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CHAPTER 5 END NOTES
1 Deborah Bailin, Union of Concerned Scientists, Hoboken’s Post-Sandy Resilience: Learning from the Past, Rebuilding for the Future
4 (Jan. 2014) [hereinafter Hoboken’s Post-Sandy Resilience], available at: http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/
documents/center-for-science-and-democracy/hoboken-case-study-final.pdf.
2 Hudson River Project Final Scoping Document at 14 (Nov. 2015), available at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/floodresilience/docs/rbd-hudsonriver-final-scoping-document.pdf.
3 Hoboken’s Post-Sandy Resilience at 6.
4 Matt Flegenheimer, In a Hobbled Hoboken, Overbooked Buses, Unfamiliar Ferries and Long Lines, NY Times (Nov. 18, 2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/nyregion/hoboken-commuters-find-new-routines-as-restoration-of-path-service-lags.html.
5 Hoboken to World Trade Center PATH Service Restored on January 30,
http://www.hobokennj.org/2013/01/hoboken-to-world-trade-center-path-service-restored-on-january-30/.
6 Although the proposal does not explain what the Green Street Steward program is, for purposes of this report, we assume that it is
patterned after a program of the same name in Portland, OR. In the Portland program, residents volunteer to help maintain green
infrastructure by cleaning trash out of installations, clearing debris, and doing some watering and weeding. More information is
available at http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/52501.
7 Kathryn Brenzel, Hoboken Plans to Curb Flooding with $11.7 Million Storm Pump, NJ Advance Media (Dec. 22, 2014), available at:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/12/hobokens_119_million_pump_to_curb_chronic_flooding_mayor_says.html.
8 Georgetown Climate Center, New Jersey TransitGrid, http://www.georgetownclimate.org/resources/new-jersey-transitgrid-microgridproject-to-help-power-nj-transit;
NJ Transit, NJ TransitGrid Overview, http://njtransitresilienceprogram.com/nj-transitgrid-overview/.
NJ Transit received over $400 million from the Federal Transit Administration to develop this project.
9 See Summary of Public Comments on Five Concepts for Rebuild By Design – Hudson River, available at: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/
floodhazard/docs/rbdh-five-concepts-summary-of-comments.pdf.
10 For example, Seattle’s Stormwater Code imposes retention requirements on residential properties that vary according to several factors,
including the type of sewer system or water body to which the site discharges and the size of the land disturbance or impervious surface
on that site. Seattle, Wash., Stormwater Code ch. 22.805.050; ch. 22.805.080.B.2. (2009). Binghamton, NY, requires property owners
seeking permits for construction to submit an Urban Runoff Reduction Plan (URRP) to show how they will manage stormwater after
construction. The URRP must show how the development will manage a 10-year, 24-hour storm event and include green infrastructure
techniques. City of Binghamton, NY Code of Ordinances § 227-10.
11 The Philadelphia Water Dep’t, Stormwater Incentives Grant Manual (July 2014).
12 Hudson River Project Final Scoping Document, at 25.
13 A combined sewer overflow occurs when combined sewer systems (which collect all forms of wastewater together in the same pipe,
including rainwater runoff, sewage, and industrial) cannot handle the volume of wastewater in the system. This typically occurs
during heavy rainfall events, and the combined sewer system overflows, causing the excess water to be discharged directly into nearby
water bodies rather than proceeding through the wastewater treatment plant first. Combined sewer overflows are a concern because
the discharge of untreated wastewater can result in significant pollution to water bodies. See U.S. EPA, What are Combined Sewer
Overflows (CSOs)?, http://www3.epa.gov/region1/eco/uep/cso.html.
14 See generally, Scarlett & Boyd, Resources for the Future, Ecosystem Services (2011).
15 See generally, Hoboken Green Infrastructure Strategic Plan (Oct. 2013) available at: http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/communitydev/
Hoboken-Green-Infrastructure-Strategic-Plan.pdf (last visited June 27, 2015).
16 Public rights-of-way are easements granted or reserved for public use for transportation purposes, such as sidewalks and roadway.
17 See Summary of Public Comments on Five Concepts for Rebuild By Design—Hudson River 8, available at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/
floodhazard/docs/rbdh-five-concepts-summary-of-comments.pdf.
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