MEC&F Expert Engineers : [SRRA]: Notice Regarding Mandatory Use of Online Portal for the Submission of a Remedial Investigation (RI) Report and Form

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

[SRRA]: Notice Regarding Mandatory Use of Online Portal for the Submission of a Remedial Investigation (RI) Report and Form



On January 4, 2016, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Department) published a Notice in the New Jersey Register that the Remedial Investigation NJDEP Online Service is available for the submission of the Remedial Investigation (RI) Report and Form. A copy of the notice is included below.  This message is a follow-up reminder that in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26C-1.6(c), the use of this service will become mandatory 90 days from publication of the letter, or on April 3, 2016, unless otherwise instructed by the Department. The ability to submit the RI Report and Form voluntarily through the NJDEP Online Service has been available since April 1, 2015.

Instructions for obtaining an NJDEP Online account can be found at www.nj.gov/dep/online/reg_instructions_new.pdf, and instructions for filing the forms online can be found on the Site Remediation and Waste Management Program forms page at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms/. Specific instructions for using the RI Online Service are available at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms/remedial_investigation_report_ins_online.pdf?version_1_1.

Questions about obtaining an NJDEP Online account or completing a service online can be directed to PortalComments@dep.nj.gov.

The New Jersey Register Notice dated January 4, 2016 stated:

48 N.J.R. 78(a)

NEW JERSEY REGISTER
Copyright (c) 2015 by the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law

VOLUME 48, ISSUE 1

ISSUE DATE: JANUARY 4, 2016

RULE ADOPTIONS


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SITE REMEDIATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

48 N.J.R. 78(a)

Notice of Availability of Online Portal for the Submission of the Remedial Investigation Form and Report (RIR Online Service)

Public Notice

Take notice that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Department) hereby gives notice that its online portal for the submission of the Remedial Investigation Form and Report is now available, which allows persons to file both the Remedial Investigation Form and Report electronically.

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26C-1.6(c), within 90 days after the date that the Department informs the public, by a notice in the New Jersey Register, that an electronic portal is available, the person responsible for conducting the remediation shall submit to the Department via the electronic application such documents specified by the Department that are required by the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, N.J.A.C. 7:26C, and the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, N.J.A.C. 7:26E.

Accordingly, beginning on April 3, 2016, the Remedial Investigation Form and Report shall be filed electronically through NJDEP Online, http://www.nj.gov/dep/online/.