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On January 20, 2026, the Department adopted the REAL rule amendments, incorporating the August 2024 proposal and the July 2025 Notice of Substantial Change. The Coastal Zone Management rules, the \u00a0Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act rules, the Flood Hazard Area Control Act rules, and the Stormwater Management rules were significantly amended by this adoption and courtesy copies of these rules, incorporating the amendments, may be found on the WLM Rules page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_btn title=”Copy of REAL Adoption (1\/20\/2026)” color=”info” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-copy” css=”” button_block=”true” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fnjreal%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F222%2Freal_adoption_courtesy.pdf|target:_blank”][vc_btn title=”Flood Hazard Area Technical Manual (1\/20\/2026)” color=”info” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-regular fa-file-pdf” css=”” button_block=”true” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fwlm%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F108%2Fdownloads%2Ffha%2Ffh_044.pdf|target:_blank”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=”3″ css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion color=”white” c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”-1″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”REAL Webinar Archive – 2024″ tab_id=”real2024″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fact Sheet<\/a> Presentation<\/a> Recording<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fact Sheet<\/a> Presentation<\/a> Recording<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n Fact Sheet<\/a> Presentation<\/a> Recording<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n Fact Sheet<\/a> Presentation<\/a> Recording<\/a><\/p>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Public Meeting Archive” tab_id=”public-meeting-archive”][vc_column_text css=””]Webinars were held on Thursday, December 15<\/strong>th<\/sup><\/strong>, 2022 and Monday, December 19th<\/sup>, 2022 from 11:00-12:30 via Microsoft Teams.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n The same information will be presented at each webinar.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Questions regarding the webinar may be directed to AnnMarie Hoagland at\u00a0annmarie.hoagland@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”REAL Notice of Substantial Change Archive” tab_id=”real_nosc_archive”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fact Sheet<\/a> Presentation<\/a> Recording<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1098″ img_size=”full” css=”” el_class=”w-100″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1768937427293{background-color: #FFFFFF !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””] On January 20, 2026, the Department adopted the REAL rule amendments, incorporating the August 2024 proposal and the July 2025 Notice of Substantial Change. The Coastal Zone Management rules, the \u00a0Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act rules, the Flood Hazard Area Control Act rules, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Session 1: Sea Level Rise & Inundation Risk Zone <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Monday, May 20th, 2024:<\/strong> 1:00PM \u2013 2:30PM<\/h3>\n
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Session 2: Environmental Enhancements <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024:<\/strong> 11:30AM \u2013 1:00PM<\/h3>\n
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Session 3: Coastal Climate Protection <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024:<\/strong> 2:00PM \u2013 3:30PM<\/h3>\n
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Session 4: Stormwater <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024:<\/strong> 1:00PM \u2013 2:30PM<\/h3>\n
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\nWatch NJPACT REAL Webinar Recording 12\/15\/22<\/a> <\/i>
\nPresentation 12\/15\/22<\/a> <\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nWatch NJPACT REAL Webinar Recording 12\/19\/22<\/a> <\/i>
\nPresentation 12\/19\/22<\/a> <\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFramework Session – January 15, 2021<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Presentation<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Meeting Video<\/a><\/h6>\n
Framework Session: December 22, 2020<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Presentation<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Meeting Video<\/a><\/h6>\n
Industry Session: September 29, 2020<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Presentation<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comments : George Bakun, Phillips 66, Bayway Refinery<\/a><\/h6>\n
Offshore Wind Session: September 23, 2020<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Presentation<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comments : Marc Reimer, Orsted<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comments : Russell J. Furnari, PSE&G<\/a><\/h6>\n
Utilities Session: September 23, 2020<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Presentation<\/a><\/h6>\n
Transportation Session: September 18, 2020<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Presentation<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comments : NJDOT Division of Environmental Resources<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comments : NJDOT Responses to NJDEP 3\/19\/20 Questions<\/a><\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Comments : NJDOT Supplement to Comments<\/a><\/h6>\n
Renewable Energy Session: September 17, 2020<\/h5>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Presentation<\/a><\/h6>\n
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REAL Notice of Substantial Change Briefing<\/span><\/h2>\n
Thursday, July 17th, 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n