As part of New Jersey’s response to COVID-19, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe has signed an administrative order that extends deadlines for public comment on applications for certain permits and approvals. This modification is to ensure sufficient opportunity for public engagement during the pandemic, which has created many limitations and competing demands for residents and businesses.

Administrative Order 2020-06 follows Gov. Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 136, signed May 2, which extended statutory…