The Highlands Council developed procedures in late 2008 implementing provisions of the Highlands Act regarding the designation of Highlands Redevelopment Areas in the Preservation Area. Such designations are necessary for any project that requires a Highlands Preservation Area Approval under N.J.A.C. 7:38 (the NJDEP Preservation Area Rules) with a waiver of provisions regarding a brownfield or a site with existing impervious cover of 70 percent or more. The Highlands Council procedures establish the process and substantive requirements for Council designation of Highlands Redevelopment Areas. The Highlands Council anticipates development of analogous procedures for the Planning Area in 2010 for use as part of the Plan Conformance process.

• Procedures for Highlands Redevelopment Area Designations (October 2008)

While Preservation Area exemptions are issued by the NJDEP in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:38, the jurisdiction is shared and the Highlands Council collaborates with the Department on these reviews. Accordingly please be advised that the NJDEP requires that applicants supply proof that the Highlands Council was sent a copy of the entire Preservation Area exemption application and supporting documentation submitted to the Department.

The application for an Exemption in the Preservation Area may be found on the NJDEP website at the following link: http://www.nj.gov/dep/highlands/process.htm.

The Highlands Council issues exemptions in the Planning Area in accordance with the Highlands Act and the Highlands Regional Master Plan at Objective 7F1d. Any person that seeks confirmation of eligibility for an exemption under the Highlands Act for a Planning Area development project or activity in the Highlands Region may obtain a Highlands Exemption Determination letter from the Highlands Council. Information requirements for a Highlands Exemption Determination application to the Highlands Council are based upon the provisions of the Highlands Act as well as NJDEP’s application requirements for exemptions codified in N.J.A.C. 7:38, subchapters 2 and 9. All persons seeking a Highlands Exemption Determination shall complete and file a Highlands Exemption Determination (Planning Area) Application Form, and provide the supporting documentation listed in the form.

• Highlands Exemption Determination (Planning Area) Application Form (pdf)

The Highlands Council has prepared a Highlands RMP Consistency Determination Review Template for use in determining whether and to what extent Water Quality Management Plan amendments are consistent with the RMP. This template is used by Highlands Council staff, and is provided here to assist potential applicants in understanding the basis for reviews. In addition, the Highlands Council has prepared a listing of submittal requirements for WQMP amendments that it reviews. This document is advisory at this time, but compliance with the submittal listing will assist the Highlands Council with its review of such amendments.

• Highlands RMP Consistency Determination Review Template
• WQMP Reviews - Submittal Requirements

 The following project is under consideration by the Highlands Council at this time.

January 17, 2012

Amended Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 300 Line Project/
Tennessee Gas Northeast Upgrade Project – Loop Within Highlands Region

• Final Draft Consistency Determination Review Amended Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 300 Line Project (pdf);  Final Draft Consistency Determination Tennessee Gas Northeast Upgrade Project – Loop Within Highlands Region (pdf); Tennessee Gas Public Comment/Response Document (pdf); Amended Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 300 Line Project Draft Consistency Determination Review (pdf);Tennessee Gas Northeast Upgrade Project – Loop Within Highlands Region Draft Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Public Notice (pdf); 300 Line Updated CMP Applicant Submittal (pdf); NEUP CMP Applicant Submittal (pdf); NEUP Loop 325 Maps (pdf);

The Highlands Council has considered the following projects and submitted its findings to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

October 18, 2011

Former Fenimore Landfill Highlands Redevelopment Area, Roxbury Township, Morris County

• Correspondence: Letter to Applicant (pdf); Correspondence: Letter to NJDEP (pdf); Resolution: Highlands Redevelopment Area - Fenimore Landfill Redevelopment Area (pdf); Final Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Final Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); Summary of Public Comments (pdf);Draft Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Draft Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); Maps (pdf); Public Notice (pdf)

August 24, 2011:

Givaudan Highlands Redevelopment Area, Mount Olive Township, Morris County

• Correspondence: Letter to Applicant (pdf); Correspondence: Letter to NJDEP (pdf); Resolution: Highlands Redevelopment Area - Givaudan Redevelopment Area (pdf);  Final Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Final Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); Summary of Public Comments (pdf); HPAA Application Checklist (pdf); Draft Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Draft Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); Maps (pdf); Public Notice (pdf)

June 21, 2011:

Sandshore Road Highlands Redevelopment Area, Mount Olive Township, Morris County

• Correspondence: Letter to Applicant (pdf); Correspondence: Letter to NJDEP (pdf); Correspondence: Letter to Mayor (pdf);  Resolution: Highlands Redevelopment Area - Sand Shore Road (pdf);  Final Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Final Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); HPAA Application Checklist (pdf); Draft Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Draft Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); Maps (pdf); Public Notice (pdf)

August 26, 2010:

Goldmine Partners, LLC (Mount Olive)

• Goldmine Partners: Correspondence: Letter to Applicant (pdf); Correspondence: Letter to NJDEP (pdf); HPAA Application Checklist (pdf); Highlands Council Resolution 2010-5 (pdf); Final Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Final Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); Summary of Public Comments (pdf)
  • Draft Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Draft Staff Recommendation Report (pdf); Maps (pdf); Public Notice (pdf)

June 9, 2010:

JCP&L Califon Substation, Tewksbury Township

The landscape plan for this proposed project was considered by the Highlands Council pursuant to a conditional Exemption #11 Consistency Determination by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — consistency must be examined with Historic and Scenic Protection goals.

