13:19-49 Certain offshore development, production prohibited.

3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary:

(1) offshore oil or natural gas exploration, development, and production shall be prohibited in State waters; and

(2) no tidal or submerged lands in State waters shall be leased for the purposes of oil or natural gas exploration, development, or production.

b. The Department of Environmental Protection shall not:

(1) issue any permit or other approval pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.), R.S.12:5-3, the federal "Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972," 16 U.S.C. s.1451 et seq., or any other State or federal law, rule, or regulation, for any development associated with offshore drilling for oil or natural gas, whether proposed for in State waters or outside of State waters;

(2) permit, approve, or otherwise authorize any oil or natural gas exploration, development, or production in State waters; or

(3) develop, adopt, or endorse any plans for the exploration, development, or production of oil and natural gas in State waters.

c. As used in this section, "development" means, but is not necessarily limited to, any pipeline or other infrastructure that transports oil or natural gas from production facilities located in federal waters or other coastal state waters in the Atlantic Ocean through New Jersey State waters, and any land-based support facilities for offshore oil or natural gas production facilities located in the Atlantic Ocean.

L.2018, c.7, s.3.