuss below in more detail.
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In the News
05.12.2022
Environmental Law Group chair Marc Rollo was quoted in the New Jersey Law Journal article “Ex-Judge Calls for Early Mediation Program as Water Pollution Suits Proliferate.” The article discusses Marina Corodemus, a retired Middlesex County Superior Court judge who supervised mass tort litigation, and is seeking support for a proposal to send water pollution suits into early mediation and targeted discovery in an effort to promptly resolve cases. In reference to the proposal, Marc is quoted as seeing merit in early mediation, but said he hasn't studied Corodemus' proposal in detail so far, stating, "I personally have seen the value of early resolution of these cases. Many times, a suit is filed and attorneys go on autopilot when really there is a resolution to be had, but sometimes there is not a vehicle to achieve that. A resolution may take some arm-twisting and creativity but there are certain times when it's there to he had, if you dig deeply." He added, “Natural resources suits brought by private parties and those brought by the state are both good candidates for early mediation. My personal view is it's always good to have those discussions, and I think it's much more effective to have them with a mediator. I do see the value of it, and I think oftentimes, even if it doesn't get resolved at mediation, the groundwork has been laid."
Press Releases 6 results
Press Releases
06.01.2023
Archer's Environmental Group Receives Top Rankings in 2023 Chambers USA
Chambers and Partners, publisher of leading guides to the legal profession worldwide, has once again ranked Archer’s Environmental Practice Group and several of the firm’s attorneys among the best in their fields in Chambers USA 2023 – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Press Releases
06.03.2019
Archer & Greiner Appoints Deborah A. Hays as Chair of Board of Directors
Hays will be the first woman chair to lead the nearly 200-attorney mid-Atlantic firm
Press Releases
03.28.2019
Marc A. Rollo, partner at Archer & Greiner and Chair of the firm’s Environmental Law Department, joined senior corporate in-house counsel, risk managers, government attorneys, trustees and others who are involved in natural resource damage (NRD) policy assessments and claims at the Law Seminars International’s Eighth Annual Advanced Conference on Thursday, March 14, in Washington, D.C. Rollo co-led a panel discussion titled, “New Jersey: The Once and Future Leader of NRD Programs?”
Speaking Engagements & Seminars 2 results
Speaking Engagements & Seminars
05.24.2022
When: May 24, 2022 | 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM ET
Speaking Engagements & Seminars
12.10.2020
Marc Rollo, the Chair of Archer’s Environmental Law Department and the Petroleum Industry Practices Group, was a presenter at the Law Seminars International Ninth Annual Advanced DC Conference on Litigating Natural Resource Damages on December 10, 2020. Mr. Rollo spoke on the topic of recent trends in state NRD policy and enforcement. More information can be found here.