IN THE MATTER OF AUGUST 16, 2007 DETERMINATION OF NJDEP

No. A-1646-08T1.

999 A.2d 1168 (2010)

414 N.J. Super. 592

IN THE MATTER OF THE AUGUST 16, 2007 DETERMINATION OF THE NJDEP of an Exemption from the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act on behalf of CHRIST CHURCH, BLOCK 22203, LOTS 2 AND 3, ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY, New Jersey.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Miller argued the cause for appellant Township of Rockaway (The Buzak Law Group, attorneys; Edward J. Buzak, Montville, and Mr. Miller, on the briefs).

Steven R. Klein argued the cause for respondent Christ Church (Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, attorneys; Mr. Klein, of counsel and on the brief; David P. Steinberger and Christopher P. Massaro, Hackensack, on the brief).

Lewin J. Weyl, Trenton, argued the cause for respondent Department of Environmental Protection (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney; Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Jill Denyes, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, FUENTES and GILROY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FUENTES, J.A.D.

In this appeal, the Township of Rockaway (Rockaway) challenges a decision by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the DEP) that a proposed church campus construction project submitted by the Christ Church (the Church) was exempt from the provisions and regulations of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, N.J.S.A. 13:20-1 to -35 (the Highlands Act). Particularly, the...

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