STATE OF NEW JERSEY

WATERSHED PROPERTY REVIEW BOARD

www.wprb.nj.gov

 

 

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

 

TAKE NOTICE that the Watershed Property Review Board (WPRB) has received the following requests for exemptions from the Watershed Protection and Moratorium Act, P.L. 1988, c. 163, as amended by P.L. 1990, c.19:

 

• 2023-0001: Borough of Kinnelon, Morris County (Block 33801, Lots 101 and 102; Block 33901, Lot 101; and Block 34401, Lot 101) – The Borough of Butler requests an exemption to swap approximately 30 acres of watershed land with 30 acres currently held by Our Lady of Magnificat Catholic Church which will become watershed land. Application link.

 

• 2023-0002: Township of Millburn, Essex County (Block 5302, Lot 5) – New Jersey American Water requests an exemption to convey eight acres of watershed land to Woodmont Properties, LLC in support of developing a residential housing complex with affordable housing units. Application link.

 

• 2023-0003: Township of West Milford, Passaic County (Block 16906, Lot 3) – The City of Newark requests an exemption to convey a 0.212-acre temporary construction easement on watershed property to the New Jersey Department of Transportation in support of the Route 23 Northbound Bridge Over Pequannock River Project. Application link.

 

Please click on the link next to each project to review the exemption request.

 

A 30-day public comment period on each request will begin on May 1, 2023. Written comment on these three requests 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 May 31, 2023. The three requests may be considered at a future WPRB meeting. For more information regarding the above applications as well as upcoming WPRB meetings, please visit http://wprb.nj.gov.

 

DATED: May 1, 2023