Comments to Agencies
Comments to New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council on the Town of Phillipsburg Petition for Plan Conformance
Comments to New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council on the Lebanon Township Petition for Plan Conformance - conforming both Areas
Comments to New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council on the Hardyston Township Petition for Plan Conformance - Preservation Area only
Comments to New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council on the Sparta Township Petition for Plan Conformance - conforming only the Preservation Area
Comments to New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council on the Borough of Wharton Petition for Plan Conformance
Comments to New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council on the Township of Oxford Petition for Plan Conformance
Comments to New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council on the Borough of Alpha Petition for Plan Conformance
Comments to New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on the draft 2011 New Jersey Energy Master Plan, August 25, 2011
Comments to FERC submitted by the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic on behalf of the NJ Highlands Coalition, NJ Sierra, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Save the Park, on the scope of the Environmental Assessment by Tennessee Gas Pipeline for the proposed Northeast Upgrade Project, November 12, 2010
Scoping Comments before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company’s proposed Northeast Upgrade Project, November 1, 2010
Comments to NJDEP's Regional Forester on the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Reforestation Plan, September 27, 2010
Comments to the Energy Master Plan Committee on the drafting of the 2010 Update to the 2008 NJ Energy Master Plan, September 25, 2010
Comments by the Eastern Environmental Law Center, representing the New Jersey Highlands Coalition, the Sierra Club - New Jersey Chapter, the New Jersey Environmental Federation, Environment New Jersey, Stop the Lines!, and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network in connection with their opposition to the proposed expansion of the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line. These comments have been prepared in response to the National Park Service's request for public input regarding preliminary alternatives to the expansion of the power line. September 14, 2010
Comments to NPS on Preliminary Alternatives Transmission Line Routes, August 17, 2010
Letter to Fredon Township Against Green Acres Diversion Application for Coursen's Meadow Re-Alignment of Transmission Towers by PSE&G, August 4, 2010
Letter to NJDEP Commissioner Martin on JCP&L Califon Substation, July 22, 2010
Comments to the State House Commission on Lease of State Lands for TGP 300 Line Loop Project, July 9, 2010
Testimony before the State House Commission on Lease of State Lands for TGP 300 Line Loop Project, July 6, 2010
Letter to NJDEP Commissioner Martin on PSE&G FHA and FWW applications, June 24, 2010
Comments to the NJ Highlands Council on proposed Heath Village Redevelopment Project, March 31, 2010
Comments to NJDEP on PSE&G Freshwater Wetlands application, March 15, 2010
Letter to Governor Christie correcting false characterizations of his Red Tape Review's report on the NJ Highlands Council, February, 15, 2010
Comments to NJDEP ON PSE&G Flood Hazard Area application, February 16, 2010
Letter to NJDEP requesting public hearing on Oak Hill Golf Course, Holland Township, Hunterdon County, Water Diversion application, January 22, 2010
A Diverse Coalition of 15 Non-Profit Groups (including the NJ Highlands Coalition) Send Letter to Governor-elect Christie on a Shared Vision to Improve New Jersey's Long Term Physical, Economic and Social Conditions, December 11, 2009
DEP finds Mt. Hope Biomass Exempt from Highlands Act (Exemption #4), but Inconsistent with Present Water Quality Management Plan, November 19, 2009
The Pequannock River Coalition's Statement on DEP's Final Water Allocation Permit For Newark, November 10, 2009
Supplemental Comments to NJDEP on PSE&G's HAD, filed by the Eastern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the NJ Highlands Coalition, NJ Sierra, Environment New Jersey, New Jersey Environmental Federation, and Stop the Lines, October 28, 2009
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to the NJ Highlands Council's revised Consistency Determination Review of Tennessee Gas Pipeline's 300-Line Project, October 9, 2009
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) arguing against the Fair Share Housing Center's Motion to Stay COAH's August 12, 2009 Highlands Resolutions, August 27, 2009
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to NJDEP on Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's Highlands Applicability Determination (HAD) and request for Exemption #11, June 15, 2009
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to NJ DEP on its proposed rules on the "Determination of Substantial Reliance on a Letter of Interpreation"
Andover Twp. Mayor Bob Smith's June 4, 2009 "Riverbank" Presentation to FERC
NJ Highlands Coalition letter to State Planning Commission Chairman McKenna in response to EAI at Pohatcong's attempt for a change in Planning Area designation on the State Plan Policy Map, May 22, 2009
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to NJ Historic Preservation Office demonstrating inadquate Cultural Resources Study by PSE&G
The Louis Berger Group's Cultural Resource Study of the project route, written on behalf of PSE&G
PSE&G's Highlands Applicability Determination (HAD) exemption application, filed with NJDEP September 5, 2008
NJ Highlands Coalition's letter to NJDEP requesting extension of period for public comments in their consideration of PSE&G's HAD
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to NJDEP on the PSE&G HAD
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments (cover letter) to the NJ Highlands Council Consistency Determinationon 500kv Power Line and Appendix 1
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to the NJ Highlands Council on the PSE&G HAD
NJ Highlands Coalition and other group's joint letter to Governor Corzine requesting his veto of the minutes of the July 17, 2008 Highlands Council meeting at which the Council voted to adopt the Regional Master Plan, July 22, 2008
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to the Highlands Council on Draft Procedures for Highlands Redevelopment Procedures, July 15, 2008
NJ Highlands Coalition's comments to NJDEP on the Mt. Hope Biomass HAD, July 3, 2008
The New York/New Jersey Trails Conference has prepared a series of maps to show the impacts of the new transmission towers upon viewsheds. Click here to link to the maps.
Click here to download PSE&G's GIS data files for the 500kv power line (1.1MB zip file). Note: to read these files, GIS software is required.
