NJDEP Regulatory Update

The NJDEP Regulatory Update is back!

Join BCONE and NJSWEP on May 12th and 19th for NJDEP Regulatory Update Sessions. Come hear directly from the regulators what is new and the NJDEP priorities for 2022/2023. 

Agenda for the May 12th Virtual Event (noon to 4pm)

12:00 p.m. – Climate Resilience Planning 

• Climate Science Report – Nick Procopio  
  
• Climate Science Story Map – Nick Procopio 
  
• Climate resilience strategy – Nick Angarone  
  
• Resilient NJ – Nick Angarone  
  

1:00 p.m. – Environmental Justice – Kandyce Perry

• EJ Laws/ Rules 
  
• Environmental Justice Interagency Council 
  
• Statewide EJ Initial Assessment 
  
• AO No. 2021-25 
  

2:00 p.m. – Site Remediation & Waste Management

• Updated Sustainable Waste Program – Division of Sustainable Waste Management – Janine MacGregor 
  
• Food Waste – Janine MacGregor 
  
• Dirty Dirt – Janine MacGregor 
  
• Plastic Bag Ban – Janine MacGregor 
  
• SRRA 2.0/ ARRCS Rules – Lynne Mitchell 
  

3:00 p.m. – State Parks, Forests and Historic Sites  – John Cecil

Agenda for the May 19th Virtual Event (Noon to 4pm)

12:00 p.m. - Watershed and Land Management

• Division of Resilience, Engineering and Construction/ Projects Overview/ Rebuild by Design – Dennis Reinknecht and Erick Doyle
• Wetlands Mitigation Technical Manual – Pete DeMeo
• NJPACT REAL/Rules Update – Vincent Mazzei

• Global Warming Response Act Report – Rupa Deshmukh 
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – Rupa Deshmukh 
• EVs – Peg Hanna 
• NJPACT: Air Toxics & Stationary Source Climate Pollutant Reduction (CPR) Rules – Ken Ratzman
• NJPACT: GHG Monitoring and Reporting Rule - Ky Asral 

           2:00 p.m. – Water Resources Management

• WRM Actions Related to PFAS – Chelsea Brook 
• Water Investment Infrastructure Plan (WIIP) – Kristin Tedesco
• Rules Updates – Ryan Knapick

            3:00 p.m. – Community Investment & Economic Revitalization – Elizabeth Dragon 

• New Program Overview 
  
• Projects/ Initiatives

To register for the May 12th session, please click here.

To register for the May 19th session, please click here.

Registration Fee:

• BCONE and NJSWEP Members: $25 (NJSWEP Members please email info@njswep.org for registration code)
• Government Professionals/Students/Academics/Non-Profit Employees: No Cost (see special instructions during registration)
• Non-Members: $40

Note: All proceeds from this event will benefit the NJSWEP & BCONE scholarship programs.  No refunds will be issued.  If you are unable to attend, you may send someone in your place or your registration fee will be considered a donation to the two organizations' scholarship funds.