New Jersey A 3892: Changes the time when child placement review hearings are initiated from 45 days to 60 days.

Bill Text

A3892 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3892 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Excludes permit applications for construction of 
certain pipelines and related infrastructure from eligibility for automatic 
approval if DEP fails to take action on application within 90 days.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning certain construction permits issued by the 
Department of Environmental Protection and amending P.L.1975, c.232.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1975, 
c.232 (C.13:1D-29) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� For the purposes of this 
act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following 
terms shall have the following meanings:

���� a.���� "Commissioner" 
means the State Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

���� b.��� "Construction 
permit" means and shall include:

���� (1)�� Approval of plans for 
the development of any waterfront upon any tidal waterway pursuant to R.S. 
12:5-3.

���� (2)�� A permit for a 
regulated activity pursuant to "The Wetlands Act of 1970," P.L.1970, 
c. 272 (C. 13:9A-1 et seq.).

���� (3)�� A permit issued 
pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c. 185 
(C. 13:19-1 et seq.)

���� (4)�� Approval of a structure 
or alteration within the area which would be inundated by the 100 year design 
flood of any nondelineated stream or of a change in land use within any 
delineated floodway or any State administered and delineated flood fringe area, 
all pursuant to the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act," P.L.1962, c.19 
(C.58:16A-50 et seq.) as amended and supplemented.

���� (5)�� Approval of plans and 
specifications for the construction changes, improvements, extensions or 
alterations to any sewer system pursuant to R.S. 58:11-10.

���� "Construction 
permit" shall not, however, include any approval of or permit for :

���� (1)�� an electric 
generating facility [or 
for] ;

���� (2)�� a petroleum 
processing or storage facility, including a liquefied natural gas facility, 
with a storage capacity of over 50,000 barrels ; or

���� (3)�� a pipeline or other 
line for the transportation or transmission of natural gas or petroleum 
products, or any� infrastructure related thereto.

���� c.���� "Department" 
means the Department of Environmental Protection.

(cf: P.L.1979, c.359, s.8)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill would amend 
P.L.1975, c.232 (C.13:1D-29 et seq.), commonly referred to as the �90-Day Law,� 
to exclude permit applications for the construction of natural gas or petroleum 
product pipelines, and related infrastructure, from eligibility for automatic 
approval if the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) fails to take 
action on an application within 90 days.� Related infrastructure includes, but 
need not be limited to, compressor stations and transmission corridor projects.

���� The �90-Day Law� governs 
permits generally referred to as waterfront development permits, coastal 
wetlands permits, Coastal Area Facility Review Act or �CAFRA� permits, stream 
encroachment or flood hazard area permits, and treatment works approvals, and sets 
forth timeframes to be followed by the DEP when processing applications for 
these permits.� 

���� Currently, the law provides 
that the DEP must approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove an application 
for a construction permit within 90 days following the date that the 
application is deemed complete.� If the DEP fails to take action on an 
completed application within 90 days, it will be deemed to have been approved.