The New Jersey Legislature needs to hear from you to stop a serious threat to the safety and well being
of New Jersey residents! Call your legislators today and urge them to support SCR66/ACR160, the final step in overriding the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's new Flood Hazard Rules.
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association strongly opposes these rules which represent a rollback of protection for our waterways and our communities. Despite our opposition and that of the New Jersey Legislature, NJDEP is still moving ahead with their reckless proposal.
This new rule does not achieve the goals of state and federal water laws including the Clean Water Act. If allowed to go into effect, these rules would:
- INCREASE allowable construction in our buffers putting more people and property at risk.
- DECREASE buffer protections to our waterways, allowing more pollution to flow into our streams, rivers, and other drinking sources.
- WEAKEN oversight on the permitting process in environmentally sensitive areas.
WE CANNOT AFFORD DIRTIER WATER
AND MORE FLOODING.
The New Jersey Legislature must take action to force NJDEP to do its job to protect our water, our citizens, and our state. Call and tell your elected to officials to VOTE YES on
SCR66/ACR160 and protect us all from these dangerous changes.
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