Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is planning to delay the sweeping coastal development rules put in place by her predecessor to prepare for climate change, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The planned pause in the rules, expected to come in the form of a formal notice next week, follows months of wrangling over the wide-ranging rule package that former Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) administration spent years working on and finalized on his last day in office.
New Jersey state Senate President Nick Scutari (D) pushed the Sherrill administration to nix the rules.
The rules were expected to take full effect on July 20. Projects submitted before then don’t need to prepare for sea-level rise in the same way the new rules require.
