redevelopment and environmental law & litigation
Firm Overview
The Redevelopment and Environmental law firm of Maraziti, Falcon, & Healey, LLP
councels clients in both the public and private sectors in areas of redevelopment procedures and transactions, condemnation, brownfields, land use, regulatory compliance and litigation, governmental procedures and solid waste and wastewater matters.
Firm Headlines
06.27.2013
Joanne Vos will be presenting “Environmental Litigation: The Year in Review” at the New Jersey Defense Association’s Annual Convention to be held at Skytop Lodge in the Poconos Mountains, June 27, 2013 through June 30, 2013. For more information or to register for the Convention, go to www.njdefenseassoc.com.
04.30.2013
Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP will participate in this year’s New Jersey Law Journal In House Counsel Seminar Series. On April 30, 2013, Joanne Vos will be presenting “Site Remediation in a Brave New World: What Remediating Parties Need to Know about Site Remediation and LSRPs” at the Green Acres Country Club in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The seminar will address: Responsibilities of Remediating Parties under the Site Remediation Reform Act and Licensed Site Remediation Professional Program; Meeting Mandatory and Regulatory Timeframes and Penalties for Failures; Compliance with the Industrial Site Recovery Act; New Guidance Documents Issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Ins and Outs of the New Waiver Rule; and New Vapor Intrusion Technical Guidance
12.19.2012
December Accomplishments and Successes.
Waterfront Corporate Center III - Hoboken – Pearson Education
On December 10, 2012, ground was broken to launch the construction of the final site in Hoboken’s 26-acre Waterfront Mixed Use Redevelopment Area. Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. represented the City in connection with the finalization of the Lease and Development Agreement. The project is a collaboration between the City, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and SJP Properties.
Pearson Education, the world’s leading learning company will “be the major tenant in the LEED certified 500,000 square feet office building.
This building will fill in the site which is often referred to as the “missing tooth” along the Hoboken Waterfront.
Perth Amboy – ePort Logistics Center
Through an affiliate, Goldman Sachs has entered into a Redevelopment Agreement with Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency for the multi-million dollar redevelopment of a site on the Kill Von Kull. Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. represented PARA in the negotiation of the Redevelopment Agreement.
The project, to be known as the ePort Logistics Center, will include extensive environmental remediation of the former ASARCO/NL site and will result in the construction of three mixed use office/warehouse buildings.
Morris County - Solid Waste Bidding Litigation
Brent Carney, Esq., representing the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority was successful in defeating applications for preliminary restraints that were filed by Waste Management of New Jersey, Inc. and Covanta 4Recovery, L.P. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.
Waste Management and Covanta sought to enjoin the Authority from entering into an approximate $134 million publically bid contract with J.P. Mascaro & Sons (“Mascaro”) to operate the Authority’s two Solid Waste Transfer Stations, provide transportation to the disposal facilities and dispose all non-hazardous solid waste generated in Morris County for a four year period with a one year renewal option. Covanta, the lowest bidder, and Waste Management, the third lowest bidder, unsuccessfully challenged the validity of the financial documentation submitted by Mascaro.
In a twenty-two page written opinion, on December 12, 2012 the Superior Court, Law Division denied the Plaintiffs’ applications for a preliminary injunction finding that Waste Management and Covanta failed to satisfy by clear and convincing evidence that they would likely at trial be successful.
12.19.2012
We are proud to announce that Joanne Vos, a Trustee of the Middlesex County Bar Association, has been appointed to Co-Chair the newly formed Environmental Law Committee. In that capacity, Joanne organized and held the Bar Association’s first Environmental Law seminar where she discussed “Identifying Environmental Issues that can Impact your Practice” on November 20, 2012.
12.19.2012
Joanne Vos will be part of a National Business Institute panel presenting “Environmental Litigation in the Federal Courts: Superfund and Natural Resources Damages” on February 5, 2013. Joanne will be addressing Prosecuting and Defending Private Actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. For more information or to register for this live webinar, go to http://www.nbi-sems.com/Default.aspx.
