{"id":3781,"date":"2025-07-21T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/?page_id=3781"},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:56:36","slug":"20250721a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/notice-of-rule-proposals\/20250721a\/","title":{"rendered":"20250721a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>WATERSHED AND LAND MANAGEMENT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Notice of Substantial Change Upon Adoption to Proposed New Jersey\u2019s Protecting Against Climate Threats (NJPACT) Resilient Environment and Landscapes (REAL) Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coastal Zone Management Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:7<\/p>\n<p>Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:7A<\/p>\n<p>Stormwater Management, N.J.A.C. 7:8<\/p>\n<p>Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:13<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Notice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take notice<\/strong> that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is proposing substantial changes upon adoption to the NJPACT REAL Rules published on August 5, 2024.\u00a0 The Department is proposing substantial changes through certain amendments and repeals to the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) rules, N.J.A.C. 7:7, Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act Rules (FWPA), N.J.A.C. 7:7A, Stormwater Management (SWM) rules, N.J.A.C. 7:8, and the Flood Hazard Area Control Act (FHACA) rules, N.J.A.C. 7:13, as part of a comprehensive update of the State\u2019s Land Resource Protection program to reflect the latest global, regional, and State-specific scientific information and assessments of climate change vulnerabilities that are adversely affecting New Jersey. The REAL rules will help protect New Jersey\u2019s land and water resources, as well as afford protections to public safety, health, and welfare. The REAL rules will ensure the use of the best available State-specific climate science to support New Jersey residents, businesses, and communities.<\/p>\n<p>The public notice of substantial change on adoption is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated July 21, 2025.\u00a0 A copy of the substantial change notice is available from:\u00a0 the Department\u2019s website (<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/proposal-20250721a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/proposal-20250721a.pdf<\/a>) and via LexisNexis\u2019s free public access to the New Jersey Register (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A virtual public hearing is scheduled for September 3, 2025, and more information is available on the Department\u2019s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wlm\/proposals\/\">https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wlm\/proposals\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written comments may be submitted electronically by September 19, 2025, at <u><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/rule-comment-form\/\">https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/rule-comment-form\/<\/a>,<\/u> or in hard copy to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Chris Segal<br \/>\nATTN: 05-24-05<br \/>\nNJ Department of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nOffice of Legal Affairs<br \/>\nMail Code 401-04L; P.O. Box 402<br \/>\n401 East State Street, 7th Floor<br \/>\nTrenton, NJ 08625-0402<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WATERSHED AND LAND MANAGEMENT Public Notice of Substantial Change Upon Adoption to Proposed New Jersey\u2019s Protecting Against Climate Threats (NJPACT) Resilient Environment and Landscapes (REAL) Rules Coastal Zone Management Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:7 Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:7A Stormwater Management, N.J.A.C. 7:8 Flood Hazard Area Control Act [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"parent":76,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3781","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3787,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3781\/revisions\/3787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}