Tanurb v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

The opinion of the court was delivered by

COBURN, J.A.D.

Tanurb appeals from a decision of the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”). The decision, which confirmed the ruling made by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) after a six-day hearing, denied Tanurb’s application to build a 15,600 square-foot addition to an existing retail center because it would unjustifiably eliminate 1.02 acres of the 1.35 acres of freshwater wetlands remaining on the site. We affirm.

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On March 30, 1988, Tanurb bought the land in question for about $2,500,000, intending to build…