This Office was
established to improve service to permit applicants by way
of better communication, coordination, and identification
of fatal flaws or pollution prevention opportunities early
in the permitting process.
Permit Coordination
and Environmental review provides a total facility approach:
a two phased coordinated permitting and compliance assistance
process (see program flow chart). A permittee can turn to
one source to first, determine if a development plan is advanced
enough to be ready to submit permit applications and secondly,
to then establish a full Departmental permitting team to identify
all permits required for a development, significant facility
start-up, or expansion project and to maintain consistent
contact throughout the process. This two phased process will
allow the Department to provide better customer service to
the public and regulated entities.
The Office provides
assistance to those new major construction, development, and
remediation projects which are complex in the number, variety
and timing of permits required to initiate and complete their
projects. A project team, comprised of permitting and compliance
staff, will review permits, identify any additional pollution
prevention measures that may reduce costs and improve the
efficiency of the facility, and provide compliance assistance
to new and existing facilities.
Additionally, the
program coordinates the Departmental reviews of Environmental
Assessment(EA) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) that
have been prepared pursuant to regulatory requirements of
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and New Jersey
Executive Order No. 215 of 1989 (EO#215).
Permit
Cordination
