N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-9.11
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
(a) Ports are water areas having, or lying immediately adjacent to, concentrations of shoreside marine terminals and transfer facilities for the movement of waterborne cargo (including fluids), and including facilities for loading, unloading, and temporary storage. 1. Port locations in New Jersey include, among others, Newark, Elizabeth, Bayonne, Jersey City, Weehawken, Hoboken, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Camden, Gloucester City, Paulsboro and Salem.2. Standards for a docking facility or concentration of docks for a single industrial or manufacturing facility are found at 7:7-12.4, Docks and piers for cargo and commercial fisheries.(b) Any use which would preempt or interfere with port uses of this water area is prohibited.(c) Shellfish aquaculture and dumping of solid waste or semi-solid waste is prohibited.(d) Boat ramps for recreational boating are conditionally acceptable provided the ramp complies with all special area rules at N.J.A.C. 7:7-9 and provided it does not interfere with the port use.(e) Docks and piers for cargo movements are encouraged.(f) Rationale: The ports of New Jersey are components of two of the nation's three largest port districts--the New York-New Jersey Port District and the Delaware River Port District. The Port of Newark-Elizabeth is the nation's largest container port. Shipping is a major industry in the state as well as an important contributor to the well-being of other state industries. A set of rules aimed at encouraging the use and expansion of existing ports, while discouraging the sprawl of port uses into undeveloped areas, is therefore, an element of coastal rules.N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-9.11
Renumbered from 7:7E-3.11 by 47 N.J.R. 1392(a), effective 7/6/2015