Comments on EJ Rule Proposal Now Available
Participation Opportunities
Upcoming Administrative Order 2021-25 Public Hearings
November 16 - Covanta, Essex County Resource Recovery Facility (virtual)
November 16 - Alpa Shredding, Mercer County (virtual)
November 29 - Yannuzzi Group Class B Recycling Facility, Middlesex County
(virtual)
Facilities subject to the Environmental Justice Law and the Administrative Order 2021-25 must facilitate meaningful opportunities for overburdened communities to engage in permitting decisions for pollution-generating facilities through an enhanced public participation process. Scroll to the bottom of OEJ's "Get Involved" page or click below for a complete list of hearings.
Black Maternal and Infant Health Leadership Summit
Tuesday, November 22nd, 9am-12pm
(must be available for entire session)
First Lady Tammy Murphy will host the annual Black Maternal and Infant Health Leadership Summit, which brings together experts from across the state to discuss and identify solutions to New Jersey's maternal and infant health crisis. Participants range from doulas, providers, health systems, elected officials, nonprofits, activists, moms, state departments and agencies, and more.
For more information about the summit and other Nurture NJ resources, visit the Nurture NJ webpage.
EPA Seeks EJ Input for Upcoming Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) Rulemaking
EPA is accepting written comments via the public docket: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0801 until November 15, 2022.
The public meetings on environmental justice are part of several stakeholder engagement activities and consultations that EPA is engaging in prior to proposing the LCRI. EPA is also consulting with the agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC), federal and local entities, and a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel as required under the Safe Drinking Water Act and other federal statutes and executive orders.
Learn more about safe drinking water and the upcoming Lead and Copper Rule Improvements rulemaking and related engagements.
Webinar: Small Business Stimulus Program
Tuesday, December 6th 8:30-9:00 am
This webinar will discuss how small business owners can provide a safer and healthier business environment while saving energy and money.
Small Business Stimulus Program is available to women and minority-owned small businesses and offers up to $500,000 to improve indoor quality, energy efficiency and water conservation to eligible small businesses with a commercial storefront. The program covers up to 75% of the cost of projects to:
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Repair/install HVAC to improve air quality/airflow and ventilation in a commercial facility and;
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Bring up to modern standards plumbing fixtures (faucets, toilets, showerheads) and commercial appliances (dishwashers, clothes washers, ice makers).
Comment Opportunities
Comment Period Open on Reducing Greenhouse Gases from
Electric Generating Units
The EPA has opened a public docket to accept pre-proposal input on EPA’s efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from new and existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). The goal of this non-rulemaking docket is to gather perspectives from a broad group of stakeholders in advance of our proposed rulemakings.
Search for Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0723 and follow the online instructions for submitting information. The docket will remain open until March 27, 2023.
Information on submitting input to the docket is also available.
If you need assistance, please contact PowerSectorGHG@epa.gov.
The Agency will provide a separate opportunity for public comment on any future proposed rulemaking(s) for EGUs through a formal comment period announced in the Federal Register.
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All New Jersey residents, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, have a right to live, work, and recreate in a clean and healthy environment. Historically, New Jersey’s low-income communities and communities of color face a disproportionately high number of environmental and public health stressors and, as a result, suffer from increased adverse health effects. New Jersey seeks to correct these outcomes by furthering the promise of environmental justice.
DEP’s Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) aims to improve the quality of life in New Jersey’s most vulnerable communities by educating and empowering communities who are often outside of government decision-making processes and guiding DEP’s programs and other state departments and agencies in implementing environmental justice.
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