STATE, DEPT. OF ENV'L v. MIDDLESEX COUNTY BOARD

Deborah T. Poritz, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant ( Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Deborah T. Poritz, of counsel; Paul H. Schneider, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief). Nathan M. Edelstein argued the cause for respondent Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders ( Edelstein Bernstein, attorneys; Nathan M. Edelstein, of counsel and on the brief). Gaetano M. DeSapio, Hunterdon County counsel, argued the cause for respondent Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders ( Gaetano M. DeSapio, attorney; Daniel R. Hendi, Deputy County Counsel, on the brief).