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NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-8.1 - Continuous monitoring for compliance with C.58:12A-1 et seq.; altering of releases.

58:22-8.1 Continuous monitoring for compliance with C.58:12A-1 et seq.; altering of releases.  8. a. In order to ensure that safe yield is maintained and the drinking water quality standards adopted pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.) are met, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall provide for the continuous monitoring of the impacts associated with releasing water from the Round Valley reservoir for the purpose of sustaining water recreational activities at the Spruce Run reservoir as provided in subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1958, c.34 (C.58:22-8). b. The commissioner is authorized to alter the releases of water from the Spruce Run reservoir or the Round Valley reservoir as provided in subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1958, c.34 (C.58:22-8) as necessary to ensure the protection of the public health, safety or welfare, or the protection of the environment. c. The commissioner shall alter the releases of water from the Spruce Run reservoir or the Round Valley reservoir as provided in subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1958, c.34 (C.58:22-8) whenever there are inadequate moneys in the New Jersey Water Supply Authority Round Valley Fund created pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2001, c.82 (C.58:1B-9.2) for the New Jersey Water Supply Authority to replenish the water released from the Round Valley reservoir for the purpose of sustaining water recreational activities at the Spruce Run reservoir. L.2001,c.82,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-9 - Use and disposition of water; application; hearing; notice; objections; expense of hearing

58:22-9. Use and disposition of water; application; hearing; notice; objections; expense of hearing  (a) The department shall have jurisdiction and control, subject to the provisions hereof, over the use and disposition of all additional water made available for use pursuant to this act. It shall sell such water and rights thereto on just and reasonable terms and conditions as determined by the council and at just, reasonable and equitable rates and charges, to persons, associations, corporations including water supply corporations, municipalities, municipal and district water commissions, and authorities for public potable, industrial, irrigation, and other purposes upon application and after public hearing; provided that before such water may be used for potable purposes, purification and treatment shall be accomplished by the purchaser in a manner satisfactory to the State Department of Health. The council may grant or deny any application made pursuant to this section, and at its discretion, dispense with public hearing when the quantity of water applied for is less than 1/2 million gallons a day. In granting or denying any such application, the council shall be governed by the principles and procedures established and recognized by common law applicable to the diversion and use of water in this State, or as set forth in Title 58 of the Revised Statutes and to which Title this act is a supplement. (b) The division shall cause a notice of every public hearing required to be held pursuant to this section to be given, as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of hearing all persons and municipal corporations or other civil divisions of the State that may be affected thereby. The notice shall specify the time, date and place of the hearing, the time within which objections shall be filed, and shall be published in such newspaper and for such length of time, not exceeding 4 weeks, as the division shall determine. (c) Any person or municipal corporation or the proper authorities of any civil division of the State may file in the office of the division objections to any application to purchase such water. Every such objection shall be filed not later than 5 days prior to the date of hearing and shall particularly specify its ground. (d) The expense of the hearing on any application to purchase such water shall be certified by the division to the applicant, who shall pay the same within 30 days thereafter. L.1958, c. 34, p. 102, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-10 - Rates and charges

58:22-10. Rates and charges  The department shall determine and establish, after public hearing, just, reasonable and equitable rates and charges for water sold from any project authorized by this act which shall provide net revenues sufficient to meet annual payments of principal and interest chargeable to such project and incurred by the State under the Water Bond Act, 1958. Such rates shall not be subject to revision or other action by any other department, commission, board or body. The department shall have power to revise such rates from time to time, and any contract for the sale of water shall be subject to the exercise of this power. Differentiation in rates and charges may be made on the basis of quantities of water to be supplied, distances between the facility and point of diversion, the cost in making such water available, the place where the water is to be used and the character of such use, and the like. The aggregate revenue produced by such rates shall, so far as practicable, be limited to costs to the State of operation and maintenance and of debt service and to the reimbursement of the State Treasury of the amount of operating deficits, including annual payments of principal and interest, previously incurred by the State. L.1958, c. 34, p. 104, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-11 - Investigations; hearings; findings; riparian rights

58:22-11. Investigations; hearings; findings; riparian rights  The department shall have power to investigate and hold hearings to determine existing water rights in riparian owners and the holders of grants and easements for the diversion and use of waters of the south branch of the Raritan river and the Raritan river and may make findings of fact in respect thereto. Nothing in this act shall be construed to diminish or impair the common law rights of riparian owners. L.1958, c. 34, p. 104, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-12 - Powers of department

