New Jersey Statutes Title 13. Conservation and Development Parks and Reservations 13 § 9B-11

a. the public interest in preservation of natural resources and the interest of the property owners in reasonable economic development;

b. the relative extent of the public and private need for the proposed regulated activity;

c. where there are unresolved conflicts as to resource use, the practicability of using reasonable alternative locations and methods, including mitigation, to accomplish the purpose of the proposed regulated activity;

d. the extent and permanence of the beneficial or detrimental effects which the proposed regulated activity may have on the public and private uses for which the property is suited;

e. the quality of the wetland which may be affected and the amount of freshwater wetlands to be disturbed;

f. the economic value, both public and private, of the proposed regulated activity to the general area;  and

g. the ecological value of the freshwater wetlands and probable impact on public health and fish and wildlife.