Summary
WHAT HAPPENED: Developer Centex Homes received a letter from the state Department of Environmental Protection last week on concerns the Pequannock River Coalition had raised about the proposed Argonne Woods project in Butler.
THE ISSUES: At a meeting with the DEP, coalition members said they were concerned about building the 69-unit town house complex and its roads within buffers that the state set up for the wetlands. Other concerns included the project's impact upon waters feeding into the wetlands, a new road that would be too close to wetlands and how the design of the stormwater management system could raise temperatures of trout-producing streams. The coalition offered some suggestions, including broadening the wetlands to lessen the loss of buffers, and said the DEP didn't give the public a chance to comment after a stream encroachment permit was approved.See the full content of this document
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Where Town-House Plan Stands
BACKGROUND: The Planning B...
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