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This resolution urges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use Superfund settlement funds specifically for cleaning up contaminated sites in New Jersey, with a focus on ensuring that administrative and oversight costs are limited. The resolution provides context by explaining the Superfund law (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or CERCLA), which was created in 1980 to address hazardous waste sites across the United States. New Jersey has a particularly significant stake in this issue, with 2,168 identified contaminated sites, 829 active Superfund sites, and 115 sites on the EPA's National Priorities List - the highest number of such sites requiring remediation as of April 2023. The resolution specifically recommends that the EPA follow New Jersey's best practices by limiting settlement expenditures on administrative and oversight costs to a maximum of 10 percent of the total settlement value, ensuring that the majority of funds are directly used for site remediation. The resolution also requires that copies be sent to the EPA Administrator and the Regional Administrator of Region 2, and it takes effect immediately upon filing.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/SR63