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1. N.J. lawmakers less friendly to environment in Trenton
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... funding for the 2010-11 state fiscal year, and build support for bills to reduce polluted stormwater run-off into Barnegat Bay and reduce pollution from fertilizers. The activists have been distributing ...

2. Why is the N.J. DEP supporting the interests of polluters over oyster restoration?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... sewer overflows by mandating, rather than suggesting, that municipalities adopt low-impact development plans to manage stormwater runoff. Let's put the resources of the department behind pollution abatement ...

3. We all can play a role in improving water quality in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... sources, including stormwater runoff, litter, pet waste, fertilizers, pesticides and faulty septic and sewer systems. Clean Ocean Action estimates about half of the ingredients in weed- and insect killers ...

4. N.J. DEP bans shellfish gardening in Jersey waters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to look at the larger issue of DEP's lack of efforts to improve water quality in the harbor by reducing combined sewer outfalls and contaminated stormwater runoff that is contributing to bacteria loads ...

5. Report: N.J. beaches open 99.8 percent of time
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... reports of debris and trash. Ocean and bay beaches were closed a total of 180 times last season. Of these, 108 were precautionary closings related to concerns with potential stormwater discharges ...

6. Environmentalists say N.J. DEP wrong not to oversee stormwater control rules
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... stormwater regulations. The study made public in Hamilton, Mercer County by the nonprofit environmental group, finds the state's stormwater rules are not being properly implemented by local officials ...

7. Work begins to cap Global Landfill Superfund site in Middlesex County
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... agreement triggered release of escrow accounts providing $20 million for cleanup work. The cap will provide a protective barrier and, in conjunction with leachate-collection and stormwater-control systems, ...

8. N.J. Sports and Exposition Authority agrees to combat water pollution at Monmouth Park
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... which owns and operates Monmouth Park Racetrack, declares the agency is responsible for the polluting stormwater runoff that has fouled a local waterway. The Sports Authority has agreed to pay a fine ...

9. Christie forms commission to offer solutions to Passaic River flooding
(N.J./State)

... restoration of wetlands and riparian systems, and better managing of stormwaters.'' Assemblyman Scott T. Rumana (R-Passaic), who is chairman of the Passaic River Flood Control Task Force and represents ...

10. Red Bank's Hovnanian Enterprises to pay $1 million in Clean Water Act violations
(N.J./State)

... agreement, the Red Bank-based developer will launch a company-wide stormwater compliance program to improve control of run-off at existing and future construction sites. The deal was announced by the ...

11. Christie's Red Tape Review panel recommends elimination or change of 16 ways state government operates
(N.J./State)

... long term reform and relief, only swift action by the administration and the Legislature on things like the Stormwater Management mandates, binding interest arbitration reform, civil service reform and ...

12. State BPU approval of sale of environmentally sensitive land in Cumberland County draws heavy criticism
(N.J./State)

... the land. The Association of New Jersey Environmental Commission (ANJEC) also disagreed with the BPU's decision. "The tract's forests and wetlands help protect the water supply by filtering stormwater ...

13. Christie cutting $65 million for global warming prevention
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... helping towns to do watershed planning to meet stormwater rules. The revenue would also go to retrofit diesel school buses. "The commissioner talked about one-stop shopping and making the DEP easier ...

14. Jeff Tittel: Executive Orders signed by Christie attack environmental protections
(Opinion/Commentary)

... towns would not have to remove the arsenic to safe levels. Many of our mandates, like stormwater rules, come from the federal government. Will towns not have to follow stormwater rules because it an unfunded ...

15. Pinelands preservation protects nature and all who rely on it
(Opinion/Commentary)

... percent of the region's rare plants and animals. They also purify water by removing sediments, fertilizers, toxins and heavy metals. One acre of wetlands can store up to 1.5 million gallons of stormwater ...

16. Dressel: To deliver New Jersey property tax relief, Gov.-elect Christie must relieve us from unfunded mandates
(Opinion/Commentary)

... service rules, and the rights that employees enjoy in the civil service system, increase local personnel costs and limited the municipality's ability to share services. Stormwater Regulations - The Municipal ...

17. New Jersey DEP using stimulus money for infrastructure projects
(N.J./State)

... return it to use. Another $2.6 million will go to Bayonne for a stormwater collection system and pumping station near East 27th Street to reduce flooding in and around Halecky Park. As well as meeting ...

18. Get off the high horse
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... this nation, has an outdated combined sewer and stormwater system that routinely dumps our sewage into the river during storm events. Obviously there is much to do to restore the Delaware River to ...

19. Relief from mandates equals New Jersey property tax relief
(Opinion/Commentary)

... rules can often times increase local personnel costs and limit the municipalities' ability to create shared services. Our citizens should have the right to withdraw from Civil Service. Municipal Stormwater ...

20. State moves to solve stinky situation around Monmouth Park
(N.J./State)

A $21.5 million state low-interest loan package will create green jobs by funding a project to prevent manure-tainted stormwater from fouling a creek adjacent to Monmouth Park, state Environmental Protection ...