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On Thursday, the Assembly Appropriations Committee released Assembly Bill No. 1978 (Pinkin D-18, Kennedy D-22, and McKeon D-27) and Senate Bill No. 864 (Smith D-17 and Greenstein D-14). These bills would ban single use plastic and paper bags as well as polystyrene foam containers. The bans would take effect in 18 months. The committee vote […]
On July 1, 2020 Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Permit Extension Act of 2020. That Act extended the expiration dates of various development permits during the period of the COVID-19 public health emergency and up to a six-month period beyond that date. The rationale for the extension is the fact that various work could not […]
NJBIA hosted several senior leaders from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to discuss the department’s environmental justice policies and its anticipated implementation of S-232 concerning overburdened communities (currently pending on the Governor’s desk). Chief of Staff and Deputy Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, Deputy Commissioner Olivia Glenn, and Chief Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, Sean Moriarty […]
When it comes to reducing the threat of climate change, wow you get there, when can you get there, and at what cost, are the central questions the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is trying to answer. Sept. 3 it held its second stakeholder meeting as it develops regulations for PACT (“Protecting Against […]
This past week was a busy one in the Senate Labor Committee as it released five bills supported by NJBIA as well as two bills we opposed. One other bill was amended to address our concerns and we stayed neutral. All these bills were released from the committee. NJBIA strongly supported S-1957 (Greenstein, D-14; Oroho, […]
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