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NJ A696

NJ A696
Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.


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Introduced
01/11/2022
In Committee
01/11/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2024

Introduced Session

2022-2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill appropriates $26,140,000 for the purposes of dredging, and properly disposing of the dredged materials from, certain navigational waterways, projects related to the disposal of dredged materials from such dredging projects, and the dredging of other waterways of navigational importance that are not designated as navigational waterways. The dredging projects of navigational waterways outside of the New York/New Jersey port region have gone unfunded for many years and the situation has reached a critical stage. A number of the projects on the list of navigational waterways in the bill are State priority projects that the State has been unable to fund from the "Port of New Jersey Revitalization, Dredging, Environmental Cleanup, Lake Restoration, and Delaware Bay Area Economic Development Bond Act of 1996," P.L.1996, c.70, because the remaining monies for this type of dredging has been committed to the Delaware River deepening project, another important and crucial navigational waterway dredging project. The projects funded by the $4,000,000 appropriation are of importance to residential and recreational boating.

AI Summary

This bill appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and the proper disposal of dredged materials from navigational waterways, as well as $4,000,000 for dredging and disposing of materials from recreational and residential boating waterways that are not officially designated as navigational. The dredging of these waterways has gone unfunded for years, and the situation has reached a critical stage. The bill also allows the Department of Environmental Protection to apply any unexpended funds from these appropriations towards dredging other navigational channels in the state.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee (on 01/11/2022)

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