[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E37-E38]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING ROBERT C. SHINN, JR.

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                            HON. JIM SAXTON

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 29, 2002

  Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to my good 
friend, Robert C. Shinn, Jr., who served as the 11th Commissioner of 
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) longer than 
any other commissioner in the DEP's 31-year history.
  Bob Shinn also served as an elected official at the local, county and 
state levels for 26 years, where much of his effort was devoted to open 
space, Pinelands and farmland preservation, water supply and solid 
waste management issues.
  Among his legislative accomplishments was authorship of New Jersey's 
Water Supply Critical Area Law, which gives the state the necessary 
authority to effectively manage threatened surface and ground water 
resources. He guided the passage of several key laws, including our 
state's Mandatory Recycling Act and the revision of the A-901 solid 
waste hauler screening program, and also authored the law regulating 
the handling and disposal of medical waste in New Jersey.
  On the local level, Bob served as Township Committeeman and Mayor of 
Hainesport from 1968 to 1977. He served as Burlington County Freeholder 
from 1977 to 1985, and as Freeholder Director for two years. He was 
responsible for the formation of the Burlington County Pinelands 
Conservation Easement Advisory committee, and was instrumental in 
securing the first conservation easement in the Pinelands. To that end, 
he was elected vice-chairman of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission 
from 1979 to 1985.
  Mr. Shinn was instrumental in developing Burlington County's Solid 
Waste Management Plan and its Environmental Complex, which serves as 
the county's multi-functional resource recovery facility as well as an 
environmental research and demonstration facility.
  Bob Shinn has been a shining star in the annals of New Jersey's 
history, locally, on the

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county level, and state-wide through his work with the DEP. His 
commitment and dedication to our state and its people will be sorely 
missed.

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