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Development in the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey is regulated by the "Pinelands Protection Act." Environmental law in New Jersey consists of legislative and regulatory efforts to protect the natural environment in the State of New Jersey. Such efforts include laws and regulations to reduce air and water pollution, regulate the purity of ...
The Pinelands Protection Act, passed by the New Jersey Legislature in June 1979, required the development of a Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) for the New Jersey Pine Barrens, a relatively undeveloped, ecologically unique area in New Jersey. The goal of the CMP was to state the rules on how the land may be used.
Due to uncertainty about the definition of wetlands, almost all development in New Jersey halted when the moratorium was imposed. This was worse for developers than the proposed bill, so on July 1, 1987, the New Jersey legislature finally passed the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act. [6]
New Jersey is one of 22 states that will see minimum wage increases on New Year's Day and one of eight total states (plus Washington, D.C.) that have a minimum wage of at least $15. More details ...
Jersey Central Power and Light Co., 69 N.J. 102 (1976), brought the shortcomings of the existing water pollution laws in focus, as well as the court's deference to common-law or tort principles – in which the plaintiffs needed to show damages in order to have standing in the court – despite the fact that the State brought the suit under the ...
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]
Pursuant to certain statutes, state agencies have promulgated regulations, also known as administrative law.The New Jersey Register is the official journal of state agency rulemaking containing the full text of agency proposed and adopted rules, notices of public hearings, gubernatorial orders, and agency notices of public interest. [6]
Just this week, a violent offender free under New Jersey’s Criminal Justice Reform Act, murdered three people in New York after committing serious offenses in Hoboken and Union City on Jan. 11 ...