58:22-12. Powers of department  For the purposes of this act, the department shall have power: (a) to acquire in the name of the State of New Jersey, as an agency of the State, by purchase or otherwise on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it shall determine, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any land and other property which it may determine is reasonably necessary for any water supply facility authorized by this act, and any and all rights, title and interest in such land and other property, including public lands, parks, playgrounds, reservations, roads, waters and water rights, owned by or in which any State, county, municipality, or special district, or public body or agency thereof, has any right, title or interest, or parts thereof or rights therein, and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, including waters and water rights, and any easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions against abutting property, to preserve and protect any such water supply facility; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be deemed to authorize the department to acquire by condemnation any property which is part of an existing public water supply system or facility; (b) to receive and accept from any Federal agency, subject to the approval of the Governor or such other approval as may be required by law, grants for or in aid of the acquisition or construction of the water supply facilities authorized by this act, and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source, of either money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used and applied only for the purposes of this act, and to make and perform such agreements and contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such grants and contributions; (c) to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the control, use, operation and maintenance of facilities authorized by this act; (d) to enter on any lands, waters or premises for the purpose of making surveys, borings, soundings, and examinations; (e) to do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its officers, agents, and employees, or by contract with any person. L.1958, c. 34, p. 105, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-14 - Regulations; relocation or removal of facilities

58:22-14. Regulations; relocation or removal of facilities  The department shall also have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances herein called "public utility facilities" of any public utility as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in, on, along, over or under any project. Whenever the department shall determine that it is necessary that any such public utility facilities which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over or under any project, should be relocated, or should be removed from such project, the public utility owning or operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the department; provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interests in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such property, shall be ascertained and paid by the department as a part of the cost of such project. In case of any such relocation or removal of facilities, as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location or locations. L.1958, c. 34, p. 106, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-15 - Sale or lease of land by counties, municipalities or public agencies

58:22-15. Sale or lease of land by counties, municipalities or public agencies  Any county, municipality or other political subdivision, or any public agency or body of the State of New Jersey, or any other person, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to the State of New Jersey at the request of the department, or to permit the department at its request to relocate, use, maintain or operate as part of its water supply facility without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality other than the authorizing resolution of the governing body of the county or municipality concerned or the regular and formal action of any authority or other person concerned, any real or personal property owned by it or him, including all or any part of any public highway or water supply facility, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of this act and which may be accepted by the department. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time. The department may enter into and perform any and all agreements with respect to property so accepted by it, including agreements for relocation of any public highway or for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality, political subdivision, agency, or body, or person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of a water supply facility. L.1958, c. 34, p. 107, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-16 - Use of reservoirs for recreation

58:22-16. Use of reservoirs for recreation  The reservoirs constructed pursuant to this act shall be available for public use for recreation, swimming, fishing and boating in such manner and to such extent as shall not impair the availability of the water therein for potable or industrial use or endanger the water supply facility or any of the works or facilities of any purchaser of such water. L.1958, c. 34, p. 108, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-17 - Liberal construction

58:22-17. Liberal construction  This act is intended to protect and secure the public health and welfare and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. L.1958, c. 34, p. 108, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-18 - Partial invalidity

58:22-18. Partial invalidity  If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. L.1958, c. 34, p. 108, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:22-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:22-19 - Effective date; operative upon approval of Water Bond Act of 1958

58:22-19. Effective date; operative upon approval of Water Bond Act of 1958  This act shall take effect immediately, but shall be inoperative unless and until the "New Jersey Water Bond Act, 1958," shall be duly approved by a majority of the legally qualified voters of the State voting on the question of the approval of said act at a general election. L.1958, c. 34, p. 108, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-1 - Inspection of beds and shellfish

58:24-1. Inspection of beds and shellfish  The Department of Environmental Protection shall inspect as often as it may deem necessary, the various places within the jurisdiction of the State from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are taken to be distributed or sold for use as food, for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions of such oyster and clam beds and other places and the fitness of such shellfish therein or taken therefrom for use as food. L.1979, c. 321, s. 1, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-2 - Condemnation of beds dangerous to health

58:24-2. Condemnation of beds dangerous to health  The department shall immediately condemn any oyster or clam bed or other place from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are or may be taken upon discovering that such place is subject to pollution or to any other condition which may render the oysters, clams or other shellfish in such place or which may be taken therefrom, dangerous to health. L.1979, c. 321, s. 2, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-3 - Condemned beds; prohibition of taking; distribution, sale or possession; permit; fee

58:24-3. Condemned beds; prohibition of taking; distribution, sale or possession; permit; fee  The department shall prohibit the taking of oysters, clams or other shellfish from a place which has been condemned by the department pursuant to this act, and shall also prohibit the distribution, sale, offering for sale or having in possession of any such shellfish so taken, without a permit so to take, distribute, sell, offer to sell, or have in possession, first obtained from the department, under such rules and regulations as it shall adopt. A fee of $25.00 shall be charged for any permit so issued. L.1979, c. 321, s. 3, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-4 - Distribution, sale or possession of shellfish; prima facie evidence of intent for use as food

