PUBLIC NOTICE

Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing an amendment to the nongame species list at N.J.A.C. 7:25-4.17. This proposal makes one change, which is to amend the conservation status of New Jersey Chorus Frog from undetermined (U) to special concern (SC). This amendment corrects an oversight that occurred in the species status changes contained in the proposal published at 56 N.J.R. 936(a) on June 3, 2024.

The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated January 6, 2025. A copy of the proposal is available from: DEP website at www.dep.nj.gov/rules; by request from DEP Fish and Wildlife email [email protected]; and LexisNexis (free public access to the New Jersey Register, www.lexisnexis.com/njoal).

Written comments may be submitted electronically by March 7, 2025, at www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments; or in hard copy by sending to:

Stephanie J. Press, Esq.
ATTN: DEP Docket No. 14-24-11
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Legal Affairs
Mail Code 401-04L; PO Box 402
401 East State Street, 7th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402