To fail to do so threatens to leave the DEP vulnerable to political pressure on critical decisions, and the public at a distinct disadvantage. The rules need to proactively define where, and at what levels growth will or will not be allowed. This is well within the ability of the State to do, and will provide a level of predictability to wastewater treatment planning currently nonexistent. The proposed Water Quality and Watershed Management Planning Rules present an enormous opportunity for New Jersey to implement a powerful set of tools to protect our waters and fight sprawl. They have the potential to become the force and influence in shaping the character of New Jersey's landscape that Governor Whitman has envisioned them to be.
New Jersey needs strong, clear, sprawl-stopping rules.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. And use a bigger pipe that would allow an extra 3 million gallons of sewage to be discharged each day. The authority says the plan, which has gained preliminary approval from state environmental officials, is the best way to solve long- standing pollution problems in Cuckles Brook. It contends pollutants from the sewage would be diluted by the more ample waters of the Raritan River. But environmentalists say the move violates the state's clean water standards and would shift pollution problems to the river.