Take notice that an application for a Waterfront Development Individual Permit, Flood Hazard Area Individual Permit with Method 2 Verification, and Freshwater Wetlands Individual Permit has been submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Land Resource Protection for the development described below:
APPLICANT: Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G);
4000 Hadley Road, South Plainfield, New Jersey 07080
PROJECT NAME: Blair Road Switching Station Project
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Construction of new 230/69kV Switching Station
PROJECT STREET ADDRESS: 170 Blair Road & 180 Blair Road
BLOCK: [641], [1026], [Block 1200.02]
LOT: [5], [1.02], [Aerial easement on Lot 20]
MUNICIPALITY: Township of Woodbridge
COUNTY: Middlesex County
PSE&G is proposing to construct its new 69kV Class H Switching Station (Station) on Block 641, Lot 5 as identified on the Woodbridge Township Tax Map. The new Station will include the installation of one (1) new 1-story 230kV gas insulated switchgear (GIS) building and one (1) new 1-story 69kV GIS building. It also includes installation of one (1) new 230/69kV transformer, lightning masts, bus supports, additional electrical process equipment, seven (7) electric transmission structures, and perimeter fencing. The Station will be unmanned; PSE&G technicians will visit the site every week or two to inspect and perform maintenance on the Switching Station equipment. Additional transmission equipment (steel transmission monopoles and wooden poles) is proposed on Block 641, Lot 5. An overhead wire crossing is proposed within an aerial easement on Block 1200.02, Lot 20. This equipment forms the physical connections between the transmission lines and the new Station.
The complete permit application package can be reviewed at either the municipal clerk's office in the municipality in which the site subject to the application is located, or by appointment at the Department's Trenton Office. The Department of Environmental Protection welcomes comments and any information that you may provide concerning the proposed development and site. Please submit your written comments within 15 calendar days of the date of this notice to:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Land Resource Protection
P.O. Box 420, Code 501-02A
501 East State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 777-0454
Attn: Township of Woodbridge Supervisor
March 30 2026
LNYS0488117
$43.00