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30 towns involved in issue
The state Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting to discuss Morris County's draft sewer service area map on Feb. 9, part of planning efforts to update water quality management plans for the New Jersey's Northeast, Sussex, Upper Delaware and Upper Raritan regions.
The meeting will allow the public to learn about and discuss the sewer service area map covering the following six Morris towns located mostly or completely outside of the North Jersey Highlands Region: Chatham Borough and Township, East Hanover, Lincoln Park, Long Hill and Madison.
At issue also will be the sewer service area maps for 24 other towns located in the Highlands Planning Area: Boonton Borough and Township, Butler, Chester, Denville, Dover, Hanover, Harding, Jefferson, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Mine Hill, Montville, Morris Plains, Morristown, Mountain Lakes, Mount Arlington, Mount Olive, Netcong, Pequannock, Riverdale, Rockaway, Roxbury and Victory Gardens.
Morris Township, which currently has a valid wastewater management plan, and Florham Park, which submitted its draft wastewater management plan to the DEP prior to the adoption of the revised water quality management rules, will not be subject to this meeting.The map is a preliminary, working draft, developed in coordination with and reviewed by DEP, Morris County and the affected towns. The map reflects proposed changes in wastewater service area designations to eliminate conflicts with Category One waters, wetlands, threatened and endangered species habitats and other unique and rare ecological communities.
The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Morris County Library Public Meeting Room, 30 East Hanover Ave., in the Whippany section of Hanover Township.
The DEP and county will accept comments and information related to this map from the date of the posting of this public notice until March 9, which is 30 days after the public meeting.
