N.J. Admin. Code § 2:76-7.2
"Advance a grant, loan, interest subsidy or other funds" means the provision of funds in the form of a grant, loan or interest subsidy or other financial assistance for the construction of a project as defined in this subchapter.
"Agricultural development area" means the agricultural land area identified by the board and certified by the Committee pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:1C-18 and N.J.A.C. 2:76-1.
"Board" means a county agriculture development board established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:1C-14 or a subregional agriculture retention board established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:1C-17.
"Committee" means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:1C-4.
"Initiation of an action" means the earliest of the following events: the filing of a complaint by a public body or public utility with the New Jersey Superior Court for permission to exercise the power of eminent domain; the issuance of a draft environmental impact statement or environmental assessment; the approval of a project as a "categorical exclusion" by the Federal Highway Administration; or, in the case of the advancement of funds, the time at which a public utility or public body decides to make a final commitment to advance a grant, loan, interest subsidy or other funds toward a project.
"Notice of intent" means the written notification by a public body or public utility to the Committee and the board and the supporting documents and information pursuant to N.J.A.C. 2:76-7.3(c) and 2:76-7.4(d).
"Project" means the use or purpose for which any public body or public utility intends to acquire land within an agricultural development area through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or the construction, within an agricultural development area, of dwellings, commercial or industrial facilities, transportation facilities, or water or sewer facilities to serve non-farm structures, for which construction any public body or public utility intends to advance a grant, loan, interest subsidy or other funds.
"Proposed action" means the intention of any public body or public utility to exercise the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of land or advance a grant, loan, interest subsidy or other funds for a project as defined in this subchapter.
"Public body" means any State, regional, county or municipal agency or governing body, including but not limited to special districts and authorities.
"Public utility" means and includes every public utility enumerated in N.J.S.A. 48:2-13, and every natural gas pipeline utility as defined at N.J.S.A. 48:10-2 et seq. vested with the power of eminent domain and subject to regulation under State or Federal law.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.
N.J. Admin. Code § 2:76-7.2