N.J. Admin. Code § 2:76-21.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 2:76-21.7 - Awarding of grant

(a) The Committee shall determine the priority of allocating grants to counties according to the following factors:

1. Priority shall first be given to counties that have the most agricultural lands to potentially be preserved, indexed to the county in the State with the most agricultural land to potentially be preserved, based on the 1997 Agricultural Census or most current U.S. Agricultural Census data available and adjusted for acreage already preserved for agricultural purposes.

i. Grant applications shall be assigned a maximum of 50 points identifying farmland preservation potential based on the following formula:

County Preservation Potential (Acres) / County With Highest Preservation Potential (Acres) x 50 = ____ points

2. Priority shall next be given to counties that have the most acreage from farmland preservation applications pending before the county and the Committee, indexed to the county in the State with the most acreage from farmland applications pending before the county and the Committee.

i. Grant applications shall be assigned a maximum of 25 points identifying applications pending based on the following formula:

County Applications Pending (Acres) / County With Most Applications Pending (Acres) x 25 = ____ points

(b) Grants shall be awarded by the Committee in the order of those counties with the highest point total resulting from the combination of (a)1 and 2 above.

(c) The Committee shall enter into a grant agreement with the county.

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:76-21.7