[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2895

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MAY 1, 1997

By Assemblymen AZZOLINA, CORODEMUS and T. Smith

An Act prohibiting the siting of a facility for the disposal of port region dredged materials in a portion of the Raritan Bay and supplementing Title 13 of the Revised Statutes.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Any certification submitted to the State pursuant to section 307 of Pub.L. 89-454 (16 U.S.C.§1456), by an applicant proposing to construct in the Raritan Bay a containment island that is 2.3 miles in length, ¹[.5]0.5¹ miles in width and 60 feet above sea level for the disposal of dredged materials dredged from the port region, that is offshore of the ¹[Boro] Borough¹ of Keansburg, Monmouth County, and that is identified as an alternative disposal site in the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Interim Report of September, 1996, entitled "Dredged Material Management Plan for the Port of New York and New Jersey," shall be deemed inconsistent with the State's Rules on Coastal Zone Management, as codified at N.J.A.C.7:7E-1.1 et seq., and shall not be concurred in by the State.

    For the purposes of this act, "port region" means the geographic area created by Article II of the Compact of April 30, 1921, creating the bi-state agency, now known as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and which is commonly referred to as the Port of New York District.

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Prohibits siting of facility near Keansburg in Raritan Bay for disposal of dredged materials from port region.