Request for Public Comment–WPRB Exemption Request–New Jersey American Water–Townships of Colts Neck and Middletown, Monmouth County
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
WATERSHED PROPERTY REVIEW BOARD
REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
TAKE NOTICE that the Watershed Property Review Board (WPRB) has received the following request for exemption from the Watershed Protection and Moratorium Act, P.L. 1988, c. 163, as amended by P.L. 1990, c.19:
2024-0001: Township of Colts Neck (Block 21, Lot 1 and Block 35, Lot 6.01) and Township of Middletown (Block 1099, Lot 6 and Block 1109, Lot 3), Monmouth County – New Jersey American Water Company, Inc. requests an exemption to convey a permanent easement to Monmouth County over 1.426 acres of its Swimming River Reservoir watershed property in support of the replacement of Bridge A-38 over the Swimming River Reservoir Project. Application link.
Please click on the link next to the project to review the exemption request.
A 30-day public comment period on this request will begin on February 12, 2024.
Written comment on this request may be directed to WPRB@njdepwptest.net or NJDEP, Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration, P.O. Box 420, Mail Code 401-07 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420, Attn: Jessica Patterson/WPRB. Commenters should clearly reference which application is being commented on in either the subject line of any email or in the beginning of any letter submitted.
Public comment will be accepted until March 13, 2024.
This request may be considered at a future WPRB meeting. For more information regarding the above application as well as upcoming WPRB meetings, please visit http://wprb.nj.gov.
DATED: February 5, 2024