New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5C - ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION
Section 7:5C-1.1 - Purpose and scope

This chapter constitutes the rules of the Department of Environmental Protection concerning the development and adoption of a State endangered plant species list, as authorized by P.L. 1989, c.56 (N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.151 through 13:1B-15.158), and contains the official Endangered Plant Species List. The purpose of this chapter is to provide detailed procedures, standards, and criteria for developing and adopting a list of endangered plant species native to the State, in order to eliminate the confusion resulting from various existing inconsistent unofficial lists and to efficiently incorporate the preservation of the State's natural diversity into government planning operations.