Why is there a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Office of Natural Resource Restoration (ONNR) and what is the goal of the program?
Top The State holds the natural resources of New Jersey in trust for the benefit of its citizens. 1 It is a fundamental concept that natural resources and natural resource services provide not only the cornerstone of all life, but also determine the quality of that life, for humans and all other species. Discharges of hazardous substances and other pollutants may result in injuries to these natural resources and natural resource services, thereby impairing the important ecological and economic functions they provide. The Office of Natural Resource Restoration was created to address natural resource injuries. The Department’s goal in implementing the State’s natural resource restoration program is to redress the injuries resulting from hazardous discharges to natural resources and the ecological and economic services they provide, through the restoration of those natural resources and the compensation of the economic and ecological losses for the citizens of NJ. Notes: • N.J.S.A. 58:10-
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