N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-10.32

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:50-10.32 - General standards

(a) Electric transmission right-of-way vegetation management activities shall be authorized in the Pinelands Area in accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey Pinelands Electric Transmission Right-of-Way Plan, dated February 2009, as amended and supplemented and available at the principal office of the Commission or at http://www.nj.gov/pinelands until December 31, 2019, or as extended pursuant to 7:50-10.35(c).

(b) The utility companies and their successors or assigns are authorized to proceed with conforming vegetation management prescriptions without prior notice to and review by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-4, provided that:

1. Each utility company shall submit an annual report to the Executive Director, in such form as he or she shall prescribe, that identifies the specific right-of-way spans in which prescribed vegetation management activities have been performed. This report shall be due on January 31 of each year and shall cover the preceding calendar year; and

2. In lieu of any application fees required by 7:50-1.6, each utility company shall remit to the Executive Director the following amounts on January 31 of each year to help finance the Commission's inspection and monitoring obligations specified in (c) and (d) below. The first payment shall be due on January 31, 2010 and the last payment shall be due on January 31, 2018.

i. Public Service Enterprise Group - $ 22,500;

ii. Jersey Central Power and Light - $ 8,900; and

iii. Atlantic City Electric - $ 27,800.

(c) The Executive Director shall establish and implement an annual inspection program to verify that the vegetation management activities undertaken by the utility companies are consistent with the ROW Plan.

(d) The Executive Director shall establish and implement a scientifically based monitoring program to assess the outcomes of the vegetation management activities and whether they are accomplishing the objectives of the ROW Plan.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-10.32

New Rule, R.2009 d.386, effective 12/21/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 2412(a), 41 N.J.R. 4788(a).