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Pinelands Commission approves Manchester Township plan to soil‑cap landfill; staff required additional species surveys
Summary
Commission approved Manchester Township’s proposal to cap about 30 acres of landfill with permeable soil; staff required multiple years of snake surveys after a young northern pine snake was detected and tracked offsite, and the applicant will use part of the capped area for future solar.
The Pinelands Commission on July 11 approved Manchester Township’s public development application to soil‑cap an existing landfill on an approximately 30‑acre site.
Ernest Deeman, supervising environmental specialist and project manager for the application, described the plan to close the landfill with a permeable soil cap: most areas will receive 18 inches of fill and 6 inches of…
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