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Deal Lake commission disputes DEP denial that stalls grant-funded stormwater work
Summary
Commissioners said a DEP reviewer rejected approved manufactured treatment devices (MTDs) for a grant-funded parking-lot retrofit, leaving a $400K construction grant in limbo and prompting options including appeals, alternate funding or returning funds.
The Deal Lake Commission on Feb. 19 said a reviewer for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection rejected a grant application to install manufactured treatment devices (MTDs) intended to treat stormwater from an existing mall parking lot, halting a project the commission says has been under design and review for more than two years.
The chair summarized the commission's account: the design was revised and the number of MTDs reduced from four to three to match DEP-approved models, but the application was nonetheless denied by a single reviewer. "The information you provide shows that the units will not provide a meaningful water quality improvement. Therefore, they are unacceptable," the chair quoted…
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