The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has recently updated information regarding the reporting of Immediate Environmental Concern (IEC) conditions and updated its IEC Technical Guidance Document.
What’s Changed?
The NJDEP has clarified that both the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) and the person responsible for conducting the remediation both call the NJDEP Hotline to report an IEC condition at a contaminated site. An IEC condition can be related to contamination of potable well water; contamination of indoor air; acute human health exposure; or any other condition that poses an immediate threat to the environment of to the public health and safety.
In addition, NJDEP has clarified that separate notifications to the NJDEP Hotline are required if the type of IEC that is being investigated changes. For example, if a potable well IEC has been reported to NJDEP and a vapor intrusion IEC is identified, then the vapor intrusion IEC must be reported to the NJDEP Hotline as well.
Section 4.1 of the IEC Technical Guidance was updated to include a discussion on the obligations of the Investigator when contamination is discovered in a potable well, which is either a public supply well or a production well, that is used for human consumption.
The IEC Technical Guidance Document can be found on NJDEP’s Site Remediation Program website, here.
We Can Help
Whitman’s staff currently includes eight individuals that are certified as Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs). This includes Ira Whitman, PhD, PE, LSRP, who serves on the New Jersey Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board as well as the Site Remediation Advisory Committee.
If you have any questions about this guidance update, please contact Michael Metlitz, LSRP, Senior Vice President, below.
Contact
Michael Metlitz, LSRP
Senior Vice President
mmetlitz@whitmanco.com
(732) 390-5858
Posted on June 12, 2018