• JCP&L Califon Substation, Tewksbury Township: Correspondence: Letter to NJDEP (pdf); Figure 1: Proximity to Contributing Historic Properties (pdf); Figure 2: Rural Character and Historic Integrity (pdf); Public Comments Received, March-April 2010 (pdf)
  • North View (pdf); East View (pdf); Color Rendering (pdf); Elevation View (pdf); Proposed Landscape Plan (pdf); Public Notice (pdf); Correspondence - Amended Decision Letter (pdf); Map - Fairmount Historic District within Tewksbury Township (pdf); Proposed Substation Drawing (pdf); Highlands Regional Master Plan - Historic and Scenic Resource Protection Goals (pdf).

April 15, 2010:

Heath Village Retirement Community, Washington Twp (Morris County)

• Heath Village Retirement Community, Washington Township, Morris County: Letter to NJDEP (pdf); HPAA Application Checklist (pdf); Highlands Council Resolution 2010-4 (pdf); Final Staff Recommendation Report, with edits (pdf); Final RMP Consistency Determination, with edits (pdf); Summary of Public Comments Received (pdf); Heath Site Plan (pdf); Maps (pdf); Heath Public Notice (pdf).

  March 4, 2010:

West Milford Municipal Complex and Public Library, West Milford

• West Milford Municipal Complex and Public Library: Letter to NJDEP (pdf); HPAA Application Checklist (pdf); Highlands Council Resolution 2010-3 (pdf); Highlands RMP Consistency Determination Review (pdf); Highlands Council Staff Draft Recommendation Report (pdf); Highlands Redevelopment Area Designation Pre-Application Meeting (pdf); Public Notice (pdf).

Borealis Compounds, Mansfield Township

• Proposed Highlands Redevelopment Area Designation for Borealis Compounds (Mansfield Township): Letter to NJDEP (pdf); HPAA Application Checklist (pdf); Highlands Council Resolution 2010-2 (pdf); final Consistency Determination Report (with changes); summary of public comments received; final Staff Recommendation Report (with changes); draft Consistency Determination Report; draft Staff Recommendation Report; Borealis Site Plan; Public Notice (Jan. 15, 2010)

January 15, 2010:

PSE&G Susquehanna-Roseland 500-kv Transmission Line

• PSE&G Susquehanna-Roseland 500-kv Transmission Line: Planning Area Exemption Letter (Jan. 15, 2010); final Consistency Determination (Jan. 15, 2010); Summary of Public Comments, May 2009-June 2009; Summary of Public Comments, December 2008-January 2009; Resolution 2009-45 (Highlands Act Exemption and Consistency Determination)
  • Comment Response Document (for comments received through June 2009); Comment Response Document (for comments received through January 2009) original Highlands RMP Consistency Determination (released May 21, 2009); Public Comment notice (May 21, 2009); PSE&G's amended application for Highlands Applicability Determination (May 19, 2009). 
  • Documents pertaining to previous application: PSE&G Response to Highlands Consistency Determination Review (Jan. 30, 2009); PJM Presentation to Highlands Council (Feb. 26, 2009); Public Comment period extended; original Public Comment notice; Highlands RMP Consistency Determination (December 22, 2008); Maps.

January 11, 2010:

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 300-Line Project

• Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 300-Line Project (Sussex and Passaic Counties): Highlands Council Resolution 2009-56 (pdf); final Consistency Determination Review (01/11/10); Consistency Determination Review, with changes (11/06/09); Summary of Public Comments; Public Comments Received (09/09 - 10/09)

  • Public Notice (09/30/09); correspondence from applicant (09/30/09); revised Consistency Determination (09/16/09); applicant's Highlands Resource Area Impact Map (09/25/09); Staff Consistency Determination Mapping (09/16/09); Cover Letter (09/10/09); Comprehensive Mitigation Plan (9/10/09); GIS Files (1 MB zip); revised HAD Application including Planning Area (9/10/09); HAD Application Narrative Report (09/28/09)

  • Original HAD Application (3/06/09); Consistency Determination (5/11/09); Public Notice (5/27/09); Maps; Tennessee Gas Pipeline presentation to Highlands Council (4/16/09); Public Notice (09/16/09); Public Notice (5/11/09).

June 29, 2009:

Oak Ridge Road Association

• Oak Ridge Road Association (West Milford): Letter to NJDEP (June 26, 2009); HPAA Application Checklist (pdf); Consistency Determination Report (final, with edits); Recommendation Report (final, with edits); Comment Response Document; Consistency Determination Report (draft); Recommendation Report (draft); maps; Public Notice; Highlands Council Presentation (April 16, 2009).

Nov. 20, 2008:

Hamilton Farm Golf Club

• Hamilton Farm Golf Club: Letter to NJDEP; Project Review (final); Public Comments; Project Maps (2 MB pdf).

Sept. 18, 2008:

200/202 Howard Blvd., Mount Arlington

• 200/202 Howard Blvd., Mount Arlington -- Letter to NJDEP, Project Review (final), Project Maps (2.52 MB PDF), Public Comments

Hamptons at Pohatcong

• Hamptons at Pohatcong -- Letter to NJDEP, Project Review (final), Project Maps (57.22 MB PDF), Public Comments

Holland Township

• Holland Township -- Letter to NJDEP, Project Review (final), Project Maps (7.61 MB PDF), Public Comments

Pilot Travel Center, Union Twp.

• Pilot Travel Center, Union Twp. -- Letter to NJDEP, Project Review (final), Project Maps (6.53 PDF), Public Comments