New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 24A - DAM RESTORATION AND INLAND WATERS PROJECTS LOAN PROGRAM
Subchapter 4 - PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
Section 7:24A-4.19 - Adjudicatory hearings

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:24A-4.19

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The Administrator shall decide any dispute arising under a loan upon written request by the borrower. The borrower must specify in detail the basis of the dispute and the relief sought. The Administrator will reduce the decision to writing and send a copy to the borrower.

(b) Within 20 days of receipt of the Administrator's decision, a borrower may submit a written request for an adjudicatory hearing to contest the Administrator's decision. The hearing request shall be submitted to the Department at the following address:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Office of Administrative Hearings and Dispute Resolution ATTENTION: Adjudicatory Hearing Requests

401 E. State Street

Mail Code 401-07A

PO Box 420

Trenton, NJ 08625-0420

(c) The borrower shall include the following information in a request for an adjudicatory hearing:

1. The location of the project;

2. A copy of the Administrator's decision and the loan award agreement;

3. The legal and factual questions at issue; and

4. Documents and other information supporting the request.

(d) Following receipt of a timely and complete hearing request, the Department may attempt to settle the dispute through whatever proceedings, meetings and conferences that the Department deems appropriate.

(e) If efforts at settlement fail, the Department shall decide whether to grant the hearing request. A granted hearing request shall be transmitted to the Office of Administrative Law and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq., and the Uniform Administrative Procedures Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1.

(f) The Department, if it denies a hearing request, shall briefly state the reasons for the denial. A denial shall be considered a final agency action.

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