Pinelands Commission Says Matter Is Closed on Remand of South Jersey Gas Co. Application for a Pipeline

Representatives of two conservation groups as well as some members of the audience spoke out against a resolution to deny South Jersey Gas’s application to create a supply pipeline through parts of the Forested Area of the Pinelands due to the wording not being strict enough. But during theJan. 10 Pinelands Commission meeting, when the resolution failed to secure the eight votes necessary to approve it, the PC said there would be no second chance.

Instead, the commission will rely on the letter sent by Executive Director Nancy Wittenburg in March 2019in whichshe…