32:11D-84 - Comprehensive plan - New Jersey Statutes

32:11D-84.  Comprehensive plan
    The commission shall develop and adopt, and may from time to time review and  revise, a comprehensive plan for the immediate and long range development and  use of the water resources of the basin.  The plan shall include all public and  private projects and facilities which are required, in the judgment of the  commission, for the optimum planning, development, conservation, utilization,  management and control of the water resources of the basin to meet present and  future needs;  provided that the plan shall include any projects required to  conform with any present or future decree or judgment of any court of competent  jurisdiction.  The commission may adopt a comprehensive plan or any revision  thereof in such part or parts as it may deem appropriate, provided that before  the adoption of the plan or any part or revision thereof the commission shall  consult with water users and interested public bodies and public utilities and  shall consider and give due regard to the findings and recommendations of the  various agencies of the signatory parties and their political subdivisions.   The commission shall conduct public hearings with respect to the comprehensive  plan prior to the adoption of the plan or any part or revision thereof.

     L.1961, c. 13, p. 75, s. 13.1.