The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9,1970;it began operation on December 2,1970,after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.
Christine Temple Whitman is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. As of 2023,Whitman is the only woman to have served as governor of New Jersey.
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts,as well as numerous other environmental statutes. The administrator is nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate.
Berry's Creek is a tributary of the Hackensack River in the New Jersey Meadowlands in Bergen County,New Jersey. The creek watershed contains a diverse array of wetlands,marshes,and wildlife. The creek runs through a densely populated region and has been subject to extensive industrial pollution during the 19th and 20th centuries. Several companies discharged toxic chemicals into the creek in the 20th century,and these chemicals have remained in the sediment. The creek has the highest concentrations of methyl mercury of any fresh-water sediment in the world. Portions of the creek watershed are Superfund sites and cleanup projects began in the late 20th century.
Jeanne Fox is the former President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. She was originally appointed to the position in 2002 by former Gov. James McGreevey and was retained in the Cabinets of former Gov. Richard Codey and Gov. Jon Corzine. Fox retired from the NJ BPU in September 2014 and was succeeded by Upendra J. Chivukula.
Lisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer who served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position.
W. Michael McCabe is an American policy advisor specializing in environmental and energy policy. He had previously served as a Regional Administrator,and later Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),being the only person in the Agency's history to serve as both. Between 2003 and 2006,McCabe consulted for DuPont and led DuPont’s defense against an EPA lawsuit of the toxic PFAS chemical PFOA. In November 2020 he was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution. NJDEP now has a staff of approximately 2,850.
George S. Hawkins is a lawyer,college professor and environmentalist. He served as general manager of the DC Water and Sewer Authority from 2009 to 2017. Hawkins has worked in the environmental industry,as a corporate lawyer and as a regulator.
Bradley McAllerton Campbell is an American attorney and political figure. He has served at senior levels in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and as commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). He is currently the President of Conservation Law Foundation (CLF),an advocacy nonprofit that forges lasting solutions to the environmental challenges for the people of New England.
The Whippany River Watershed Action Committee (WRWAC) is a member-based,nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization,which identifies and implements projects to preserve and protect water and the surrounding natural areas. The Whippany River Watershed is an area of 69.3 square miles within Morris County in north central New Jersey. The 16-mile long Whippany River serves the only significant unconsolidated aquifer in northern New Jersey and is a source of drinking water for more than 1 million people.
Robert Perciasepe is an American former government official who currently serves as a senior adviser to McKinsey and Company and the nonprofit Center for Climate and Energy Solutions,following his role as President of the organization. He served as the Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the administration of Barack Obama.
Regina McCarthy is an American air quality expert who served as the first White House national climate advisor from 2021 to 2022. She previously served as the thirteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2013 to 2017.
Kauffman &Minteer Inc. (K&M) was an industrial transportation company that operated from 1960 to 1981 in Burlington County,New Jersey. After cleaning their trucks,they dumped the waste water into a nearby lagoon that was not properly lined. The lagoon flooded and the waste water containing chemicals,migrated over to wetlands,causing damage to vegetation and seeping into underground drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) got involved in 1989 and conducted a few remediation attempts but the extent of the damage is hard to determine as the different underground pathways of water are unpredictable. The site is currently an active superfund site that is closely monitored by the EPA.
Brook Industrial Park (BIP) is an industrial area occupying 4.5 acres of the Borough of Bound Brook,New Jersey,in the United States of America. It is located on the northern bank of the Raritan River. Industrial,chemical and pesticide operations began in 1971 and eventually lead to the contamination of groundwater and exposure of workers to harmful dioxins. Throughout 1980 to 1988 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) conducted studies to determine if there were any threats being posed on the workers,community or environment by the BIP companies in their disposal of processed and stored chemicals.
Webster &Sheffield,formerly Webster,Sheffield,Fleischmann,Hitchcock &Chrystie,was a major "white shoe" law firm in New York City from 1934 to 1991. The firm concentrated on corporate and securities law,litigation,real estate,and municipal bonds.
Environmental law in New Jersey consists of legislative and regulatory efforts to protect the natural environment in the State of New Jersey. Such efforts include laws and regulations to reduce air and water pollution,regulate the purity of drinking water,remediate contaminated sites,and preserve lands from development,particularly in the Pinelands of southern New Jersey and the Highlands in the north of the state. Environmental laws in New Jersey are enforced primarily by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
Michael Stanley Regan is an American environmental regulator. He has been serving as the 16th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency since March 11,2021. He is the first African American man to serve in the role.
Janet Garvin McCabe is an American attorney and academic who serves as the deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency since April 29,2021.
David Jonas Bardin is a retired American government official who served as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration in 1977 as well as Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration in the United States Department of Energy.
