N.J. Admin. Code § 7:1C-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:1C-1.3 - Purpose

(a) This chapter is promulgated for the following purposes:

1. Ensure meaningful public participation in the Department's analysis of environmental and public health stressors in overburdened communities and a facility's contributions thereto;

2. Limit the placement of new facilities that would create a disproportionate impact by causing or contributing to adverse cumulative stressors in an overburdened community; and

3. Reduce environmental and public health stressors in overburdened communities in the permitting of new, expanded, and existing major source facilities by requiring incorporation of measures to avoid, minimize, and/or reduce facility contributions thereto.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:1C-1.3

Adopted by 55 N.J.R. 661(b), effective 4/17/2023