Shortly after the release of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection first of it’s kind decision under the landmark 2020 Environmental Justice Law and subsequent rules, the DEP has released it’s second decision. The decision concerns the application of the Corning Pharmaceutical Glass, LLC facility in Vineland, NJ.

As before, while we are glad to see another decision released and the rules continue to be enforced, NJEJA and our partners have concerns regarding the components of the decision and – from our perspective – DEP’s decision to not be as protective as possible of EJ communities.

To voice these concerns and to spotlight areas of possible improvement, NJEJA and our partners wrote a letter to address our thoughts and identify points in which we thought that the EJ Law could have been more robustly enforced. This letter has been sent to NJ DEP. Read the full letter below.

For questions, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org.

Our full letter to NJ DEP regarding the Corning Pharmaceutical Glass, LLC decision:

Nearly 5 years after the passage of the landmark, first of it’s kind Environmental Justice Law, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection has issued it’s first decision on the Safety-Kleen facility permit application. While we are glad to see these decisions come through, NJEJA and our partners have serious concerns with the components of the decision.

To make our concerns known and to raise our points of conversation with the DEP, NJEJA and our partners penned a letter addressing our thoughts as well as areas of the decision which we did not feel fully enforced the EJ law. This letter has been sent to staff at the NJ DEP. Read the full letter below.

For questions, please reach out to us at info@njeja.org.

Our full letter to NJ DEP regarding the Safety-Kleen decision: