TRENTON — New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection commissioner is scheduled to speak today before an environmental committee on the massive oil spill possibly affecting Jersey shore beaches, according to a report by the PressofAtlanticCity.com. Commissioner Bob Martin has said the state's economy would be in jeopardy if the oil spill traveled to the New Jersey coast, said the...
February photo of Bob Martin, DEP commissioner.Commissioner Bob Martin has said the state's economy would be in jeopardy if the oil spill traveled to the New Jersey coast, said the report.
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