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Neighboring States Have Either Passed or Proposed Climate Superfund Laws - Is Pennsylvania Next?

Following Vermont and New York’s enactment of a Climate Change Superfund Act, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts and California are proposing their own superfund laws, which Marc Rollo, Charlie Dennen and Grace Rossi discuss in The Legal Intelligencer article, “Neighboring States Have Either Passed or Proposed Climate Superfund Laws— Is Pennsylvania Next?”. These states are seeking to impose liability on certain responsible parties for damages caused by extracting fossil fuels or refining crude oil. Compensatory payments would be collected from responsible parties and allocated to a climate superfund cost recovery program. While these proposals have not yet been enacted, they do serve as an indicator that more states will propose their own law, including perhaps Pennsylvania. However, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Petroleum Institute are pushing back and recently filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont, arguing that their version of the climate superfund law is an overreach of state power. New York will likely face the same legal challenge. ...read more

NJDEP Proposes Changes to Hazardous Substance Discharge Reporting Rules

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has proposed a transformative rule change to hazardous substance discharge reporting requirements. The suggested amendments are intended to codify and implement the provisions enacted in the 2019 Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA 2.0), as well as supplement various parts of New Jersey statutory law concerning the remediation of contaminated sites. ...read more

PFAS Rule Risks Vulnerability If High Court Trims Agency Power

Archer attorneys David Edelstein and Charles Dennen co-authored the Bloomberg Law article, “PFAS Rule Risks Vulnerability If High Court Trims Agency Power,” where they write about the complications for companies subject to the EPA's new reporting rules, both in terms of scope and an uncertain legal landscape. Compliance will be expensive, time-consuming, and will pose challenges to the regulated community. Companies should begin the process now to determine whether and/or to what extent reporting is required. To read the complete article, click here. ...read more

USEPA Announces Proposal to End Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

On September 12, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) formally announced a proposed rule to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). The GHGRP applies to 47 source categories and covers approximately 8,000 facilities throughout the United States, requiring power plants, refineries, chemical plans, fossil fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and carbon dioxide injection sites to report greenhouse gas emission data on an annual basis. ...read more

USEPA Announces Drinking Water MCLs for PFOA and PFOS Will Remain in Place

On May 14, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced significant developments in the enforcement of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) passed under the Biden Administration that established legally-enforceable Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. ...read more

New Jersey “Climate Superfund Act” Clears Senate Committee

On December 12, 2024, the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced the “Climate Superfund Act,” a bill moving through the New Jersey Legislature which, if enacted, would impose liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate change. The bill also establishes a program within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) to collect and distribute compensatory payments. The bill was originally introduced in the New Jersey Senate as S-3545 on September 12, 2024, by Senator John McKeon. An identical bill sponsored by Assemblyman John Allen as A-4696 is also pending in the New Jersey General Assembly. ...read more

Marc Rollo Quoted in NJLJ Article Discussing a Proposal to Send Water Pollution Suits into Early Mediation

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." ...read more

Matthew Conley Co-Authors Chapter in New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook

Archer partner Matthew Conley served as a co-author of the Natural Resource Damages chapter in the recently released 10th edition of the New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook, a leading reference published as part of the State Environmental Law Handbooks series. ...read more

Carlos Bollar Honored by Rutgers Law School – Camden Alumni Association

Carlos M. Bollar was honored by the Rutgers School of Law-Camden Alumni Association with the 2023 Arthur E. Armitage Sr. Distinguished Alumni Award. The Armitage Award recognizes Rutgers Law School’s most accomplished graduates. The award was established in 1983 in memory of Armitage, who, with a group of interested citizens, founded both the South Jersey Law School in 1926 and its companion College of South Jersey in 1927. Carlos received the award at the school’s Annual Gov. James J. Florio Scholarship Benefit and Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony, held November 9 at the Merion in Cinnaminson. One of the leading environmental attorneys in New Jersey, Carlos represents clients in complex toxic tort, product liability and environmental litigation matters. He handles environmental litigation cases in all of the contexts in which they arise, including single plaintiff cases, mass actions involving hundreds of plaintiffs, class actions, and defending clients against state and federal government. Carlos regularly handles high stakes litigation with massive potential damages. Carlos has been a champion of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession throughout his career, serving as a past president of both the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) and the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey (HBA-NJ). Carlos also serves on the Board of Trustees for the New Jersey State Bar Association. In addition to being a past recipient of the HNBA’s Latino Lawyer of the Year Award and the HBA-NJ’s prestigious Margarita Echevarria Trailblazer Award, Carlos has been honored by the multi-platform news media organization Al Día as one of the top attorneys in the Philadelphia region. He was named to the Nation’s Best List by Lawyers of Color. He was also named Professional Lawyer of the Year by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law, as well as being named as one of the 55 Most Influential Latinos in New Jersey by the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey. About Archer Founded in 1928, Archer & Greiner, P.C. (Archer) is a full-service law firm serving Fortune 100 clients, small to medium-sized businesses and individuals. The firm provides litigation and transactional services in nearly every area of law, including business counseling, labor & employment, real estate, health care, intellectual property, family and matrimonial, personal injury, public finance, tax, trusts and estates, bankruptcy, land use and environmental law. With 175 attorneys, Archer has nine offices, including Voorhees, Hackensack, Princeton and Red Bank, NJ; Philadelphia and Harrisburg, PA; Wilmington, DE; New York, NY; and Houston, TX. ...read more

Maureen Coghlan, Debra Rosen and Richard Wells Recognized by NJLJ 2023 New Jersey Legal Awards

Archer is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized for their efforts by the New Jersey Law Journal this year in the publication’s annual awards.* ...read more

Annual Environmental Review

Debra Rosen will be presenting the program “Annual Environmental Review,” at the Atlantic Builders Convention. The panel will highlight permitting issues and anticipated regulatory changes that arise under the NJDEP's Land Use Management and Water Resources regulatory programs. Regulations that will be discussed include: Protecting Against Climate Threats, Water Quality Management Planning rules, Public Access rules, Stormwater Management rules and more. ...read more

Legal Trends in Environmental Law

Clint Allen will be presenting the program “Legal Trends in Environmental Law,” at the Atlantic Builders Convention. The panel will highlight legislation, regulations and court decisions relating to environmental issues continuing to modify the legal framework within which real estate is developed. A panel of environmental attorneys will examine the most recent significant changes and discuss their implications for the future. ...read more

Daniel Farino to Serve as Speaker at NJICLE's "An Introduction to Environmental Law in a New Climate" Program

Daniel Farino, partner in Archer’s Environmental Law Practice Group, will speak at the program, "An Introduction to Environmental Law in a New Climate" presented by NJICLE, in cooperation with the NJSBA Environmental Law Section. Daniel will be presenting the topic of Spill Act/ Site Remediation. This program will examine the foundations of environmental law and its application in a changing landscape, where the realities of climate change, the scarcity of land resources, the unmet need for environmental justice, and many other forces are challenging people, businesses, and governments to think bigger and behave differently. When: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Where: Online & the New Jersey Law Center (One Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ 08901). To learn more and register, click here. ...read more