Township of Wantage, March 14, 2005: The Land Use Board of Wantage Township shall hold a public hearing on March 22, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wantage Municipal Building, located at 888 Route 23 in Wantage. The purpose of the public hearing will be to present details of a proposed Stormwater Management Plan as a necessary element of the Wantage Township Master Plan, and hear input from the members of the public with respect to the proposed plan.

“This plan comes about from an on-going process that started at the Federal level of government, continued to the State level of government, and now is reaching the local level of government” says Wantage Township Administrator Jim Doherty. “This is a guidance document, required by the State of New Jersey, that will help towns protect waterways from pollution.”

As explained in the proposed Wantage Township Stormwater Management Plan, the United States Environmental Protection Agency adopted certain rules in December of 1999, aimed at addressing pollutants entering water from storm drainage systems in the United States. From those federal rules, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection adopted the New Jersey Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program, designed to deal with pollutants in the State of New Jersey.

“The first step initiated by the State's Program is to develop and institute a Municipal Stormwater Management Plan” says Harold Pellow, the Wantage Township Engineer. Pellow says that the proposed Stormwater Management Plan for Wantage contains all of the elements required by the State of New Jersey for dealing with groundwater recharge, Stormwater quality, and impacts on Stormwater quality from major developments.

A full copy of the proposed plan is on file in the Wantage Township Municipal Building, 888 Route 23 in Wantage, and may be viewed by the public during regular business hours 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

View the Stormwater Management Plan being proposed by the Wantage Land Use Board. (Word Document)
Please Note: This online copy of the plan is "text only"and is for the information of the general public. Any person interested in seeing the maps that accompany the plan may come to Wantage Town Hall during regular business hours, or else contact Jim Doherty at 973-875-7192 to receive copies in the mail, or by fax.

Additional information from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection can be obtained at www.cleanwaternj.org

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