MCKEON BILL TO ALLOW DEP TO CHARGE FOR EXCESSIVE OPRA REQUESTS CLEARS COMMITTEE

Measure Would Charge Fee for Requests That Require Extraordinary Time, Effort 

(TRENTON) --  The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee today released legislation Assemblyman John McKeon sponsored to reduce the number of frivolous government records requests made to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

MCKEON BILL TO ALLOW DEP TO CHARGE FOR EXCESSIVE OPRA REQUESTS CLEARS COMMITTEE

Measure Would Charge Fee for Requests That Require Extraordinary Time, Effort 

(TRENTON) --  The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee today released legislation Assemblyman John McKeon sponsored to reduce the number of frivolous government records requests made to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

TURNER - STATE HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE PARK FUNDING

TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-Mercer, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the budget panel heard from Department of Environmental Protections Commissioner Lisa Jackson about the status of her department’s budget and funding for parks and recreation in New Jersey:

SMITH - ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL HEARING OFFERS SOLID DIRECTION FOR STATE

TRENTON – Senator Bob Smith, D-Middlesex and Somerset, the Chair of the Senate Environment Committee, issued the following statement regarding today’s Committee hearing regarding ongoing State environmental projects and the direction that New Jersey’s environmental policies should take this year:

“I think we had a very productive dialogue today regarding where we are with the implementation of the State’s environmental priorities, and where we should be going in the coming year.

LAUTENBERG, STATE & LOCAL LEADERS
ANNOUNCE NEW LAW & ACTIONS
TO CLEAN UP RAIL WASTE SITES

VAN DREW/ALBANO/MORIARTY/McKEON MEASURE PROVIDING $40 MILLION IN OPEN SPACE FUNDS SIGNED INTO LAW

(TRENTON)- Legislation authorizing $40 million for open space acquisition was ceremoniously signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

BODINE WANTS DEP TO FOLLOW THROUGH
ON FLOOD PREVENTION EFFORTS
Assemblyman Calls Commissioner Jackson's Site Visit to Burlington
A Constructive Start to Improved Dialogue between State & Local Officials

(SOUTHAMPTON) - Assemblyman Francis L. Bodine today said state Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson's recent visit to flood-prone section of Burlington County sends a positive signal of potential cooperation among state and local officials to solve stubborn flooding problems.

SARLO - DEP CAN PROTECT ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT HINDERING BUSINESS GROWTH

TRENTON - State Senator Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Budget panel's hearing regarding the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Fiscal Year 2008 budget: