http://www.wolfenotes.com/2010/02/dep-creates-sham-process-to-cover-legal-defects-in-christie-orders/ Holding Polluters and Government Accountable Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:10:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.wolfenotes.com/2010/02/dep-creates-sham-process-to-cover-legal-defects-in-christie-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-5520 WolfeNotes.com » Year of Rollback, Retreat, and Appeasement – Christie Worse Than Whitman 1994 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:31:46 +0000 http://www.wolfenotes.com/?p=5024#comment-5520 [...] DEP Creates Sham Process To Cover Legal Defects in Christie Orders (2/28/10) [...] [...] DEP Creates Sham Process To Cover Legal Defects in Christie Orders (2/28/10) [...]

]]> http://www.wolfenotes.com/2010/02/dep-creates-sham-process-to-cover-legal-defects-in-christie-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 WolfeNotes.com » NJEF Provides Cover as DEP Runs Away From Christie Freeze on Drinking Water Standards Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:04:14 +0000 http://www.wolfenotes.com/?p=5024#comment-2843 [...] Legally, DEP may not adopt the proposal because it is subject to the EO moratorium and legally expires on March 16, before April 20, the end of the EO#1 moratorium. The only way to adopt the rule would be to exempt the proposal from the Christie moratorium. This also would require that DEP respond to public comments in 1 day. Both actions would be deeply embarrassing and illustrate why EO #1 was ill advised and expose the “re-opened” formal public comment period and informal stakeholder processes a sham (* and would confirm exactly the criticisms we have levied). [...] [...] Legally, DEP may not adopt the proposal because it is subject to the EO moratorium and legally expires on March 16, before April 20, the end of the EO#1 moratorium. The only way to adopt the rule would be to exempt the proposal from the Christie moratorium. This also would require that DEP respond to public comments in 1 day. Both actions would be deeply embarrassing and illustrate why EO #1 was ill advised and expose the “re-opened” formal public comment period and informal stakeholder processes a sham (* and would confirm exactly the criticisms we have levied). [...]

]]> http://www.wolfenotes.com/2010/02/dep-creates-sham-process-to-cover-legal-defects-in-christie-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-2809 WolfeNotes.com » Safe Drinking Water Jeopardized by Christie Moratorium Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:17 +0000 http://www.wolfenotes.com/?p=5024#comment-2809 [...] Either possibility is bad news, because the perchlorate standard is likely to be killed, because it expires on March 16, just 24 hours after the close of the “re-opened” public comment period under the Executive Orders. But even if DEP were able to recommend adoption of the perchlorate MCL in less than 1 day to avoid the expiration, that still would exposes the public comment period as a sham, because it is virtually impossible to read, evaluate and respond in writing to public comment in just one day (see: “DEP Creates Sham Process to Cover Defects in Christie Executive Orders“) [...] [...] Either possibility is bad news, because the perchlorate standard is likely to be killed, because it expires on March 16, just 24 hours after the close of the “re-opened” public comment period under the Executive Orders. But even if DEP were able to recommend adoption of the perchlorate MCL in less than 1 day to avoid the expiration, that still would exposes the public comment period as a sham, because it is virtually impossible to read, evaluate and respond in writing to public comment in just one day (see: “DEP Creates Sham Process to Cover Defects in Christie Executive Orders“) [...]

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