{"id":7194,"date":"2024-10-29T12:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2024-10-29T12:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:09:23","slug":"public-hearing-minor-diversion-disposal-application-townships-of-bridgewater-and-hillsborough-somerset-county-relocation-of-sewer-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/public-hearing-minor-diversion-disposal-application-townships-of-bridgewater-and-hillsborough-somerset-county-relocation-of-sewer-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Hearing&#8211;Minor Diversion\/Disposal Application&#8211;Townships of Bridgewater and Hillsborough, Somerset County&#8211;Relocation of Sewer Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/plc-public-notices\/notice-2024-somerset-county-headgates-dam-sewer-line-december-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here for Full Public Hearing Notice<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Applicant:<\/strong>\u00a0 Somerset County<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parkland Name\/Location:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">Duke Island Park<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 160px\">Block 102, Lots 10 and 39, Township of Bridgewater<br \/>\nBlock 48, Lot 10, Township of Hillsborough<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Proposed Diversion\/Disposal:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has received an application from Somerset County requesting approval to divert 0.42 acre of parkland, through the conveyance of a subsurface easement, to accommodate the relocation of a 54-inch diameter sanitary sewer line as part of the Headgates Dam Removal Project at Raritan River Mile 29.9.\u00a0 The easement holder in this location is Bridgewater Township.\u00a0 The sanitary sewer line is part of the wastewater treatment system operated by the Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority (SRVSA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">A map depicting the proposed diversion area is here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/plc-public-notices\/headgates-dam_proposed-easements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Headgates Dam Proposed Easements<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">As compensation for the proposed minor disposal of parkland, the County proposes to accept monetary compensation for the value of the new easement area.\u00a0 The compensation will be deposited into Somerset County&#8217;s Open Space Preservation Trust Fund to be utilized for future acquisition of land for recreation or conservation purposes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">This application has been classified as a minor diversion\/disposal of parkland.\u00a0 Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26.6(c), a public hearing on the proposed diversion\/disposal application will be conducted as set forth below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearing Date\/Time:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong> December 3, 2024 at 6:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearing Location:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">North Branch Park<br \/>\n355 Milltown Road<br \/>\nBridgewater, New Jersey<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Public Comments Accepted Through:\u00a0 December 17, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please see public notice linked above for information about how to submit written comments.\u00a0 Emailed comments to the Department are preferred.\u00a0 Please include &#8220;SHC 1800027 Headgates Dam Sewer Line Relocation&#8221; in the subject line of any comments emailed to the Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Click Here for Full Public Hearing Notice Applicant:\u00a0 Somerset County Parkland Name\/Location:\u00a0 Duke Island Park Block 102, Lots 10 and 39, Township of Bridgewater Block 48, Lot 10, Township of Hillsborough Description of Proposed Diversion\/Disposal:\u00a0\u00a0 The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has received an application from Somerset County requesting approval to divert 0.42 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ga-applications","category-plc-public-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}