58:24-4. Distribution, sale or possession of shellfish; prima facie evidence of intent for use as food  4. For the purposes of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.), the distribution, sale, offering for sale, or having in possession with intent to distribute or sell, any oysters, clams or other shellfish shall be prima facie evidence that such shellfish were intended for use as food. L.1979,c.321,s.4; amended 2003, c.8, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-5 - Prohibition of discharge of polluting matter

58:24-5. Prohibition of discharge of polluting matter  No excremental or other polluting matter shall be discharged into or placed in the waters or placed or suffered to remain upon the banks of any stream or tributary thereof or body of water in which oysters, clams or other shellfish grow or are or may be placed. Nothing in this section shall apply to the discharge of effluents from sewage plants heretofore or hereafter installed in accordance with the requirements of law and the rules and regulations of the department. L.1979, c. 321, s. 5, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-6 - Order on growing, handling of shellfish, disposal of polluting matter

58:24-6. Order on growing, handling of shellfish, disposal of polluting matter  6. The department may make such specific orders regarding the growing and handling of oysters, clams or other shellfish and the disposal of polluting matter which may affect the purity of oysters, clams or other shellfish, as it may deem necessary to enforce the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.). L.1979,c.321,s.6; amended 2003, c.8, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-7 - Inspection of places and samples of shellfish

58:24-7. Inspection of places and samples of shellfish  The department shall have free access to all oyster or clam beds, places of business, buildings and all other places where oysters, clams or other shellfish are grown, kept, stored, held in possession with intent to distribute or sell, or sold, and also to all streams, tributaries thereof and lands adjacent thereto, the waters draining from which may come in contact with such shellfish. The department may make such inspections of such places and take such samples of oysters, clams or other shellfish or other substances as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. L.1979, c. 321, s. 7, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-8 - Employees; supplies; leases

58:24-8. Employees; supplies; leases  The department may employ such persons; purchase and maintain such apparatus and supplies, including suitable boats; and, lease appropriate lands or buildings, when it deems it necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available. L.1979, c. 321, s. 8, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-9 - Violations; penalties

58:24-9. Violations; penalties  9. A person who violates any of the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation, order or permit adopted or issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense and a person convicted of a subsequent offense is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. L.1979,c.321,s.9; amended 2003, c.8, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-10 - Vessel, vehicle or equipment used in violations; confiscation and forfeiture; disposal

58:24-10. Vessel, vehicle or equipment used in violations; confiscation and forfeiture; disposal  10. Any vessel, vehicle, or equipment used in violation of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation, order or permit issued or adopted pursuant thereto may be confiscated and forfeited. The department may seize and secure any vessel, vehicle, or equipment and shall immediately thereafter give notice thereof to a court located in the county where the seizure is made which shall, at an appointed time and place, summarily hear and determine whether the vessel, vehicle, or equipment was unlawfully used and if it does so determine, it may direct the confiscation and forfeiture of the vessel, vehicle, or equipment to the use of the department. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may dispose of any confiscated and forfeited vessel, vehicle, or equipment at the commissioner's discretion. Nothing contained in P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) shall be construed to limit the powers and responsibilities of the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to any provisions of Title 24 of the Revised Statutes. L.1979,c.321,s.10; amended 2003, c.8, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:24-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:24-10.1 - Additional penalties

58:24-10.1. Additional penalties  6. a. In addition to the penalties prescribed in sections 9 and 10 of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-9 and 58:24-10), a person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.), or any rule, regulation, order or permit adopted or issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject to the mandatory revocation or suspension of any license or permit or privilege required by the Department of Environmental Protection for the taking of oysters, clams or other shellfish, or in the case of a violator without the necessary license or permit the loss of the privilege to take oysters, clams or other shellfish, for a period of three years for a first offense, five years for a second offense, and 10 years for the third offense and any subsequent offense. b. For purposes of this section, a knowing violator shall include, but need not be limited to (1) a person who is the holder of a commercial shellfish license or permit, (2) a person who is the holder of a recreational shellfish license or permit who is in possession of more than the daily recreational shellfish limit, (3) a person without any shellfish license or permit who is in possession of more than the daily recreational shellfish limit, (4) a person who is the holder of a recreational shellfish license or permit who is engaging in shellfish activities with the holder of a commercial shellfish license or permit, or (5) a person without the necessary shellfish license or permit who is engaging in shellfish activities with the holder of a commercial shellfish license or permit. L.2003,c.8,s.6.