Please respond by June 21

🔗 View the powerpoint from the stakeholder meeting:  
Preliminary list of requirements for an Environmental Justice Impact Statement
  • Analysis of the environmental or public health stressors already borne by the Overburdened Community as a result of existing conditions located in or affecting the Overburdened Community;
  • Determination of environmental or public health stressors that are higher than the geographic point of comparison;
  • Analysis of the potential environmental and public health stressors associated with the proposed new or expanded facility or existing major source;
  • Analysis of how the potential environmental and public health stressors associated with the proposed facility will cause or contribute to stressors already borne by the Overburdened Community;
  • A description of the steps the applicant will implement at the project site to avoid causing or contributing to stressors already borne by the Overburdened Community;
  • If an applicant seeks to demonstrate that a new facility meets a Compelling Public Interest – how the facility is of the type that serves a Compelling Public Interest in the Overburdened Community, including additional measures the applicant would propose to protect public health and improve baseline environmental and public health stressors in the Overburdened Community;
  • Other relevant elements/points of analysis from other existing “impact analyses.”
Environmental Justice Impact Statement (EJIS) Development

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* 1. What feedback do you have, if any, on the preliminary list of requirements for an Environmental Justice Impact Statement (EJIS)? (see above)

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* 2. What, if anything, should DEP require to be included in the EJIS?

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* 3. What, if anything, should NOT be included in the EJIS?

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* 4. What, if any, types of alternatives should be included in the EJIS?

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* 5. How many types of alternatives should the applicant explore?

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* 6. How detailed should the alternative analyses be?

Public Participation

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* 7. How can DEP ensure meaningful public participation in the EJIS process?

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* 8. Are the statutory methods of notice (two newspapers – one local non-English, DEP website and Bulletin) sufficient?

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* 9. How else should an applicant reach community members?

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* 10. How should an applicant determine into which languages notices must be translated?

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* 11. To what extent should DEP participate in or attend the EJIS Public Hearing?

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* 12. When is it appropriate for DEP to require an applicant to hold an additional public hearing?

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* 13. Should DEP require the applicant to provide written responses to comments received during the public comment period or at the public hearing?

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* 14. Should there be an additional/extended public comment period after the public hearing? Under what conditions?

Additional Oversight/Steps

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* 15. Are the statutory methods of making the EJIS available (by governing body and the clerk of the municipality/DEP website) sufficient?

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* 16. Should the regulations have a preapplication phase where DEP determines if the EJIS is sufficient?

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* 17. Should DEP be able to request revisions to the EJIS after Applicant has distributed EJIS for the Public Hearing? …after the Public Hearing?

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* 18. Should DEP include the final EJIS with the final issued permit?

NJDEP's Support Level

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* 19. What support, if any, should DEP provide to ensure the content of an EJIS is understandable?

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* 20. What support, if any, should DEP provide to facilitate a response to the content of an EJIS?

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* 21. Do you have any additional comments?

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