ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 140

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 1, 1997

      The Assembly Environment, Science and Technology Committee favorably reports Assembly Resolution No. 140 with committee amendments.

      This resolution would express the General Assembly's strong and unqualified support for the application submitted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct and operate, in Newark Bay in the City of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, a subaqueous confined disposal facility for dredged materials.

      The committee made technical amendments to the bill.