Periconi, LLC Environmental Law Blog

James J. Periconi, Esq. | March 31, 2010

Continuing with our prior post, this post discusses the Court of Appeal’s ruling in In the Matter of Lighthouse Pointe Property Associates, LLC v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,  2010 NY Slip Op 1377,  2010 N.Y. LEXIS 35, (Ct. App. Feb. 18, 2010), and the implications of that decision. Court of Appeals’ Decision [...]

Category: Brownfields Cleanup | No Comments »
Tags: brownfield cleanup program eligibility, DEC, lighthouse pointe, ny court of appeals

James J. Periconi, Esq. | March 30, 2010

On February 18, 2010, New York’s highest court overturned the DEC’s denial of an upstate New York development’s application for admission into the State’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (“BCP” or “Program”).  In the Matter of Lighthouse Pointe Property Associates, LLC v.

Category: Brownfields Cleanup | No Comments »
Tags: Ambient Water Quality Standards, BCA, BCP, brownfields cleanup, Brownfields Cleanup Act, DEC, hazardous waste disposal, lighthouse pointe, New York State Court of Appeals, remediate

James J. Periconi, Esq. | March 10, 2010

On March 2, 2010, the EPA listed the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn on the National Priorities List (NPL), making it a federal Superfund site.  The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation urged EPA to consider

Category: Environmental Contamination & General Liability in New York, Federal Environmental Law, Superfund (CERCLA & State Superfund) | No Comments »
Tags: gowanus canal, industrial waterway, National Priorities List, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, NPL, potentially responsible party, PRP