12.19.2012
Joanne Vos will be presenting “Environmental Litigation: The Year in Review” at the New Jersey Defense Association’s Annual Convention to be held at Skytop Lodge in the Poconos Mountains, June 27, 2013 through June 30, 2013. For more information or to register for the Convention, go to www.njdefenseassoc.com.
10.25.2012
Andrew M. Brewer, Esq. and Joseph J. Maraziti Jr., Esq. are featured speakers at The Metro New Jersey Chapter of the Appraisal Institute 10th Annual Fall Conference on October 26, 2012. Their topic of discussion shall be redevelopment issues with a focus on residential, commercial and industrial projects.
02.19.2011
Joseph J. Maraziti Jr., participated on a Panel regarding the use of the powers of eminent domain in the context of redevelopment sponsored by the Environmental Law Society at Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ. The Moderator was Professor Bell. Other panelists were Vice Dean Ronald K. Chen, Esq.; Robert Beckelman, Esq. of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis; and R. William Potter, Esq. of Potter & Dickson.
02.11.2011
Al Telsey, Esq. along with Kenneth B. Seit of TRC Environmental Corp., will be conducting a new seminar on Tuesday April 26, 2011 titled "10 Clever Ways to Buy/Sell Contaminated Property in 2011 with or without an LSRP". For information regarding this seminar
CLICK HERE to download the flyer in PDF.
Description: The Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) and Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) Program have been under way for over a year. What have we learned? This program will take you through the new 2011 tactics of negotiating environmental provisions in property agreements with or without an LSRP from the standpoint of various stakeholders with reference to the expectations of a lender and NJDEP.
02.09.2011
Al Telsey, Esq., along with Glenn Brukardt of Eikon Planning and Design, LLC will be conducting a new seminar on Wednesday February 23, 2011 titled "10 Clever Ways to Buy/Sell Contaminated Property in 2011 with or without an LSRP". For information regarding this seminar
CLICK HERE to download the flyer in PDF.
Description: The Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) and Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) Program have been under way for over a year. What have we learned? This program will take you through the new 2011 tactics of negotiating environmental provisions in property agreements with or without an LSRP from the standpoint of various stakeholders with reference to the expectations of a lender and NJDEP.
09.09.2010
Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP, was selected by the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority to be instructors on October 12, 13 and 14, 2010 at the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority Community Redevelopment Training Institute. Participants of the firm and their topics are:
Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. - Rezone, Rehabilitate or Redevelop; Recent Developments in Litigation; and Step Four - Negotiating the Redevelopment Agreement in Challenging Economic Times Municipal Side/Redeveloper Side (Profit and Non-Profit).
Christopher H. Falcon, Esq. - Property Acquisition and Eminent Domain.
Albert I. Telsey, Esq. - Redeveloping Contaminated Property.
Brent T. Carney, Esq. - Ethics – Conflicts of Interest.
Andrew M. Brewer, Esq. - Step One – The Area In Need Of Redevelopment; and Step Three – Redeveloper Selection.
03.20.2010
Kit Falcon, along with John Madden of Maser Consulting, presented a training program to new Planning Board Members at the Hunterdon County Complex in Flemington. The training session was sponsored by the New Jersey Planning Officials organization in order for planning board members to satisfy the recent requirement of the Municipal Land Use Law that they attend a course in land use law and procedure in order to be qualified to sit on a Board.
03.19.2010
Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP was the proud sponsor of the luncheon for New Jersey Future’s Redevelopment Forum 2010 for 500 participants. The event was held at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center, New Brunswick, NJ.
11.25.2009
PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY RECORD ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2009.
Attorney Joseph J. Maraziti Jr., a longtime solid-waste counsel to Morris County, normally holds a dinner at the annual League of Municipalities Convention in Atlantic City, which is this week.
But not this year.
Given the poor economy, Maraziti says that his firm, Maraziti, Falcon and Healey of Short Hills, has made a $7,500 donation to the New Jersey Food Bank instead of holding a dinner for municipal officials. Good for him.
Fred Snowflack is editorial page editor of the Daily Record. Contact him at fsnowfla@gannett.com or at 973-428-6617. His column runs Wednesday and Sunday.
