A pair of bills that would regulate the operation of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles and designate sites in New Jersey for ATV and off-road vehicle usage were approved today by the Senate Environment Committee.

Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) is the sponsor of a bill (S-1059) that would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to designate three sites within New Jersey for use by all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes, and snowmobiles. The sites would be located in the northern, central and southern parts of the state and would be made available for the use of ATVs, snowmobiles, dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles.

SARLO STATEMENT ON FY 2010 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUDGET

TRENTON – Senator Paul Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic, and Vice Chairman of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the Committee’s hearing on the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Budget for FY 2010:

“In the past few years, the DEP has established a number of programs – including permit extension and the licensed site remediation professional program – to make the State’s business climate friendlier without jeopardizing environmental quality. Particularly in this current economy, such actions to encourage business investment and speed up environmental clean-up of contaminated sites represent a welcome and needed culture change at the Department.

MCKEON: TOXIC AND CONTAMINATED SITES POSE A THREAT TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, MEASURE WOULD REFORM DEEPLY FLAWED SITE REMEDIATION

Assembly Environment Chair Welcomes Unanimous Support by Joint Panel; DEP Gratified by Advancing of Measure after Two Years of Effort

(TRENTON) – Assemblyman John F. McKeon today announced that toxic sites pose a serious threat to public health and the environment and the site remediation legislation he sponsored is a significant effort to help reform the clean-up of over 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey.

MCKEON: TOXIC AND CONTAMINATED SITES POSE THREAT TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, MEASURE WOULD REFORM DEEPLY FLAWED SITE REMEDIATION

Assembly Environment Chair Welcomes Unanimous Support by Joint Panel; DEP Gratified by Advancing of Measure after Two Years of Effort

(TRENTON) - Assemblyman John F. McKeon today announced that toxic sites pose a serious threat to public health and the environment and the site remediation legislation he sponsored is a significant effort to help reform the clean-up of over 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey.

MEDIA ADVISORY - JT. SENATE & ASSEMBLY PANEL TO CONSIDER REVISED MEASURE TO REFORM SITE REMEDIATION, ESTABLISH LSRP PROGRAM

(TRENTON) - A joint panel of the Senate Environment and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committees will hold a Thursday afternoon hearing to consider a revised bill that provides for far-reaching reform in the site remediation process by expediting the clean-up of over 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey that pose a hazard to public health and the environment.

MEDIA ADVISORY -- THURSDAY -- JT. SENATE & ASSEMBLY PANEL TO CONSIDER REVISED MEASURE TO REFORM SITE REMEDIATION, ESTABLISH LSRP PROGRAM

(TRENTON) - A joint panel of the Senate Environment and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committees will hold a Thursday afternoon hearing to consider a revised bill that provides for far-reaching reform in the site remediation process by expediting the clean-up of over 20,000 contaminated sites in New Jersey that pose a hazard to public health and the environment.

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Lonegan called the 6-1 decision "an economy-destroying, anti-business giveaway to labor unions."

MCKEON TO OBAMA: JACKSON EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR EPA TO MOVE FORWARD COUNTRY'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA

In a letter to President-elect Barack Obama, Assemblyman John F. McKeon today endorsed Lisa P. Jackson for the post of EPA administrator in the Obama administration stating she would be an excellent choice to move forward the country's environmental agenda.

ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT CHAIR WELCOMES NEW DEP APPOINTMENT
 
Assemblyman John F. McKeon, chair of the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee welcomed Governor Jon S. Corzine's appointment of Mark Mauriello as the commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Environment Protection.

Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson remains the leading candidate to become Jon Corzine's Chief of Staff when Bradley Abelow leaves.  Speculation of Abelow's departure has persistsed for the last six months, but sources close to the administration say the former Goldman Sachs partner will most certainly be gone by the end of the year.  Democratic insiders say that Maggie Moran, Corzine's politically savvy Deputy Chief of Staff for the last four years (and State Director when he was in the Senate) will leave state government to become manage the Governor's re-election campaign.