The Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP or DEP), through its Division of Watershed Management, has published two proposals to amend 10 of the state’s 12 Areawide Water Quality Management Plans. The amendments deal with sewer service area designations and the use of septic systems.
The two proposals were released for public comment. The first proposal withdraws and re-designates certain wastewater service area designations in wastewater management planning areas where wastewater management plans (WMPs) are out of compliance. The second proposal revokes all wastewater service area designations where the wastewater service is to be provided by septic systems and proposes to re-designate these areas as “Service Area for Wastewater Facilities with Planning Flows of Less Than 2,000 Gallons Per Day Which Discharge to Ground Water.”
These changes will become effective upon adoption of the proposal, which could be anytime after the comment period closes on December 15, 2005.
The New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) is bringing this issue to everyone's attention because of the potential impact these proposals have to restrict development and raise the cost of construction and housing. To read the proposals, click here.
NJDEP will have public hearings on the proposals as follows:
November 17, 2005
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Lewis Morris County Park and Cultural Center
300 Mendham Road (County Road 510)
Morris Township, New Jersey
November 21, 2005
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Rutgers EcoComplex Environmental Research and Extension Center
1200 Florence-Columbus Road
Mansfield Township, New Jersey
November 30, 2005
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Galloway Township Library
306 East Jimmie Leeds Road
Galloway, New Jersey
NJAR will be submitting to NJDEP Commissioner Bradley Campbell a joint letter with the New Jersey Builders Association and other allied groups asking that the proposals be withdrawn. NJAR also plans on submitting written comments on the proposals to the NJDEP.
The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA) has created a summary of the wastewater restrictions proposals. To read the summary, click here.
If you wish to submit comments on these proposals, please send them to the following address by December 15, 2005:
Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Watershed Management
PO Box 418401
East State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Sources: NJAR and NJBA
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