ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Notice of Extension of Comment Periods for Certain Notices of Proposal Published in the October 19, 2015, New Jersey Register

Take notice that, with the permission and on behalf of the State agencies affected, the Office of Administrative Law announces that the comment periods for the notices of proposal from the Departments of Environmental Protection, Human Services, and Children and Families, and the Election Law Enforcement Commission, published in the October 19, 2015, New Jersey Register are hereby extended an additional 10 days. The extension of these comment periods is necessitated by a disruption in the mail delivery of that issue of the New Jersey Register, in order to provide the public with the amount of time to comment set forth in the notices of proposal. The other notice of proposal published in that issue of the New Jersey Register, from the Individual Health Coverage Program Board, is subject to a special rulemaking process under N.J.S.A. 17B:27A-16.1 in which the comment period is independent of New Jersey Register publication.

The affected notices of proposal, in Code title order, are as follows, with the new comment deadlines and comment addresses included:

Environmental Protection; Water Resource Management; Office Of Water Resource Management Coordination, Water Quality Management Planning, Proposed Repeal and New Rules: N.J.A.C. 7:15, Proposed Amendments:  N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4.3 and 7:38-1.1, 47 N.J.R. 2531(a). Submit comments by December 28, 2015, electronically at http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments.  The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) encourages electronic submittal of comments.  Each comment should be identified by the applicable N.J.A.C. citation, with the commenter’s name and affiliation following the comment.  In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to: Gary J. Brower, Esq., Attention:  DEP Docket Number 10-15-09,          Office of Legal Affairs, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 401 East State Street, 7th Floor,             Mail Code 401-04L; P.O. Box 402, Trenton, NJ 08625-0402.

Environmental Protection; Water Resource Management; Division of Water Quality, New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, Treatment Works Approvals, Capacity Assurance Program, and Sewer Ban Program, Proposed Amendments:  N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.8, 22.16, and 22.17, 47 N.J.R. 2582(a)). Submit comments by December 28, 2015, electronically at http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments. Each comment should be identified by the applicable N.J.A.C. citation, with the commenter’s name and affiliation following the comment. The Department encourages electronic submittal of comments.  In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to: Gary J. Brower, Esq., Attention: DEP Docket Number 08-15-09, Office of Legal Affairs, Department of Environmental Protection, 401 East State Street, 7th Floor, Mail Code 401-04L, P.O. Box 402, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402.

Environmental Protection; Air Quality, Energy, and Sustainability; Division of Energy, Security, and Sustainability; Commission on Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection Programs, Proposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 7:28-1.5, 6.1, 24, 58.1, 60.1, and 61.1, Proposed Repeals: N.J.A.C. 7:28-24.10 and 24.11, Proposed New Rules:  N.J.A.C. 7:28-1.6, 24.4, 24.6, 24.8, 24.13, 24.14, 24.16, 24.17, and 65, 47 N.J.R. 2589(a). Submit comments by December 28, 2015, electronically at http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments.  Each comment should be identified by the applicable N.J.A.C. citation, with the commenter’s name and affiliation following the comment. The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) encourages electronic submittal of comments.  In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to: Alice A. Previte, Esq., Attention:  DEP Docket Number  09-15-09, Office of Legal Affairs, Department of Environmental Protection, 401 East State Street, 7th Floor, Mail Code 401-04L, P.O. Box 402, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402.

Human Services; Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Patient Supervision at State Psychiatric Hospitals, Proposed Readoption with Amendments: N.J.A.C. 10:36, 47 N.J.R. 2611(a). Submit written comments by December 28, 2015, to: Lisa Ciaston, Legal Liaison, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services,         PO Box 700, Trenton, NJ 08625, E-mail:  DMHAS.RuleComments@dhs.state.nj.us.

Children and Families; Office of Licensing, Manual of Standards for Children’s Shelter Facilities and Homes, Proposed Readoption with Amendments:  N.J.A.C. 10:124, Proposed New Rules:  N.J.A.C. 10:124-2.2 and 4.11, 47 N.J.R. 2613(a). Submit written comments by December 28, 2015, to: Pamela Wentworth, M.S.W., L.S.W., Department of Children and Families, PO Box 717, Trenton, NJ 08625 or rules@dcf.state.nj.us.

Other Agencies; Election Law Enforcement Commission, Sufficient Public Interest for Public Hearings, Lobbying Mandatory Electronic Filing and Other Filing Clarifications, Proposed New Rule: N.J.A.C. 19:25-2.6, Proposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 19:25-20.4, 20.5, 20.7 through 20.9C, 20.16, 20.19, and 20.20, 47 N.J.R. 2627(a). Submit written comments by December 28, 2015, to: Michelle R. Levy, Associate Legal Director, Election Law Enforcement Commission, PO Box 185, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0185. E-mail written comments by December 28, 2015, to: elec.rulemaking@elec.nj.gov.  Please put “Comment” in subject line.