NAME	POSITION	CLASS	TERM	APPOINTED BY	TITLE	EXPIRATION OF TERM
Alexa Parliyan	Environmental Commission	Regular	3 year	Mayor		2011
Charles Calv	Environmental Commission	Regular	3 year	Mayor		2010
Walter Steele	Environmental Commission	Regular	3 year	Mayor		2010
Jerry Seibert	Environmental Commission	Regular	3 year	Mayor		2012
Roberta Stedenfeld	Environmental Commission	Regular	3 year	Mayor		2012
Eric Sween	Environmental Commission	Regular	3 year	Mayor	Chair	2011
Robert Loftin	Environmental Commission	Alt #1	2 year	Mayor		2011
Jennifer Molzen	Environmental Commission	Alt #2	2 year	Mayor		2010
Jose Reyes	Environmental Commission/ Municipal Planning Board	Regular		Mayor		2012

Powers and Duties of the Environmental Commission

Township Ordinance �16-3 establishes the Environmental Commission's powers and duties.

"The Environmental Commission shall have the power to conduct research into the use and possible use of the open land
areas of the township and may coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes and may advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts, pamphlets which, in its judgment, it deems necessary for its purposes. It shall likewise have the power to study and make recommendations regarding open space preservation, water resouces management, air pollution control, soil and landscape protection, environmental appearance and protection of flora and fauna. It shall likewise have the power to manage donated or purchased lands for conservation purposes and the operating of conservation programs and shall act as the coordinating agency of the township on conservation matters and a liason between conservation needs and regional, county, state and federal agenices and private agencies ministering to those needs."

Environmental Commission Projects

The Journal (2009 EC Newsletter)

The Journal (2008 EC Newsletter)

Environmental Resource Inventory

Environmental Review of the Municipal Master Plan
2005 GAP Analysis

Publication: "Country Wisdom
Guidelines for Better Living in Bethlehem Township"

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENIVRONMENTAL PROTECTION LINKS

GREEN ACRES PROGRAM

HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING ACT

MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

CLEAN WATER NJ