From: Mark Mauriello <Mark.Mauriello@dep.state.nj.us
  Subject: Category 1 Buffers
  Sent: 04 Jan '07 21:08

  Mr. King

  While I have never actually spoken to you directly about any of these issues or discussed my interpretation of DEP requirements with you, I have received your prior emails and have been aware of your concern regarding the Department's implementation of the stormwater management rule provisions relative to farmland conversions adjacent to Category 1 waters.

  I have attached for your information a copy of Administrative Order # 2007-01, signed by Commissioner Jackson yesterday, along with a copy of the Department's Functional Value Analysis guidance document, dated January 2, 2007. The AO, which took effect yesterday, explains how the Functional Value Analysis will be used in all permit decisions.

  A copy of these documents can be accessed via a link from the Division of Watershed Management's web page at:
www.state.nj.us/dep/watershedmgt








  Mark N. Mauriello, Assistant Commissioner
  NJDEP, Land Use Management
  P.O. Box 402
  Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
  Phone: 609-292-2178
  Fax: 609-633-0750
  Email: mark.mauriello@dep.state.nj.us
  Web: www.state.nj.us/dep/