New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division March 18, 2002 (In re Adopted Amendments N.J.A.C. 7:15-8)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CONLEY, P.J.A.D.

Here is how the appellant presents the procedural context of this appeal:

On July 3, 2000, the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) proposed “to repeal the Water Quality Management Planning Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:15 and replace them with new Water Quality and Watershed Management rules at the *323same citation____”32 N.J.R.