Tuesday, September 28, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
DEP office to mediate disputes with business rather than take them to court (Fallon, The Record) Trenton, Mercer County
“Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin is resurrecting a program that mediates disputes between the agency and businesses such as land developers over everything from permits to fines, officials said Monday.”
No Agreement on DEP’s New Office of Dispute Resolution (Johnson, NJ Spotlight) Trenton, Mercer County
“The Christie administration yesterday said it was resurrecting the Office of Dispute Resolution, once a much criticized section of the Department of Environmental Protection that environmentalists viewed as weakening the enforcement of pollution laws.”
The Future of the ARC Tunnel (Magyar, NJ Spotlight) Hudson County
“Governor Christie’s unilateral suspension of new work on the $8.7 billion mass-transit tunnel into Manhattan sparked speculation that he was considering abandoning the project in order to use the money to replenish the drained Transportation Trust Fund, which underwrites roads and related infrastructure throughout the state. That theory was bolstered a week ago when Christie’s New Jersey Transit chief confirmed that there had been discussions within the administration about doing just that.”
NJ Transit Proposes Downtown Development (Moses, Hoboken Patch) Hoboken, Hudson County
“New Jersey Transit proposed its tentative plan for the downtown train terminal on Monday night during a well attended public meeting at the waiting room in the Lackawanna Terminal.”
Phillipsburg Planning Board gives preliminary approval to solar field on former Ingersoll-Rand property (Wojcik, The Express-Times) Phillipsburg, Warren County
“A 22-acre solar field proposed for the former Ingersoll-Rand property can move forward as long as the project receives town council’s blessing and completes a number of conditions — including repair of the Route 22 entryway to the site.”
Warren County reaches milestone of 20,000 farmland acres preserved (Wichert, The Express-Times) Warren County
“Down a dirt road and into the foggy pasture of a White Township farm, state and local officials traveled today to celebrate a milestone for the agricultural community in Warren County: 20,000 acres of farmland have been preserved.”
JOBS
Senior Planner Heyer, Gruel & Associates, Red Bank, Monmouth County
Associate Planner Heyer, Gruel & Associates, Red Bank, Monmouth County
Civil/Environmental Engineer ARCADIS, Edison, Middlesex County
Senior Environmental Engineer FPC of Huntsville, Edison, Middlesex County
