Faster and Smarter: Four Sherrill Administration Leaders Lay Out Ways to Fix Permitting, Increase Efficiency

June 15, 2026 | binje.com

The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection processes roughly 20,000 permits a year — and approves 97 percent of them. The bottleneck is not the problem. It’s the wait.

So said acting DEP Commissioner Ed Potosnak during a panel of four top Sherrill administration officials at the annual conference of NJ Future last week in New Brunswick.

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NJ SEED: It’s that déjà vu all over again feeling. Every incoming administration has, with good intention, sought to address permitting and other efficiency issues. The recet discussion suggests some serious efforts are underway.