Environmentalists fear New Jersey wavering in PFAS enforcement

Environmentalists fear New Jersey’s sweeping 2019 directive requiring five major chemical companies to fund past and future cleanup costs and provide large amounts of data related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination is wavering, with the state recently indicating the issue will take years to resolve. NJSpotlight reported Jan. 21 that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) says it “will take years to resolve” disputes with the five companies named in the directive. Issued last March,...