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Environmental and Historic Preservation Review Information
The Environmental and Historic Program of the Division of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation ensures that all funded projects meet federal compliance. The federal government requires all construction work done in Hurricane Ida recovery programs and Superstorm Sandy recovery programs that are funded with Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) dollars be reviewed in a tiered environmental assessment to ensure projects undertaken will have no significant impact on the environment. Therefore, no construction work can begin on projects until all levels of environmental review have been complete and found to be in compliance. Public notices about the environmental review records for recovery projects are published in English and Spanish on this webpage.
Any individual, group, or agency disagreeing with a project’s environmental review determination or wishing to comment on the project may submit written comments within a set public comment period to:
Division of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation, Environmental Historic Program
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
101 South Broad Street
PO Box 823
Trenton, NJ 08625-0823
Public comments may also be submitted via email at DRM.EHPComments@dca.nj.gov.
When submitting a public comment, please be sure to reference the project name and location in the comment.
Public comments can additionally be submitted to:
Tennille Smith Parker
DRSI, Division Director, HUD
451 Seventh Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20410
The following are Hurricane Ida recovery projects that are currently in the environmental review public comment period:
Posted on August 25, 2025
Proposed Action under the CDBG-DR Resilient Communities Program
Early Notice and Public Review of a Proposed Activity in a Floodplain and Wetland
Project Description: A proposed new bioretention basin and stormwater pump station facility would minimize flooding along Bergen Street in Carteret, particularly during major storm events. The bioretention basin would catch, clean, and temporarily store stormwater runoff. The stored stormwater would be attenuated through an outlet control structure, directed to the pump station, and eventually drain into the Arthur Kill waterway.
Location: 40 Bergen Street in Carteret, Middlesex County.
All comments received by September 10, 2025, will be considered by DCA.
Actividad propuesta en el marco del Programa Comunidades Resilientes, bajo el Bloque de Subvenciones para el Desarrollo Comunitario y Asistencia para Recuperación por Desastres (CDBG-DR, por sus siglas en inglés)
Aviso preliminar y revisión pública de actividad propuesta en llanura aluvial y humedales
Descripción del Proyecto: El borough de Carteret propone construir una nueva cuenca de biorretención y una estación de bombeo de aguas pluviales con el fin de minimizar las inundaciones a lo largo de la calle Bergen, particularmente durante los eventos de tormenta catastrófica. La propuesta instalación de biorretención que capturaría, limpiaría y almacenaría temporalmente el escurrimiento de aguas pluviales. Las aguas pluviales almacenadas se atenuarían a través de una estructura de control de salida y se dirigirían a la estación de bombeo, en donde las bombas de columna presurizarían el agua a través de la tubería de impulsión con descarga a los gaviones existentes en el área y la drenarían al canal Arthur Kill.
Ubicación: 40 Bergen St. en Carteret, condado de Middlesex, Nueva Jersey.
Todos los comentarios recibidos hasta el 10 de septiembre de 2025 serán considerados por el DCA.
The following are Superstorm Sandy recovery projects that are currently in the environmental review public comment period:
There are currently no Superstorm Sandy recovery projects in the environmental review public comment period.
Phone : Constituent Services Office
(609) 913-4824
Email
DRM.EHPComments@dca.nj.gov
Mail
Division of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation
PO Box 823
101 South Broad Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0823