Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission

The Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission was established in October, 1974, when Governor Brendan Byrne signed the D&R Canal State Park Law. The Commission was created to accomplish three main tasks:

To review and approve, reject or modify any action by the State in the Canal Park, or any permit for action in the park;
To undertake planning for the development of the Canal Park; &
To prepare and administer a land use regulatory program that will protect the Canal Park from the harmful impacts of new development in central New Jersey.

Meeting Announcement
The next meeting of Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission will be on June 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Prallsville Mills in Stockton, New Jersey. Formal action will be taken at this meeting.

Agenda for the June 19, 2019 Commission Meeting

A synopsis of the projects to be reviewed at this meeting have been posted here in PDF file format and are listed below. To view/print one, or all, simply choose the item (one at a time) from the drop-down list below.

D & R Canal State Park Master Plan, 2nd Edition, 1989

Permanent Structural or Infrastructure Projects on State Property

Regulations For The Review Zone of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park

Bylaws of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission (Adopted April 18, 2018)

2017 Annual Report

The Canal Commission's Review Zone is now a layer on the Department of Environmental Protection's NJ-GeoWeb, an interactive map that allows users to access and interact with DEP data through their web browser. To access the map, click on the link below.

The D & R Canal Commission Interactive Review Zone Map on DEP's NJ-GeoWeb

For those that have access to the appropriate GIS software, our Review Zone map can also be viewed by downloading and saving the necessary files to their computers. Those files have been zipped into one and are available here for download. Click on the link below to access the zipped file.

The D & R Canal Commission Review Zone Map (File Size: 430KB)

Members of the Commission Catherine R. McCabe, Commissioner, DEP Olivia Glenn, Rep. for Commissioner McCabe Julia Cobb Allen Mary Allessio Leck John S. Loos, Vice Chairman Phillip Lubitz Douglas H. Palmer Bruce D. Stout	Staff John Hutchison, Executive Director E-Mail: John.hutchison@dep.nj.gov Melissa Abatemarco, Deputy Attorney General Joseph Ruggeri, PE, Review Zone Officer Damian Friebel, Review Zone Officer M. Colleen Christie Maloney, Review Zone Officer E-Mail: Colleen.maloney@dep.nj.gov Tammy Romsdahl, Secretary, E:Mail: Tammy.Romsdahl@dep.nj.gov