LSRP

The Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) became fully effective on May 7 2012, resulting in a quasi-privatization of environmental regulatory compliance under the supervision of a qualified Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs) in lieu of NJDEP Case management personnel. This program has been partially in effect under temporary LSRP licensures since May 2009. Since the inception of the program E&LP has closed out the environmental regulatory compliance of numerous sites by issuing Response Action Outcome (RAO). A (RAO) is equivalent to a No Further Action (NFA) letters formally issued by the NJDEP which certifies the site as clean and remediated in accordance with NJDEP regulations.

Case Study: Whaleco Oil Depot

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E&LP reviewed the engineering design drawings to determine of the roadway modifications were in any particular, culpable for the circumstances that resulted in this fatality. E&LP found that certain aesthetic aspects of the revitalization plans, in particular the placement of sidewalk “bump outs” to support planting of tress, resulted in a narrowing of the roadway. The roadway modifications were substandard in design width and not in compliance with New Jersey Department of Transportation design standards. The design professions and municipality entered into a settlement agreement upon being furnished our expert report.

Site Location and Description

Former Whaleco Oil Depot, Rockaway, New Jersey: In the early 2000s, E&LP teamed with Ground Water Treatment and Technology to E&LP to perform a fixed fee, guaranteed scope of work for the design, build and operations of a groundwater extraction and treatment system to inhibit a significant free phase petroleum plume (10 feet in thickness in portions) from migrating into the Rockaway River, located adjacent to the site.

E&LP was subsequently retained by the new property owner, Atlantis Petroleum, as the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) to sheppard the site back into regulatory compliance after the site was abandoned by the now infamous Able Energy.

Key Project Elements

Two surface spills had historically occurred on the property that resulted in ten (10) feet of free phase petroleum plume that extended over an acre, located less than 300 feet from the Rockaway River. In addition, a gasoline and chlorinated solvent plume are also present on site, but located further away from the river.

Subsequent to the installation of the hydraulic control system, which serves as an interim remedial measure and engineering control to prevent further migration of the free product residuals towards the river, E&LP consolidated all of the additional site impacts into a strategic site management plan for the new owner. The goals of the plan were to:

  • Through our long standing relationship with the NJDEP case team, we were able to negotiate the suspension of the pending enforcement actions with NJDEP as the site was abandoned by the previous owner
  • Re-establish regulatory compliance through expeditious completion of the administrative tasks that out of compliance with the NJDEP Regulatory and Mandatory timeframes
  • Continued operations of the hydraulic containment system
  • Outlining the strategic site management plan to address the entire site AECs, on a priority basis. The project remains on schedule to achieve regulatory site closure with administrative and engineering controls, within the regulatory timeline of 2020.