Announcements:

• Important Notice About Direct Billing (Posted 13 February 2007)
• UST Fund Cost Guide Updated (Posted 21 November 2006)
• HDSRF Chart Updated. Grant eligibility at a glance. (Oct 2006)
• Updated Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund (HDSRF) Application Package (29 September 2006)
• Important notice about the funds

NJDEP formed the Environmental Claims Administration (ECA) program, financed by the state Spill Compensation Fund, to help innocent individuals, businesses and local governments suffering direct or indirect damages from the discharge of hazardous substances. ECA also handles claims made through the Sanitary Landfill Facility Contingency Fund, which provides compensation for damages resulting from the improper closure of any governmentally approved sanitary landfill.

ECA also administers the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund (HDSRF) (Last updated: 10 Dec 2004) , which provides financial assistance and grants for investigations and/or remediation of certain contaminated properties and the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Remediation, Upgrade and Closure Fund ("UST Fund"; Last updated 1 June 2004).

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has a program that provides Technical Assistance Grants to affected groups at Superfund sites. The purpose of these grants is to assist citizens' groups in understanding technical information that assesses potential hazards and the selection and design of appropriate response actions at these sites.