11.19.2009
MARAZITI, FALCON & HEALEY DONATES TO THE NEW JERSEY FOOD BANK AND POSTPONES ITS ANNUAL DINNER.
Short Hills, NJ. - At a time when so many people are suffering as a result of the financial hardships being experienced by the thousands of individuals who have lost their jobs; at a time when so many public entities have been forced to make reductions in staff and services; at a time when meeting essential human needs is becoming increasingly difficult, we at Maraziti, Falcon & Healey have decided that it would not be appropriate to hold our Annual Dinner this year during the League of Municipalities Convention in Atlantic City.
Instead of holding the Annual Dinner this year, Maraziti, Falcon & Healey has made a donation of $7,500 to the New Jersey Food Bank. After much thought - given the long tradition of the Dinner - we decided to make a statement, not only to be sensitive to the current economic distress felt by so many, but also to provide much-needed support to the Food Bank at a time when its services are in great demand and its resources are so greatly stressed.
We hope and expect that the situation will be different next year so that we can in good conscience reestablish our long-standing practice.
09.22.2009
Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP, recently represented the Borough of Atlantic Highlands Board of Education in successful settlement negotiations with a party who is potentially responsible under the NJ Spill Compensation and Control Act for TCE contamination at the Atlantic Highlands Elementary School. In settlement of prior litigation between the Board and the potentially responsible party, Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr., and Christopher D. Miller helped the Board successfully negotiate for the potentially responsible party to install, at its cost, a “sub-slab depressurization system” at the school. The system is designed to monitor the indoor air quality of the school, and ensure the safety of the school building’s occupants.
07.21.2009
PRESS RELEASE - STATE APPEALS COURT PUTS HOLD ON NJDEP WINTER WASTEWATER DISCHARGE REGULATIONS.
Trenton, NJ. - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed regulations to limit phosphorus discharges in North Jersey Rivers during the winter months were put on hold by a New Jersey Appeals Court today, pending a hearing later this year.
The case argued before the Court on June 2nd, by Diane Alexander and Robert Goodsell involved phosphorus discharges from wastewater treatment facilities in the Passaic River Basin. The rule at issue affects 68 municipalities in Bergen; Morris; Passaic; Sussex; Essex; Somerset; and Union Counties.
The Court said that the DEP failed to make a sufficient case for the aspect of the new regulations that impose winter limitations and has ordered proceedings before an administrative law judge to be completed by January 29, 2010. The Appellate Court will, however, retain oversight of the case.
Diane Alexander, the attorney from Maraziti Falcon & Healey, the Short Hills firm representing three of the wastewater treatment facilities in Morris and Essex Counties, said the ruling represents hope for consumers who may be spared close to two million dollars each year in added chemical costs alone to reduce phosphorus levels in the region’s waterways during the winter months when studies have established that no environmental benefit will be realized.
“Our position has been that the DEP regulation, as written, would place an unnecessary, costly burden on wastewater treatment facilities that would ultimately be borne by residents and businesses to remove phosphorus when it is clearly unnecessary,” said Alexander.
12.22.2008
UPCOMING EVENT - Joseph Maraziti, Jr. will be leading a panel on COAH’s new regulations on January 30, 2009, at the 2009 Redevelopment Institute of New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
11.24.2008
MFHLAW.COM debuts new homepage and begins transitioning entire online presence toward the new design. Each section will soon receive the same facelift providing users with a refined, more intuitive experience.
07.09.2008
PRESS RELEASE - Brent Carney publishes memorandum "Impact of Bill A500 on Redevelopment Plans". The memorandum is a focused summary on new redevelopment plan requirements regarding affordable housing and the statewide non-residential development fee program.
07.09.2008
NJICLE - Land Use, Water Quality and the Law - Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. was a speaker on Amended Wastewater Managment Rules. This event was held at the Woodbridge Hotel & Conference Center, Iselin, NJ.
06.26.2008
Maraziti, Falcon & Healey LLP, was one of the sponsors for The Hot Topics Roundtable - New Jersey Redevelopment 2008, held at The Newark Club, Newark, NJ. Discussions included COAH 3rd Round Rules; financing incentives for affordable housing; green building; redevelopment agreement drafting tips and recent litigation.
