By Frank Brill, EnviroPolitics Editor
Here’s the Assembly lineup for Monday:
A2731 – Removes statutory limitations on the number of permits that may be issued by the Division of Fish and Wildlife for the taking of beaver.
A4535 – Establishes the “Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership Act.”
A4819 – Establishes goals, initiatives, and programs to encourage and support use of plug-in electric vehicles.
A6014 – Establishes NJ Climate Change Resource Center at Rutgers University, appropriates up to $500,000.
S721 – Authorizes use of certain electric school buses.
A1751 – Authorizes use of electric school buses.
S1883 – Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires NJ DOT to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT.
A3783 – Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires NJ DOT to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT.
S2421 – Concerns installation of electric vehicle charging stations in common interest communties.
A1030 – Concerns installation of electric vehicle charging stations in common interest communities.
S2511 – Changes title of DEP “conservation officer” to “conservation police officer.”
S2826 – Requires institutions of higher education to offer cats and dogs no longer used for educational, research, or scientific purposes for adoption; designated the “Homes for Animal Heroes Act.”
A5157 – Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to establish pilot program to allow special occasion events to be conducted on preserved farmland under certain conditions.
S3939 – Establishes the Recycling Market Development Council.
S3944 – Establishes a task force to study recycling streams in NJ and challenges faced by local governments in running recycling programs.
S3985 – Amends the “Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act” to add a definition of “open access offshore wind transmission facility” and revises the law concerning “qualified offshore wind projects.”
ACR198 – Urges cooperative approach among all levels of government to provide funding and other resources to clean up plastic pollution.
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