TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An application for a more than $1 billion proposed natural gas pipeline originating in Pennsylvania and ending in New Jersey is incomplete, state regulators said in a letter Wednesday. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection told PennEast it has 30 days to resubmit its freshwater permit application for the proposed 120-mile (193-kilometer) pipeline. The application lacks consent from property owners along the path of the pipeline as well as technical information like a survey of endangered and threatened species, according to the DEP. PennEast did not immediately respond to a request for comment but has previously said it hopes the pipeline would be operational in 2018. Environmental groups opposed to the pipeline cheered the development as setback.Read more on NewsOK.com