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A121
ASSEMBLY, No. 121
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman AL BARLAS
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman ALEX SAUICKIE
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
���� Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from
General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Peckman River.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and the General Assembly
of the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� In addition to the amounts
appropriated under P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2024, there is appropriated from the General Fund the
following amount for the purpose specified:
42 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
40 Community Development and
Environmental Management
42 Natural Resource Management
STATE AID
21-4895� Natural Resources
Engineering ............................. $500,000
���������������� Total State
Aid appropriation,����������������������������������������������
������������������ Natural
Resources Management..........................
$500,000
State Aid:
�������� 21 � �Peckman
River Dredging and Restoration Project................................................................ ($500,000)
The amount hereinabove
appropriated for the Peckman River Dredging and Restoration Project shall be
allocated to the Township of Cedar Grove, the Township of Little Falls, the
Township of Verona, and the Borough of Woodland Park, pursuant to an
application process established by the Commissioner of Environmental
Protection, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget
and Accounting.� The Peckman River Dredging and Restoration Project shall
include the dredging, restoration, cleaning, desnagging, and any other purpose
or activity consistent with the Statewide general permit issued for the
dredging and restoration of the Peckman River, and provided for in the
municipalities� joint plan submitted to the commissioner.� The municipalities shall
file a joint application on a form prescribed by the commissioner, which
application shall include such information as the commissioner may deem
necessary to determine the amount of funding allocated to each applicant,
including, but not limited to, the municipalities� joint plan for the dredging
and restoration of the Peckman River.� The Department of Environmental
Protection shall waive any permit fee for any activity consistent with the
Statewide general permit issued for the dredging and restoration of the Peckman
River, and provided for in the municipalities� joint plan submitted to the
commissioner.�
���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill appropriates an
additional $500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) for dredging and restoration of the Peckman River.� The
Peckman River is a tributary of the Passaic River that flows through the
Townships of Cedar Grove and Verona in Essex County, and the Township of Little
Falls and the Borough of Woodland Park in Passaic County. The bill requires the
supplemental appropriation to be allocated among the aforementioned
municipalities.� The bill directs the Commissioner of Environmental Protection
to establish an application process to determine the amount of funding provided
to each municipality.� The application shall include such information as the
commissioner may deem necessary to determine the amount of funding allocated to
each applicant, including, but not limited to, the municipalities� joint plan
for the dredging and restoration of the Peckman River.
���� The bill further provides
that:
���� 1)��� the Peckman River
Dredging and Restoration Project would include the dredging, restoration,
cleaning, desnagging, and any other purpose or activity consistent with the
Statewide general permit issued for the dredging and restoration of the Peckman
River, and provided for in the municipalities� joint plan submitted to the
commissioner; and
���� 2)��� the Department of
Environmental Protection would waive any permit fee for any activity consistent
with the Statewide general permit issued for the dredging and restoration of
the Peckman River, and provided for in the municipalities� joint plan submitted
to the commissioner.