In the Matter of the Proposed Xanadu Redevelopment Project, A-0688-04T1; Appellate Division; opinion by Lyons, J.A.D; decided and approved for publication September 17, 2008. Before Judges Wefing, Parker and Lyons. On appeal from the Department of Environmental Protection and the Meadowlands Commission. DDS No. 26-2-1729 [56 pp.]
This case concerns the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority’s proposed Xanadu redevelopment project, a massive multi-use development, to be constructed and operated in and around the IZOD Center site in the Hackensack Meadowlands. The Sierra Club, Environmental Defense, the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Citizen Lobby Inc., and the New Jersey Environmental Federation (collectively Sierra), and Hartz Mountain Industries Inc. appeal from Resolution Number 04-60 of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) adopting the consultation report and hearing officers’ report for the proposed Meadowlands Xanadu redevelopment project, and the Oct. 1, 2004, order of Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, adopting and revising the hearing officers’ report and recommendations regarding the proposed Xanadu redevelopment project.
