N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-13
In order to assure that the actions, decisions, determinations and rulings of the State, county and municipal governments shall, to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, conform with the comprehensive management plan adopted by the commission pursuant to section 7 of this act, the commission shall prepare, periodically revise and transmit to all State, county or municipal agencies empowered to finance or construct any capital project within the pinelands area, and to all State agencies empowered to grant or deny any approval, certificate, license, consent, or permit for the construction of any structure or the disturbance of land therein, such guidelines for the location and construction of such capital projects or for the granting of any such approval, certificate, license, consent, permit, or financial assistance, as the case may be, as the commission deems necessary and appropriate.
N.J.S. § 13:18A-13