Do the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation require that an evaluation of natural resource injuries be completed on all cases prior to the issuance of a no further action letter?
Top Yes, the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation requires that an evaluation of natural resource injuries, precede the Site Remediation Programs issuance of a no further action letter except as provided below: • a baseline ecological evaluation is not required at any area of concern that consists of an underground storage tank storing heating oil for on-site consumption in a one to four family residential building. See, N.J.S.A. 58:10B-12a. • Soil areas of concern where a baseline ecological evaluation and an ecological risk assessment (if necessary) are completed and indicate no ecological injury will be issued no further action letters. (For soil areas of concern that indicate there is potential for ecological injury, or if the ecological investigation is not completed, the Department will issue a no further action with a reservation of rights to pursue natural resource injury).
