How S 4657 changes current law

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This bill amends 2 section(s) of the New Jersey statutes: N.J.S.A. 13:1D-158; N.J.S.A. 13:1D-160.

• N.J.S.A. 13:1D-158

  this act → P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-157 et seq.) "Data center" means an establishment: (1) whose primary services are the storage, management, and processing of digital data; (2) that is used to house computer and network systems, including associated components such as servers, network equipment and appliances, telecommunications, and data storage systems, systems for monitoring and managing infrastructure performance, Internet-related equipment and services, data communications connections, environmental controls, fire protection systems, and security systems and services; and (3) with a total annual energy demand of more than one megawatt. or data center

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• N.J.S.A. 13:1D-160

  this act the overburdened this act this act this act this act → P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-157 et seq.) Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1975, c.232 (C.13:1D-29 et seq.) or any other law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the department shall not issue a decision on an application for a permit for a new data center until at least 45 days after the public hearing held pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection h. of this section or paragraph (1) of subsection h. , as applicable, or data center an or community, as applicable, P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-157 et seq.) or data center or data center P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-157 et seq.) or new data center or new data center or data center P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-157 et seq.) P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-157 et seq.) h. Commencing one year after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the department shall not consider complete for review any application for a permit for a new data center unless the permit applicant first: (1) prepares an environmental justice impact statement that assesses the potential environmental and public health stressors associated with the proposed new data center, as applicable, including any adverse environmental or public health stressors that cannot be avoided if the permit is granted, and the environmental or public health stressors already borne by the community wherein the data center is located as a result of existing conditions located in or affecting the community; (2) transmits the environmental justice impact statement required to be prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, at least 60 days in advance of the public hearing required pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection, to the department and to the governing body and the clerk of the municipality where the data center is located. Upon receipt, the department shall publish the environmental justice impact statement on its Internet website; and (3) organizes and conducts a public hearing in the community where the data center is located. The permit applicant shall publish a notice of the public hearing in at least two newspapers circulating within the community, including one local non-English language newspaper, if applicable, not less than 60 days prior to the public hearing. The permit applicant shall provide a copy of the notice to the department, and the department shall publish the notice on its Internet website and in the monthly bulletin published pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1975, c.232 (C.13:1D-34). The notice of the public hearing shall provide the date, time, and location of the public hearing, a description of the proposed new data center, as applicable, a map indicating the location of the data center, a brief summary of the environmental justice impact statement, information on how an interested person may review a copy of the complete environmental justice impact statement, an address for the submittal of written comments to the permit applicant, and any other information deemed appropriate by the department. At least 60 days prior to the public hearing, the permit applicant shall send a copy of the notice to the department and to the governing body and the clerk of the municipality in which the data center is located. The applicant shall invite the municipality to participate in the public hearing. At the public hearing, the permit applicant shall provide clear, accurate, and complete information about the proposed new data center, as applicable, and the potential environmental and public health stressors associated with the data center. The permit applicant shall accept written and oral comments from any interested party, and provided an opportunity for meaningful public participation at the public hearing. The permit applicant shall transcribe the public hearing and, no later than 10 days after the public hearing, submit the transcript along with any written comments received, to the department. Following the public hearing, the department shall consider the

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