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Conservation group warns CAFRA change would set 'dangerous precedent'; committee advances bill to amend permit restrictions
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee · February 12, 2026
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Summary
The committee advanced Assembly Bill 1620, which would allow DEP to lift conservation restrictions tied to CAFRA permits under certain conditions. The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters opposed the idea, arguing an existing state-house-commission process should be used instead.
Chair introduced Assembly Bill 1620 (sponsored by Sean Kean), which would direct the Department of Environmental Protection to lift conservation restrictions imposed as a condition of a CAFRA permit under certain conditions. Malena Bimpong of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters…
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