New Jersey Statutes Title 13. Conservation and Development Parks and Reservations 13 § 18A-15.1

a. Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Pinelands Commission shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the approval of the development of a solar or photovoltaic energy facility or structure in the pinelands area on the site of a landfill or resource extraction operation, provided that the development is consistent with the comprehensive management plan, adopted pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1979, c. 111 (C.13:18A-8), and:

b. In addition to the conditions set forth in subsection a. of this section, development of the facility or structure shall not permanently or adversely impact: (1) any existing engineering devices or other environmental controls located on a site, except as may be approved by the Pinelands Commission in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection; and (2) ecologically sensitive areas located on, adjacent to, or within the same sub-watershed as the site proposed for development, except as may be approved by the commission in consultation with the department.

c. Within one year after the termination of use of the solar or photovoltaic energy facility or structure, the facility, and all structures associated therewith, shall be removed and restoration of the site shall be completed in accordance with the comprehensive management plan, or within another time period as approved by the Pinelands Commission, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and under the requirements of the comprehensive management plan.