New York Supreme Court Upholds Approval of Battery Park City Climate Resiliency Project
Sive, Paget & Riesel recently secured a significant victory on behalf of the Battery Park City Authority in The Battery Alliance et al. v. Battery Park City Authority et al. (No. 162911/2025), New York State Supreme Court, New York County, successfully defending the approval of the Authority’s North/West Battery Park City climate resiliency project. The…
Read MoreNYSDEC Reproposes Part 375 Regulatory Amendments
On July 2, 2025, NYSDEC reissued a set of proposed amendments to the 6 NYCRR Part 375 regulations governing State remedial programs, including the State Superfund Program, Brownfield Cleanup Program, and Environmental Restoration Program, which had been initially proposed in February 2024, with minor revisions proposed in October 2024. The notice of rulemaking under the…
Read MorePublic Comment Period on Proposed Amendments to NYS Remedial Program Regulations to Conclude
The public comment period on NYSDEC’s proposed amendments to the 6 NYCRR Part 375 regulations governing State remedial programs, including the State Superfund Program, Brownfield Cleanup Program, and Environmental Restoration Program, will soon conclude on January 31, 2025. Interested stakeholders may continue to submit written public comments to NYSDEC via email or postmarked by January…
Read MoreNYSDOH Adds Petroleum-Related VOCs to its Soil Vapor Guidance
On or around February 26, 2024, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) released a significant update to its Guidance for Evaluating Soil Vapor Intrusion in the State of New York (SV Guidance) by issuing for the first time three new Soil Vapor/Indoor Air Matrices D-F for 13 petroleum-related volatile organic compounds (VOCs): SPR…
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