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The state Department of Environmental Protection and the State Police will hold a public hearing and information session on Tuesday in Toms River on the state Radiological Emergency Response Plan for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey in Ocean County.

It is the last of three sessions on response plans for the state's four nuclear reactors. As required by the state's Radiation Accident Response Act, public hearings are must be held annually to determine the effectiveness of the plan. Representatives from

DEP will conduct an information session prior to the hearing.

The information session will begin at 6 p.m. in the Ocean County Administration Building, 101 Hooper Ave., Room 119, Toms River. The hearing will follow at 7 p.m. Copies of the Radiological Emergency Response Plan will be available.

The plan is also available for review at the Ocean County Office of Emergency Management, Robert J. Miller Air Park, Route 530 in Berkeley.

– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM