Bill > A5194

Introduced Session

This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to establish, to the extent allowable under the federal "Clean Water Act," a ranking system for nonpoint source pollution control grants it issues pursuant to the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.). Under the bill, the ranking system would include, but not be limited to, priority to projects that are located (1) in an area that is served by a stormwater utility, (2) in a municipality that has an ordinance prohibiting the use of lawn fertilizers, (3) in an area that has experienced recent economic hardship because nonpoint source pollution has limited the uses of a nearby waterbody, or (4) in a municipality that has an ordinance imposing maintenance and inspection standards on the owners and operators of septic systems. The DEP's current nonpoint source pollution control grant program, known as "The Water Quality Restoration Grant Program," uses Corporation Business Tax revenues appropriated pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6, subparagraph (a) of the New Jersey Constitution and federal funds allocated to the State pursuant to the federal "Clean Water Act."

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Robert Karabinchak (D)*,  Lisa Swain (D)*,  Adam Taliaferro (D)*,  Mila Jasey (D),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D), 

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee (on 06/10/2021)

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