{"id":3612,"date":"2023-08-04T14:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2023-09-22T03:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T03:25:23","slug":"a-win-for-the-musconetcong-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easternenvironmental.org\/a-win-for-the-musconetcong-river\/","title":{"rendered":"A win for the Musconetcong River Watershed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3612\" class=\"elementor elementor-3612\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27336c6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27336c6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54e13755\" data-id=\"54e13755\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7070b94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7070b94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a win for EELC&#8217;s client, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musconetcong.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musconetcong Watershed Association<\/a> the Appellate Division of the NJ Superior Court issued an important <a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7426bf07-429d-3f70-bc3b-6ad2910770c5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published decision<\/a> on clarifying the interrelated processes environmental advocates and other &#8220;third-party&#8221; challengers must follow when requesting an adjudicatory hearing of NJDEP permit decisions and appealing those decisions.\u00a0 In\u00a0<em>Musconetcong Watershed Ass&#8217;n v. NJDEP<\/em>, Docket No. A-2491-20 (Aug. 3, 2023), the court rejected NJDEP&#8217;s position that such challengers must pursue both a request for an adjudicatory hearing and a direct appeal simultaneously.\u00a0 In so ruling, the court cleared the way for the Association&#8217;s appeal of NJDEP&#8217;s issuance of a flood hazard area determination which had failed to recognize a tributary of the wild and scenic Musconetcong River on the site of a proposed development project.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"small\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Photo courtesy of Musconetcong Watershed Association<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a win for EELC&#8217;s client, Musconetcong Watershed Association the Appellate Division of the NJ Superior Court issued an important published decision on clarifying the interrelated processes environmental advocates and other &#8220;third-party&#8221; challengers must follow when requesting an adjudicatory hearing of NJDEP permit decisions and appealing those decisions.\u00a0 In\u00a0Musconetcong Watershed Ass&#8217;n v. 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