George Shivas, chairman of the Planning Board, admitted he was torn and didn t know if it was the right decision. But in this case, how [Wawa] worked with us, I felt in my mind, I had to vote yes, Shivas said, adding that the Board has the right to deviate from any regulations, including the master plan.
The board s decision came after six meetings, the first on Sept. 10. Board members that voted for the project touted the applicant s thoroughness and willingness to address issues the board had including lighting, signage, landscaping and protection of Lubbers Run, a tributary to the Musconetcong River that flows behind the property.
N.J.’s sinking fishing industry nabs $11M life raft from state
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
Deckhand Albie Shopp unloads whiting caught aboard the commercial fishing boat Little Ike at the Belford Seafood Co-Op in Middletown, N.J. on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Nearly a year after being approved by federal lawmakers, financial relief is being handed out to New Jersey’s battered fishing industry.
Gov. Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday that $11.3 million in grants are being distributed to Garden State fishermen, and the businesses that support them.
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Solvay Specialty Polymers said it is using unnamed “process aids” at its West Deptford facility as a substitute for PFNA. (Delaware Riverkeeper Network)
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A South Jersey chemical company knew that a group of its “forever chemicals” was damaging to human health but hid that from federal regulators for at least six years, according to a petition filed by an advocacy group to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Environmental Working Group, a national nonprofit, said Solvay Specialty Polymers of Gloucester County violated the federal Toxic Substances Control Act by failing to report its finding that the chemicals posed a substantial risk to human health or the environment as soon as it got the test results in June 2005.
Newark and New Jersey officials reach settlement in yearslong lawsuit over lead contamination of city drinking water
The city of Newark, New Jersey, resolved yearslong litigation Tuesday in connection to its water crisis, in which city drinking water was contaminated with illegally high levels of lead.
Officials from the city and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) reached an agreement with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Newark Education Workers Caucus, which sued city and state officials in June 2018 for ongoing violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, including their failure to address the lead crisis on a timely basis.