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Senate committee advances bills targeting automotive shredder residue and clawbacks for polluters
Summary
A New Jersey Senate committee released two bills aimed at tightening oversight of automotive shredder residue (ASR) after a high-profile Camden fire and would allow forfeiture of economic development incentives for certain environmental violations.
A New Jersey Senate committee released two bills sponsored by Senator Nilsa Cruz Pérez that would require facilities storing or processing automotive shredder residue (ASR) to obtain Department of Environmental Protection permits and would allow forfeiture of some economic development incentives when businesses violate state environmental laws.
The legislation follows a large fire at a Camden shredding facility that witnesses testified was visible across South Jersey. Doug O’Malley of Environment New Jersey called the Camden incident “not an isolated incident,” saying the facility involved had a record of repeated fires and violations and that the blaze…
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