NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
LAND USE MANAGEMENT
LAND USE REGULATION PROGRAM

Notice of extension of Comment Period
Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules
Definitions; Septic System Density Standards
Proposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 7:38-1.4 and 3.4(b)

TAKE NOTICE that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is extending the public comment period for the proposal of amendments to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act Rules: Definitions; Septic System Density Standards; N.J.A.C. 7:38-1.4 and 3.4(b).  The proposal was published in the New Jersey Register on May 2, 2016.  See 48 N.J.R. 677(a).

The comment period, which was scheduled to close on July 1, 2016, is extended to July 15, 2016.  Submit comments electronically at https://njdepwptest.net/rules/comment-on-dep-rulemaking-2/.

The Department encourages electronic submittal of comments.  In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to:

G. Colin Emerle, Esq.
Attn: DEP Docket Number 02-16-04
Office of Legal Affairs
Department of Environmental Protection
401 East State Street, 7th Floor
Mail Code 401-04L
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402

The rule proposal may be viewed or downloaded from the Department’s website at https://njdepwptest.net/wp-content/uploads/rules/proposals/20160502a.pdf.