SEPTEMBER 2022 - EPA Aluminum Criteria
Subject: Amend the Highlands Regional Master Plan (RMP) to require monitoring and compliance with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA's) Final aluminum criteria cited by the petitioner for regulated activities that disturb soils, generate stormwater, and/or result in point and non-point discharge of pollutants to wetlands and surface waters, including development and forest management activities. Petitioner also requests amendments to certain DEP regulations and the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) related to same.
Petitioner: Bill Wolfe
Petition Received: Petition Document (pdf)
Register Publication: Notice of Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking (pdf)
Notice of Action: Notice of Action on Petition for Rulemaking (pdf)
This Notice of Action was also sent to the Office of Administrative Law on 11/7/22 for publication in the next New Jersey Register.
MARCH 2022 - Wildfire Hazard Areas
Subject: Adopt Rules Limiting or Prohibiting Development in Certain Wildfire Hazard Areas; Mandating Retrofit of State-of-the-Art Fire Prevention Practices on Existing Development in Certain Wildfire Hazard Areas; and Requiring Monitoring and Reporting of Emissions of Air Pollutants from Wildfires and Prescribed Burns
Petitioner: Bill Wolfe
Petition Received: Petition Document (pdf)
Register Publication: Notice of Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking (pdf)
Notice of Action: Notice of Action on Petition for Rulemaking (pdf)
This Notice of Action was also sent to the Office of Administrative Law on 5/3/22 for publication in the next New Jersey Register.