Any New Jersey businesses conducting soil and fill recyclable material services that do not already possess an A-901 license have until April 20 of this year to register with the state Department of Environmental Protection. As DEP Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced last week, this is a first step to comply with a newly enacted licensing law requiring greater oversight of those activities.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed the law – known as the “Dirty Dirt Bill” – on Jan. 21.