Advocate urges emissions cuts as Siegfried seeks Title V permit renewal; NJDEP filing says no new emissions

Pennsville — Officials presenting Siegfried’s environmental justice impact statement told a March public meeting that the company’s pending Title V operating permit renewal does not change current operations or add emissions, while an environmental-justice advocate urged the firm to pursue additional emission-reduction measures.

Rob Fissler, a program manager with Haley & Aldrich who said he helped Siegfried prepare the EJ impact statement, described the facility at 33 Industrial Park Road as a 144-acre pharmaceutical manufacturing site operating since about 1970. He said Siegfried’s Title V permit renewal application was submitted in August 2023 and that, per the transcript, the company submitted its EJ impact statement to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in September 2025. "There are no changes to operations — this is just a renewal," Fissler said, noting the company employs emission-control technologies.

Why it matters: Under New Jersey’s environmental-justice regulation, major-source Title V renewals that fall within an overburdened block group must prepare an EJ impact statement and hold public outreach. Fissler said the block group that contains the Siegfried site meets the state’s…