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Updated 9/15/08
Everything you wanted to know about
the Permit Extension Act
(posted 10/7/08)
The DEP started a new Web site in an
effort to help us make sense of the
Permit Extension Act, which was
signed into law on September 6,
2008.
The site has information covering,
the act itself, affected permits,
exempted permits, determining if an
activity is in an environmentally
sensitive area, frequently asked
questions and DEP contacts for
Permit Extension Act questions.
A link to the Web site is below:
newhttp://www.state.nj.us/dep/
opppc/extension.htm
Liquid Assets
The Story of Water Infrastructure will
begin airing October 1
on a
public television station near you.
The 90 minute, $1 million documentary
project produced by Penn State Public
Broadcasting highlights the current
state of our nation’s essential water,
wastewater and stormwater
infrastructure. You can help maximize
viewership for Liquid Assets by
contacting your local PBS station to
encourage them to run it during
popular programming hours. Click here
to see a list of stations that have
committed to running the program as of
9/12. (posted 10/7/08)
The
NJDEP Permit Efficiency Task Force
(posted 9/23/08)
The Permit Efficiency Review Task
Force has issued its report which can
be found
here
or at:
http://nj.gov/dep/permittf/documents.html
Long Term Tax Exemption Projects
(posted 9/11/08)
The Local Finance Board has proposed new
rules concerning "Reporting Requirements
for Long-Term Tax Exemption Projects."
The Notice of the proposed rule was
published in the New Jersey Register as
40 N.J.R. 4656(a). The due date for
submitting comments is October 17, 2008.
Click here for a copy of the rule
proposal. pdf
What VetJobs Offers Employers
(posted
9/3/08)
www.vetjobs.com
With the VetJobs flat-fee structure,
employer members get predictable annual
expenses, no matter how many candidates
they hire using the site, or how many
recruiters use the site or company
locations.
Click here for further info.
New Report on Impaired Waters available
(posted 9/2/08)
The New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection has completed
the draft 2008 Integrated Report, which
includes the draft 2008 303(d) List.
The proposed Integrated List including
the 303(d) List was noticed in the New
Jersey Register on August 18, 2008 (see
40 NJR 4835). These documents as well as
instructions for submitting comments are
available on our website at
www.state.nj.us/dep/wms.
The Department is holding an information
session on the 2008 Integrated Report.
A brief overview of the 2008 Integrated
Report process including data
solicitation, assessment methods and
results will be provided. In addition,
staff will provide a brief overview of
the new data management system for both
DEP and outside ambient water quality
data.
This session will be held at the Public
Hearing Room at the NJDEP Headquarters,
401 East State Street, 1st Floor,
Trenton, New Jersey 08625, starting at
1:30 PM on September 11, 2008.
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
Votes to Permanently Designate the Lower
Delaware as SPW Significant Resource
Waters
(posted 7/23/08)
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
Executive Director Carol R. Collier
announced that on July 16, 2008 the
commissioners permanently designated the
Lower Delaware as Significant Resource
Waters under DRBC's Special Protection
Waters (SPW) program.
The
unanimous action taken at the
commission's public business meeting
establishes numeric values for existing
water quality in the
76-mile-long stretch of river extending
from the Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area downstream to the head
of tide at Trenton, N.J.
It
also expands coverage of the DRBC's SPW
anti-degradation regulations to include
the entire 197-mile non-tidal Delaware
River from Hancock, N.Y. south to
Trenton.
"This
permanent designation clearly
demonstrates the DRBC's long-term
objective of keeping our clean water
clean by ensuring that future discharges
to the Lower Delaware will have no
measurable change on
existing high water quality," Collier
said. "We believe this action, along
with the previous SPW designations,
establishes the longest stretch of
anti-degradation policy on any river in
the nation."
Additional SPW information is available
on the commission's web site at
www.drbc.net.
Click here
for more information
Preparedness reminder
(posted 6/19/08)
For one stop shopping for all the latest
manuals, and materials for water and
wastewater preparedness and NIMS
training information go this web site:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/safewater/
watersecurity/home.cfm?program_id=8
Why New Jersey Should
Preserve Authority Ownership!
brochure is
available here.
