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The bulk of the rules and regulations implementing the federal Clean Water Act and the Water Pollution Control Act can be seen at chapters 14, 14A, 14B, and 14C of the New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C.) N.J.A.C.14A1.1 through N.J.A.C.7:14A-25.10 deal with the NJPDES program; N.J.A.C. 7:14B-1.1 through N.J.A.C.7:14B-16.11 deal with the ...
New Jersey Executive Order 215 (1989) In 1989, then-Governor Thomas Kean (R) signed Executive Order 215 (E.O. 215), which has served as New Jersey's equivalent to statutory environmental policy acts in other states and the federal NEPA statute. The goal of E.O. 215 is "to reduce or eliminate any potential adverse environmental impacts of ...
Environmental law is the collection of laws, regulations, agreements and common law that governs how humans interact with their environment. [2] This includes environmental regulations; laws governing management of natural resources, such as forests, minerals, or fisheries; and related topics such as environmental impact assessments.
The act is intended to preserve both large volumes of New Jersey's fresh water sources for 5.4 million residents and the biodiversity in the area, in the face of increasing development in the exurbs of New York City. [3] The act was signed into law on August 10, 2004, by Governor of New Jersey James McGreevey. [2]
The New York Department for Environmental Conservation has announced new length limits for recreational striped bass fishing during the 2024 season.
The understanding of the links between water quality and health continues to grow and highlight new potential health crises: from the chronic impacts of infectious diseases on child development through stunting to new evidence on the harms from known contaminants, such as manganese with growing evidence of neurotoxicity in children. [4]
The Jersey City Reservoir Preservation Alliance, started in 2002, runs the maintenance and supervision programs necessary to keep the park open to the public every Saturday from May–October. The Alliance also runs summertime programming in arts, music, and recreation to bring new and returning community members to the space.
The New Jersey stormwater management rules were organized in 1983 and updated in 2004. The rules restrict building within 300-foot of "high quality water"; and stormwater and parking lot runoff at new developments must be diverted to a retention basin or a detention basin that are used for groundwater recharge to replenish the aquifer . [ 1 ]