Today and Wednesday, July 25, the Department of Environmental Protection and State Police will hold the second and third of three public hearings on the New Jersey Radiological Emergency Response Plan for the State’s four nuclear power generating stations in Salem and Ocean counties.

As required by the State’s Radiation Accident Response Act, public hearings are required annually to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of the State’s emergency plan. Representatives from DEP will conduct informal information sessions prior to the hearings. Those sessions and hearings will be held:

Tuesday, July 17
DEP Public Information Session: 6 – 7 p.m.
Public Hearing: 7 p.m.
Ocean County Administration Building
101 Hooper Avenue, Room 119
Toms River, NJ 08754-2191

Wednesday, July 25
DEP Public Information Session: 6 – 7 p.m.
Public Hearing: 7 p.m.
Salem County Office of Emergency Management
135 Cemetery Road
Emergency News Center, Second Floor
Woodstown, NJ 08098

Representatives of the DEP’s Bureau of Nuclear Engineering, Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Office of Emergency Management, Division of State Police will attend the hearings and respond to questions and comments from the public.

Copies of the New Jersey Radiological Emergency Response Plan will be available at each session. The plan also is available for inspection at the following locations:
Office of Emergency Management
State Police Headquarters
West Trenton

Salem County Emergency Management Office
        Cemetery Road
        Mannington Township

Cumberland County Office of Emergency Management
        Bridgeton Avenue
        Bridgeton

Ocean County Office of Emergency Management
        Robert J. Miller Air Park, Route 530
        Berkeley Township.