Chapter 38 - HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING ACT RULES

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION (§ 7:38-1.1 to 7:38-1.5)
  2. Subchapter 2 - JURISDICTION, APPLICABILITY AND EXEMPTIONS (§ 7:38-2.1 to 7:38-2.6)
  3. Subchapter 3 - PRESERVATION AREA STANDARDS (§ 7:38-3.1 to 7:38-3.12)
  4. Subchapter 4 - HIGHLANDS RESOURCE AREA DETERMINATIONS (§ 7:38-4.1 to 7:38-4.3)
  5. Subchapter 5 - RARE, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT EVALUATIONS (§ 7:38-5.1 to 7:38-5.4)
  6. Subchapter 6 - HIGHLANDS PRESERVATION AREA APPROVAL (§ 7:38-6.1 to 7:38-6.9)
  7. Subchapter 7 - EMERGENCY PERMITS (§ 7:38-7.1 to 7:38-7.2)
  8. Subchapter 8 - PRE-APPLICATION PROCEDURES (§ 7:38-8.1)
  9. Subchapter 9 - APPLICATION CONTENTS (§ 7:38-9.1 to 7:38-9.8)
  10. Subchapter 10 - FEES (§ 7:38-10.1 to 7:38-10.2)
  11. Subchapter 11 - REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS (§ 7:38-11.1 to 7:38-11.8)
  12. Subchapter 12 - CONTENTS OF APPROVALS (§ 7:38-12.1 to 7:38-12.4)
  13. Subchapter 13 - ENFORCEMENT (§ 7:38-13.1 to 7:38-13.19)
  14. Subchapter 14 - ADOPTED GENERAL PERMITS (§ 7:38-14.1 to 7:38-14.2)

Notes

CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: September 19, 2022.
See: 54 N.J.R. 1972(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 38, Wild and Scenic Rivers System, became effective September 18, 1980, as R.1980 d.401. See: 12 N.J.R. 458(a), 12 N.J.R. 577(b). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 38 was readopted as R.1985 d.510. See: 17 N.J.R. 1986(a), 17 N.J.R. 2553(a). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 38 was readopted as R.1990 d.505, effective September 18, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 1317(a), 22 N.J.R. 3229(a). Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 38 expired on September 18, 1995.
Chapter 38, Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules, was adopted as special new rules by R.2005 d.177, effective May 9, 2005. See: 37 N.J.R. 2050(a).
Chapter 38, Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules, was readopted as R.2006 d.420, effective November 2, 2006. As a part of R.2006 d.420, Subchapter 14, Adopted General Permits, was adopted as new rules, effective December 4, 2006. See: 37 N.J.R. 4767(a), 38 N.J.R. 5011(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 38, Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules, was scheduled to expire on November 2, 2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1d, the expiration date of Chapter 38, Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules, was extended by gubernatorial directive from November 2, 2013 to December 31, 2015. See: 45 N.J.R. 2478(b).
Chapter 38, Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules, was readopted, effective December 1, 2015 See: 48 N.J.R. 79(a). Petition for Rulemaking. See: 54 N.J.R. 727(a), 728(a), 1089(a), 1090(a).
Chapter 38, Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules, was readopted, effective September 19, 2022. See: Source and Effective Date.

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.128 et seq., 13:1D-1 et seq., 13:9B-1 et seq., 13:20-1 et seq., 23:2A-1 et seq., 58:1A-1 et seq., 58:10A-1 et seq., 58:11-23 et seq., 58:11A-1 et seq., 58:12A-1 et seq., and 58:16A-50 et seq.

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