N.J. Stat. § 6:3-1
No county, municipality, public agency, authority or private airport owner in this State, whether acting alone or jointly with another county, municipality, public agency or authority, shall submit to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States any project application for federal funding under the provisions of section 501 of the Act of Congress approved September third, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-two, being Public Law 248, 97th Congress, known as the " Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982," or any amendment thereof and supplement thereto, or under any other federal law, unless the project and the project application have been first approved by the State Department of Transportation. No grant offer or amended grant offer shall be accepted by an airport sponsor without approval by the State Department of Transportation.
N.J.S. § 6:3-1