Community Meeting In Stow Creek
Regarding Nuclear Emergency Response Plan

The Department of Environmental Protection and New Jersey State Police will hold the first of three information sessions and public hearings on the New Jersey Radiological Emergency Response Plan here on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. These public hearings are required annually to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of the state’s emergency plan for New Jersey’s nuclear power plants. Representatives from DEP will conduct information sessions prior to the public hearings.

Wednesday’s information session will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at Woodland Country Day School, 1216 Roadstown Road, with the public hearing starting at 7 p.m.

Additional programs will be held as follows:

• Wednesday, July 13
  Salem County Courthouse
  92 Market Street
  Freeholder Meeting Room
  Information session from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by the public hearing at 7 p.m.
  
  
• Tuesday, July 19
  Ocean County Administration Building
  101 Hooper Avenue, Room 119
  Toms River
  Information session from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by the public hearing at 7 p.m.

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