N.J. Admin. Code § 2:76-17.7 - Committee review of annual planning applications

(a) Within 60 days of receipt thereof, the Committee shall review and evaluate the board's annual planning application submitted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 2:76-17.6 as follows:

1. The Committee shall determine whether all of the components of the comprehensive farmland preservation plan are fully addressed and complete;

2. The Committee shall determine for each designated project area, whether the project area inventory is complete and technically accurate;

3. The Committee shall approve the annual planning application if it finds that the application is complete and accurate, and that it is designed to preserve a significant area of reasonably contiguous farmland that will promote the long-term economic viability of agriculture as an industry.

i. Funding eligibility shall be established pursuant to N.J.A.C. 2:76-17.8.

ii. The Committee shall notify the board of its decision in writing; and

4. If the Committee finds that the comprehensive farmland preservation plan and/or the project area inventories are not complete and accurate, it may grant conditional approval of the annual planning application.

i. The Committee shall notify the board of its decision in writing, setting forth the deficiencies in the application and the information required to cure the deficiencies.

ii. The board shall provide the required information to the Committee within 60 days of receiving notification of the submission deficiencies.

iii. Upon receipt of the required information, the Committee shall review the information within 60 days of receipt thereof and, if appropriate, grant approval pursuant to this section.

(b) The board's failure to provide the requested information within 60 days of receiving notification of the submission deficiencies shall result in a rejection of the annual planning application by the Committee.

1. An application rejected by the Committee shall not be resubmitted by the board until the following funding cycle.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 2:76-17.7

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 1549(a), effective 8/3/2020