New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 41F - VEGETATION CANOPY MANAGEMENT
Subchapter 8 - APPEALS
Section 16:41F-8.1 - Appeal of a denied VCM plan application

1. The applicant shall submit a written request for reconsideration to the Operations Permit Office, within 30 days of a notice from the Department. The request shall include reasons for the appeal.

2. Within 10 days of receipt of the reconsideration request, the Operations Permit Office shall schedule a meeting with the appellant and the Bureau of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Solutions that shall take place within 30 days thereafter. The meeting will provide the appellant with an opportunity to present additional information in furtherance of the appeal.

3. The Operations Permit Office shall render a decision, in writing, within 15 days of the meeting and shall so notify the appellant. If the appellant does not agree with the decision of the Operations Permit Office, the appellant may submit a further appeal to the Director of Operations Administrative Support within 15 days.

4. The Director of Operations Administrative Support shall schedule an informal hearing within 10 days of receipt of the appeal. The Director of Operations Administrative Support shall conduct the hearing. At the hearing, the appellant shall have an opportunity to present additional information.

5. In reaching the final agency decision, the Director of Operations Administrative Support shall consider all of the information previously provided, and the additional information presented at the hearing, as well as the provisions of this chapter, and the public's right and interest in a safe and efficient highway system. The Director of Operations Administrative Support shall render the final agency decision, with reasons, within 10 days of the informal hearing and shall notify the appellant in writing.