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Lead can be found in all parts of our environment — the air, the soil, the water, and even inside our homes. Lead exposure can cause serious health problems in both children and adults. In this webinar, we will go over the history of lead production and its use in various types of products, discuss the sources of lead contamination and the potential health effects related to lead exposure, and identify lead-based paint hazards and abatement methods.
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The Board Installation and Awards Reception at Mercer Oaks Country Club on June 29 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Click here to register.
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Reuters
The executive director of New York City's biggest regional transportation authority urged reforms of the nation's environmental review process for infrastructure projects on Monday to cut costs due to bureaucratic delays.
"A rational, refined, streamlined environmental process is actually a huge step further and benefits the environment," said Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director Pat Foye.
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Newsworks
Lead contamination of the drinking water in some schools has raised concerns about New Jersey's aging water infrastructure.
State lawmakers are considering forming a task force to study what improvements the water system needs.
That would be extremely valuable to ensure water quality over the long term, said Dennis Hart of the Utility and Transportation Contractors Association.
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Environmental Protection
The EPA has provided $70,413,000 to the State of New Jersey for improvements to be made to water projects for public health and the environment. Most of the funds will be used for drinking water and wastewater system improvements.
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The Record
The state's largest electric utility, which has already built eight solar farms on old landfills and contaminated industrial sites, has unveiled a plan for 10 additional solar farms on similar sites throughout its New Jersey service area
The $275 million plan by Public Service Electric and Gas would add 100 megawatts of solar power to the grid, enough to serve about 16,000 homes.
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NJ Spotlight
With an increasing number of New Jersey schools detecting lead in their water, Gov. Chris Christie yesterday ordered all of the state’s 3,000 public schools to begin testing their water for the contaminant, starting this September. (The directive does not apply to private or parochial schools.)
In issuing the directive, the governor also urged the Legislature to include $10 million in next year's state budget to pay for the testing program, as well as requiring districts to notify parents when unsafe levels of lead are found in their systems.
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NJ Spotlight
Amid a growing outcry against the expansion of natural-gas pipelines, a New Jersey legislator wants to press the federal government to revamp the laws governing approval of interstate energy projects.
Assemblywoman Elizabeth Muoio (D-Mercer) is sponsoring a resolution (ACR-53) to be considered by a committee that urges the president and Congress to reassess federal laws dating back to 1938 that give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission broad authority in siting pipeline infrastructure.
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NJ Spotlight
The state could be setting up a new trust fund to jump-start clean-energy technology companies and other ventures in the sector with loans and loan guarantees.
The proposal, under a bill (S-684) moving forward in the Senate, is viewed as a way to stimulate the state's clean-energy economy, which advocates say is crucial to helping New Jersey achieve ambitious goals for transforming the energy industry and reducing emissions that contribute to global warming.
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NJ Spotlight
The legislature appears poised to take a crack at fixing the state's aging drinking-water systems, which have exhibited several highly visible problems in recent months.
A special legislative task force would be given six months to come up with recommendations to deal with issues related to the drinking-water infrastructure under a measure (SCR-86) to be considered early next week.
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NJ Spotlight
The state wants to loosen up the rules governing building in the New Jersey Highlands, changes critics say will allow up to 1,100 new septic systems and more development in the preservation area.
The proposal, to be published today in the New Jersey Register, is based on more extensive water-quality data concerning how much building could occur in the region, which supplies drinking water to more than 5 million residents.
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NJ Spotlight
For the second time, Gov. Chris Christie has blocked the development of a pilot offshore wind farm that would be located nearly three miles from Atlantic City.
The governor vetoed outright a bill (S-988) aimed at paving the way for a 25-megawatt offshore wind project that would be the first such facility built along the Jersey coast.
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The Record
On sweltering summer days, when children splash in pools and homeowners tend to their lawns, residents in North Jersey can use up to 200 million gallons of water — enough to fill the Empire State Building.
That water originates somewhere in the 112-square-mile Hackensack River Watershed, flows into a system of four reservoirs stretching from Rockland into Bergen County and eventually is pumped into the Haworth Water Treatment Plant on the shores of the Oradell Reservoir.
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| | 2015-2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
| President |
Michael J. Hope, PE |
| President-Elect |
Mark Janiszewski, PE |
| Vice President |
Vatsal A. Shah, PE |
| Secretary |
Michael J. Bennink, PE |
| Treasurer |
William Castle, PE |
| First Past President |
Mark V. Shourds, PE, PP |
| NSPE Director At Large |
Brian Van Nortwick, EIT |
| NSPE Delegate |
Richard Olsen, PE |
| Counsel |
Lawrence Powers, Esq. |
| Executive Director |
Joseph A. Simonetta, CAE |
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