Number	18706
Subject	Environment
Source	Atlantic City Press (Pleasantville, N.J.)
State	NJ
Year	2001
Publication Date	June 10
Summary	The Atlantic City Press reveals how weak enforcement has made "a mockery out of the county's toughest wetlands law." The major findings are that "the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection took forever to resolve cases" and that "penalties were so light that it made economic sense for wetland violators to take their chances." Violators often filled wetlands illegally and this resulted in flooding of the adjacent houses. Another finding is that a state agency created to develop new wetlands has done nothing over the 13 years of its existence.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	15
Keywords	Wetlands Mitigation Council;Army Corps of engineers;storm water;buffer areas;floods;rainstorms
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