(New York, N.Y. – May 22, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Curtis Specialty Papers Superfund site in Milford and Alexandria Township, New Jersey. The site includes the 86-acre historic former Milford Mill, which converted paper pulp to paper for 96 years before shutting down in 2003.

NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Natural and Historic Resources
Division of Fish and Wildlife

Notice of Rule Proposal
Game Code, Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Proposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.6 and 5.24

PUBLIC NOTICE
Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing amendments. A statement of the substance of the proposal follows: The Game Code, N.J.A.C. 7:25-5, provides when, under what circumstances, in what location, by what means, and what amounts and numbers, game-birds, game animals and fur-bearing animals may be pursued, taken, killed or had in possession. The Game Code is codified at N.J.A.C. 7:25‑5, in the Department\’s Division of Fish and Wildlife Rules. N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.6 is the rule governing the management of black bear. The New Jersey Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy (CBBMP) which is developed by the Council and approved by the DEP Commissioner in accordance with N.J.S.A. 13:1B-28, is promulgated as part of the Game Code as an appendix to N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.6. For that reason, the proposal is executed by both the Acting Chair of the Council and the DEP Commissioner.

Proposed Changes to Current Regulation

>May 21, 2015

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin signed a Notice of Administrative Change to open the recreational summer flounder season on Friday, May 22, 2015. The size and possession limits for summer flounder remain 18 inches and 5 fish per day respectively.