The New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee will meet on Monday, August 17, 2020 at 10:00 A.M,
The following bills will be considered:
S2098 (Holzapfel) – Requires labeling of ingredients and restricts phosphorus in household cleansing products.
S2099 (Holzapfel) – Provides State income tax credit for removal of lawns near Barnegat Bay.
S2605 (Smith / Bateman) – Directs BPU to establish utility-scale solar energy development program.
S2611 (Smith / Bateman) – Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment.
S2804 (Smith) – Requires BPU to conduct certain analysis and comparison study of electric transmission grid operating in New Jersey.
Due to the public health emergency, the State House Annex remains closed to visitors and members of the public will not be allowed to attend the meeting in person, unless properly registered to testify on a bill under consideration. The public may monitor the committee proceedings on the New Jersey Legislature homepage, at https: / / www.njleg.state.nj.us / . The committee will take in person testimony on bills for those members of the public who properly register. If you are interested in registering your position with the committee, please fill out the Registration Form located on the New Jersey Legislature home page under the applicable committee heading. If you wish to testify, check the box ‘Do you wish to testify?’ on the form. The form must be submitted by 3:00 PM on August 14, 2020. Instructions for providing testimony will be forwarded to you.
The public is encouraged to submit written testimony electronically in lieu of oral testimony. Written testimony will be included in the committee record and distributed to the committee members. Written testimony should be submitted to OLSAideSEN@njleg.org.
(The public may address comments and questions to Matthew H. Peterson, Committee Aide, or make bill status and scheduling inquiries to Pamela Cocroft, Secretary, at 609-847-3855, fax 609-292-0561, or e-mail: OLSAideSEN@njleg.org. Written and electronic comments, questions and testimony submitted to the committee by the public, as well as recordings and transcripts, if any, of oral testimony, are government records and will be available to the public upon request.)
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