New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 38 - HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING ACT RULES › Subchapter 9 - APPLICATION CONTENTS › Section 7:38-9.4 - Additional application requirements for a Highlands Resource Area Determination (HRAD)

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In addition to the basic information required for all applications under 7:38-9.3, a person applying for an HRAD shall provide the information specified in this section. All delineations, mapping data and site plans shall be in paper form as well as digital GIS data that conforms with "New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System: Mapping and Digital Data Standards" dated July 1, 2002 and as provided at N.J.A.C. 7:1D, Appendix A. This document can be found at
http://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/njdepstandards02.pdf
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(b) All HRAD applications under N.J.A.C. 7:38-4 shall require the following:
1. A completed copy of the HRAD checklist; and
2. Proof that the public notice requirements below have been met. To prove that a document has been sent to a person, the applicant shall submit either the white postal receipt bearing the recipient's name, address, the date material was sent by certified mail and the cost to the sender, or the green certified mail return receipt card. If a project is located in more than one municipality or county, the notice requirements below must be met for each municipality and county in which the site is located. The applicant shall submit the following to the Department:
i. Proof that the municipal clerk has been sent a copy of the entire application that was submitted to Department;
ii. Proof that the Highlands Council has been sent a copy of the entire application that was submitted to Department;
iii. Proof that a completed copy of the notice letter (Attachment A on the application form) has been sent to each of the following:
(1) The municipal environmental commission (if one exists);
(2) The municipal planning board;
(3) The municipal construction official;
(4) The county planning board; and
(5) The county environmental commission (if one exists); and
iv. Proof that neighboring landowners within 200 feet of the boundary of the site have been notified. The application shall also submit a certified list of all landowners within 200 feet of the boundaries of the site, that is less than 90 days old and obtained from the municipality. If the proposed project is a linear development, as defined at 7:38-1.4, which is greater than one-half mile long, an applicant may satisfy this requirement to notify neighboring landowners by sending a notice complying to all owners of land within 200 feet of any proposed above surface structure (not including conveyance lines suspended above the ground or small utility support structures such as telephone poles) related to the linear facility, such as an access road, power substation, grade separated interchange or similar structure and publishing a display advertisement. The advertisement shall be:
(1) At least four column inches in size;
(2) Published in the newspaper of record for each municipality in which the site is located; and
(3) Published in a newspaper with regional circulation in the region in which the site is located.