[CPEO-BIF] New Jersey legislation for wind and solar on landfills and quarries

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

N.J. Senate passes rule for solar and wind development on brownfields

Abby Gruen
Newark Star-Ledger (NJ)
August 23, 2010

A bill which would permit the development of solar and wind energy 
plants on landfills and quarries was approved by the Senate today by a 
vote of 34-0.

Sponsored by New Jersey Senator Jim Whelan (D-Atlantic), bill S-2126 
allows the development of solar and photovoltaic energy facilities, or 
structures, on any closed landfill or quarry, or existing or closed 
resource extraction operation, in every municipality in NJ, including 
areas preserved under the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan.

Under the bill, the Pinelands Commission would be required to review any 
application for the development of a renewable energy facility to ensure 
that it conformed with their management plan.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/nj_senate_passes_rule_for_sola.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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