Communities and project participants in New Jersey are awaiting details that will implement legislation signed Sept. 18 by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) that sets what may be the most restrictive “environmental justice” rules in the U.S. on how or whether certain pollution-emitting facilities are built in “overburdened communities.’’
The law will apply to new or expanded projects—including 10-MW or larger power plants, incinerators, waste recycling facilities, sewage treatment plants larger than 50 million gallons per day, landfill, waste recycling plants and other projects defined as air pollution sources under the U.S. Clean Air Act—in communities with large minority and low-income populations that meet state criteria.