Monthly Archives: May 2016

Take a Look At Christie DEP “Lowest Priority” Streams For Updating Flood Maps

What’s wrong with this picture? I was just reading the DEP FY’17 budget documents to research an issue and came across this gem that I had to share. The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) reviews each Department budget and asks … Continue reading

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Christie DEP’s “Concurrent Proposal” to “Fix” Flood Hazard Rules to Avoid Legislative Veto Is A Sham

Rule Must Be Vetoed By Legislature Vague New “Public Interest” State Standard Can Not Block FERC Pipelines No Linkage to Clean Water Act’s Surface Water Quality Standards I want to focus today on the DEP’s “concurrent proposal” (CP) of changes … Continue reading

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Emergency Fundraising Appeal

Please visit this PayPal site and contribute Dear Friends, Activists, and Readers – A year ago, I was forced to shutter the NJ PEER Office due to lack of funding from PEER national and NJ based Foundations and sought crowd source funding to keep … Continue reading

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EPA Asked To Conduct Enforcement Review of BL England Plant and Christie DEP Permit Renewal

The DEP held a public hearing last Tuesday on the BL England power plant and the written public comment expires tomorrow, so I submitted the following comments and request to EPA. While I am not an expert, at a minimum, … Continue reading

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Christie DEP Adopts Flood Hazard Rule Pending Legislative Veto

DEP Admits They Routinely Violated and Did Not Enforce C1 Buffer Rule DEP now claims C1 buffer “was never a “no-build” regulation” The ball is back in the legislature’s court The Christie DEP has adopted the controversial Flood Hazard rules … Continue reading

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