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The NJEDL is an online library of environmental literature and multimedia related to New Jersey. The collection includes documents and reports, scientific studies, photographs, videos, maps, and more.
Most of the items in this collection are considered "grey literature" - unavailable through common research tools like library catalogs and indexes.
Our goal is to locate, acquire, and preserve these valuable but hard-to-find resources for citizens and researchers to use, and to make the collection digitally available - at your desktop!
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 Meeting New Jersey's 2020 Greenhouse Gas Limit
This report provides the Governor, Treasurer, and the State Legislature with recommendations for achieving the 2020 statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) limit, including a comprehensive technical and financial framework for decision making on a range of specific actions that can be taken to reduce GHG emissions in New Jersey. As demonstrated throughout the report, meeting the State's ambitious GHG limits will require not only long-term measures, but also immediate actions that will both stabilize GHG emissions in the short-term and create a foundation for the carbon-neutral future required to meet the 2050 limit.
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 Evaluating Wildlife Impacts of Wind Turbines
Wind turbines have the potential to impact birds and bats, and when located in tidal waters may also impact marine organisms such as marine mammals and sea turtles. Wind turbines when sited on land and in tidal waters will have different impacts. To assess these impacts the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has developed habitat evaluation, impact assessment, and pre- and post- construction monitoring requirements specific to the location of the wind turbine, on land or in tidal waters.
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 Fish Smart, Eat Smart: Guide to Health Advisories
Fish are an excellent source of protein, minerals and vitamins, are low in fat and cholesterol and play an important role in maintaining a healthy, well-balanced diet. However, certain fish may contain toxic chemicals, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and mercury from the water they live in and the food they eat. This guide provides information on how to reduce your risk by avoiding or limiting consumption of certain fish, and guides you in preparing the fish you eat from local waters in ways that reduce your exposure to PCBs, dioxins and mercury.
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Homeowners To Choose Vapor-Mitigation Contractors
The Department of Environmental Protection and federal Environmental Protection Agency have worked out an agreement with DuPont that allows residents of Pompton Lakes to choose contractors to design and install systems to prevent chemical vapors from entering their homes, DEP Acting Commissioner Bob Martin announced. DuPont, which is responsible for cleaning up the pollution from a former munitions plant in Pompton Lakes, will continue to pay for the vapor mitigation systems whether residents choose to have the company install them or select their own contractor. Residents will be able to select vapor mitigation installers from DEP-approved contractors beginning next week. Go to the Web Site
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DEP Supports Pompton Lakes Munition Plant Cleanup
The Department of Environmental Protection is redoubling its commitment to the residents of Pompton Lakes by working with its state and federal partners to ensure a prompt and thorough cleanup of contamination from the DuPont Pompton Lakes Works site. The DEP, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Senior Services and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry are held a public meeting on January 25 to update borough residents about completing the cleanup of contamination from the now-closed DuPont munitions plant. Go to the Web Site
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DEP Calls For Nuclear Plant To Build Cooling Tower
The Department of Environmental Protection has proposed a draft water-discharge permit that calls for Exelon Generation Company, owner of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, to build a closed-cycle cooling system to protect aquatic life in the Barnegat Bay ecosystem, Acting Commissioner Mark N. Mauriello announced. The DEP has determined that a closed-cycle cooling system consisting of cooling towers is the best available technology consistent with the federal Clean Water Act. The DEP is proposing the system be built as a condition for renewal of the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit the nuclear plant needs to operate. Go to the Web Site
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NJ Unveils Plan For Battling Invasive Species
New Jersey can wage a successful war on invasive plants, animals and insects if its arsenal includes tougher prevention methods, early detection of harmful species, faster response to limit environmental damage, and greater public awareness, according to a strategic plan released by Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Mark N. Mauriello. The New Jersey Strategic Management Plan for Invasive Species provides detailed information on the scope of the state's invasive species problem and lays out a series of recommendations for addressing the growing threat to biodiversity, public health and the economy. Go to the Web Site
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- Wastewater Management Facilities Planning Study for Townships of Bass River, Shamong, Tabernacle, Washington and Woodland and the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Burlington, New Jersey: Lombardo & Associates (Report/study).
- Environmental Assessment of the Expansion of the Mountain View Sewerage Treatment Facilities, Wayne Township, New Jersey: Environmental Assessment Council, Inc. (Report/study).
- Bloomingdale Sewerage Facilities, Facilities Plan, Addendums and Revisions: Borough of Bloomingdale (Report/study).
- See more recent additions to the NJEDL.
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