Dep Bowing to Builders, Activists Say ; New Exemptions Offered On Waterway Development
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 21, 2008
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Developers may have more leeway in building near some of North Jersey's most sensitive streams, rivers and reservoirs after the state changed a water protection policy last month.
The rule rewritten by the state Department of Environmental Protection covers when builders can disturb the 300-foot buffers around so-called Category One waters such as the Pequannock and Pompton rivers and the Oradell and Wanaque reservoirs.See the full content of this document
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Dep Bowing to Builders, Activists Say ; New Exemptions Offered On Waterway Development
While not all environmental groups are alarmed, some are calling it a cave-in to developers.
"It's a major weakening," said Bill Wolfe, a former DEP employe...See the full content of this document
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