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New Jersey has ample authority, under the 1990 

 amendments to Section 307 of the Federal Coastal Zone 

 Management Act, to involve itself in all aspects of 

 the dredging permit process. The state has chosen to 

 employ the issuance of a DEPE coastal permit as a 

 demonstration of consistency with its Coastal Zone 

 Management Program, and has generally deferred to the 

 expertise of federal regulatory agencies in the 

 evaluation of potential impacts of ocean disposal 

 activities. The state stands fully prepared to assert 

 its independent authority, however, should it be 

 determined that any proposed dredging or disposal 

 activities outside the waters of the State of New 

 Jersey are inconsistent with our Coastal Zone 

 Management Program. 



(4) For the State of New Jersey, how feasible is the idea 

 of source control of point and non-point pollution to 

 prevent the creation of contaminated sediments? 



Control of point sources of pollution is very feasible 

 and effective. The continued application of water 

 guality standards for toxic substances and the 

 strengthening and enforcement of the industrial 

 pretreatment program will result in continued water 

 guality improvements. The New Jersey Pollutant 

 Discharge Elimination System, in coordination with the 

 state Clean Water Enforcement Act, will continue to 

 result in improvements in water quality. 



Control of non-point sources of pollution is more 

 problematic. The overriding problem is that the 

 sources of such pollution are numerous, small, and 

 diverse, and thus are difficult to manage. Although 

 they are individually small and dispersed, the 

 cumulative impacts of these activities have been shown 

 to be quite large. Increased public education and 

 lifestyle changes will be needed to address this 

 problem. Non-point source pollution control measures, 

 such as stormwater permitting, along with pollution 

 prevention in general, are currently being studied 

 and, increasingly, put into practice by the DEPE. 



In the particular case of dioxin contamination in Port 

 Newark-Port Elizabeth, it should be noted that the 

 apparent source is not a present discharger. Thus, 

 neither point nor non-point source controls would be 

 effective in preventing the creation or reducing the 

 incidence of contaminated sediments. Rather, the 

 removal of dioxin from the Passaic River and Newark 

 Bay will be accomplished only through remediation, as 

 opposed to regulation and enforcement. 



