NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DIVISION OF WATER MONITORING AND STANDARDS
Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring

Notice of Rule Proposal
Shellfish Growing Water Classification N.J.A.C. 7:12

PUBLIC NOTICE
Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing amendments, repeals, and new rules to the Shellfish Growing Water Classification rules at N.J.A.C. 7:12 to bring the Shellfish Growing Water Classification rules into conformance with the current National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) standards, add new permits for various growing and harvesting activities, amend and update existing permits, modify the delineations of the various classifications of the State’s shellfish growing waters to reflect the most current sanitary water quality testing data, and update and streamline the rules generally.

The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated November 16, 2015.  A copy of the proposal is available at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/proposals/20151116a.pdf; and the LexisNexis free public access to the New Jersey Register, www.lexisnexis.com/njoal.

Written comments may be submitted electronically by January 15, 2016 at http://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments; or in hard copy to:

G. Colin Emerle, Esq.
ATTN: DEP Docket No.11-15-10
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Legal Affairs
Mail Code 401-04L; PO Box 402
401 East State Street, 7th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402