3 WMM Senior Partners Publish - NJ Environmental Law Handbook
4/29/2014
3 WMM Senior Partners Publish – NJ Environmental
Law Handbook
In recognition of their expertise in handling diverse environmental cases relating to development in the NJ Meadowlands, Steve Gray, Dan Horgan and Tom O’Connor were honored as contributing authors in the 2014 Edition of the NJ Environmental Law Handbook.
While the firm’s environmental practice encompasses all aspects of litigation and regulatory matters including insurance and toxic tort claims, Steve Gray and Tom O’Connor chose to write in Chapter 5 (Section 7) of the Handbook which deals with the subject of saving valuable time in advancing a development project by coordinating the interests of the many agencies which regulate development in the NJ Meadowlands. The chapter is a primer on how these sometimes competing interests can be harmonized.
Dan Horgan chose to write in Section 4 of Chapter 5 on the often perplexing topic of identifying, evaluating and resolving the State’s claim of ownership to properties along rivers and tidal basins now or formerly flowed by tidal waters He explains why having a deed of title to properties in the Meadowlands is often tainted by the State’s riparian claim – and how the State’s claim should be appraised and title “quieted” so that banks will lend, and the regulatory agencies will issue permits for a project.
New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook (8th Edition), Edited by Albert I. Telsey, Bernan Press, available at: Amazon.com: New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook (paperback or Kindle E-book version): http://www.amazon.com/New-Jersey-Environmental-Law-Handbook/dp/1598886681 and Barnes & Noble: New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook (paperback or Nook E-book version): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/new-jersey-environmental-law-handbook-albert-i-telsey/1117353215?ean=9781598886689.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Steve Gray, sgray@lawwmm.com, Dan Horgan, dehorgan@lawwmm.com or Tom O’Connor, toconnor@lawwmm.com.
See next page for Handbook Table of Contents description of the articles we published.
CONTENTS
SECTION 4: RIPARIAN LANDS……………………………………………………….. 173
Daniel E. Horgan, Esq., Waters, McPherson, McNeill, P.C.
Identifying Riparian Claims……………………………………………………….. 173
Riparian Applications……………………………………………………………… 174
Preparing to Apply for a Grant, SNI, Lease or License…………………………… 175
Riparian Grants……………………………………………………………. 175
Leases……………………………………………………………………… 175
Other Information on Grant Maps………………………………………… 175
Claim File…………………………………………………………………. 176
Historical, Legal, and Other Research……………………………………………. 176
Valuing Riparian Claims………………………………………………………….. 176
Riparian Grant Approval………………………………………………………….. 177
SECTION 7: MEADOWLANDS……………………………………………………….. 188
Steven R. Gray, Esq. & Thomas J. O’Connor, Esq., Waters, McPherson, McNeill, P.C.
Solid Waste Disposal Sites Reclaimed for Development………………………... 188
Development on or Adjacent to Wetlands and Open Waters……………………. 189
Redevelopment Areas……………………………………………………………. 191
Applications for Development/NJMC’s Preemptive Zoning Authority………… 191
Zoning Certificate/Subdivision………………………………………….. 191
Variance/Special Exception……………………………………………… 192
Construction Permits/Occupancy Certificates…………………………… 192
Project Impact Assessment……………………………………………………….. 192
Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee……………………………….. 193
Contest of NJMC Actions………………………………………………………… 193
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