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NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-63.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-63.1 - Costs of acquisition, improvements eligible for financing.

58:11-63.1 Costs of acquisition, improvements eligible for financing.  7. a. Whenever a public or private entity receives an order pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-61) to acquire a small sewer company, the cost to the designated acquiring public or private entity of the improvements to the acquired small sewer company necessary to assure the compliance with all applicable federal and State water pollution control requirements for a small sewer company shall be eligible for financing pursuant to the "New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Act," P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-1 et seq.), as amended by P.L.1997, c.224. Any loan application made by an acquiring public entity pursuant to this subsection shall be expedited by the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection, to the maximum extent feasible while still maintaining compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. b. Whenever a public or private entity receives an order pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-61) to acquire a small water company, the cost to the designated acquiring public or private entity of the improvements to the acquired small water company necessary to assure the availability of water, the potability of water, and the provision thereof at adequate volume and pressure and compliance with all applicable federal and State safe drinking water requirements for a small water company, shall be eligible for financing pursuant to the "New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Act," P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-1 et seq.), as amended by P.L.1997, c.224. Any loan application made by an acquiring public entity pursuant to this subsection shall be expedited by the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection, to the maximum extent feasible while still maintaining compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. c. The provisions of any other law or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, improvements to an acquired small water company pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-59 et seq.), section 1 of P.L.1981, c.389 (C.58:11-63) and P.L.1999, c.296 (C.58:11-63.1 et al.) shall constitute a water supply project for the purposes of P.L.1981, c.261, as amended by P.L.1983, c.355 and P.L.1997, c.223. d. As used in this section "small water company" and "small sewer company" shall have the same meaning as in section 1 of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-59). L.1999,c.296,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-63.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-63.3 - Violations, penalties.

58:11-63.3 Violations, penalties.  9. Any owner or operator of a small water company, small sewer company, or both, who violates the provisions of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-59 et seq.), section 1 of P.L.1981, c.389 (C.58:11-63), and P.L.1999, c.296 (C.58:11-63.1 et al.), or fails to comply with any order issued pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-61), shall be subject upon order of a court to a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000 per day of such violation, and each day's continuance of the violation shall constitute a separate violation. Any penalty incurred pursuant to this section may be recovered with costs, and, if applicable, interest charges, in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Board of Public Utilities or the Department of Environmental Protection may also commence a civil action in the Superior Court for any other appropriate relief, including without limitation, a temporary or permanent injunction, and the reasonable costs of preparing and litigating the case. Use of any of the remedies in this section shall not preclude the use of any other remedy available to the Board of Public Utilities or the Department of Environmental Protection under this section or under any other applicable law. As used in this section "small water company" and "small sewer company" shall have the same meaning as in section 1 of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-59). L.1999,c.296,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-63.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-63.4 - Construction of act as to BPU enforcement.

58:11-63.4 Construction of act as to BPU enforcement.  10. Nothing in the provisions of P.L.1981, c.347 (C.58:11-59 et seq.), section 1 of P.L.1981, c.389 (C.58:11-63), or P.L.1999, c.296 (C.58:11-63.1 et al.) shall be construed to prohibit the Board of Public Utilities from determining, after notice and hearing, that a franchise or other authority to operate should be revoked for good cause or that penalties as may otherwise be authorized, should be imposed. L.1999,c.296,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-64 - Short title

58:11-64. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Water Supply and Wastewater Operators' Licensing Act." L.1983, c. 230, s. 1, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-66 - Systems; licensed operator; classifications and reclassifications

58:11-66. Systems; licensed operator; classifications and reclassifications  a. Every system shall be operated and maintained by at least one licensed operator. Any person employed in the capacity of a licensed operator not holding the license required for a system may continue in such capacity, at the discretion of the department, if he meets the other requirements of this act and the rules and regulations adopted thereto. b. The commissioner shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt, and may amend or repeal rules and regulations to classify and reclassify licenses and systems. c. The department shall upgrade or downgrade the classification of a system whenever the system changes sufficiently to place it in a different classification from the one in which it is classified. d. If licenses are reclassified by the department, subject to new classification requirements, the licensee at the time of the reclassification shall be reissued, at the time of the next license renewal, the highest license corresponding to the new classification. L.1983, c. 230, s. 3, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-67 - Examinations; issuance of license; board of examiners; advisory bodies

58:11-67. Examinations; issuance of license; board of examiners; advisory bodies  a. The department shall conduct examinations for licenses to operate systems to be held at least twice annually, by the persons and at the times and places it may appoint. The department shall determine the subject matter to be included in the examinations and the manner in which the examinations shall be conducted. Every applicant who has been admitted to an examination, and who has successfully passed the examination shall receive the license of the classification for which the examination was held. b. The commissioner shall establish a board of examiners composed of licensed operators, and employees of the department, and any additional advisory bodies deemed necessary, to assist the department in administering the licensing program established pursuant to this act. The board of examiners shall annually review the programs and regulations adopted pursuant to this act and make recommendations to the department for their improvement. c. The commissioner shall adopt, and may amend, or repeal rules and regulations establishing the board of examiners, and other advisory bodies, their composition and duties, and the qualifications for issuance of licenses, examination methods and procedures, and all other matters including fees necessary to implement and administer an adequate licensing program. L.1983, c. 230, s. 4, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-68 - Fees; schedule; disposition; duration and renewal of licenses

58:11-68. Fees; schedule; disposition; duration and renewal of licenses  a. The commissioner is authorized to adopt a fee schedule which shall reasonably cover the cost of examinations, licensing procedures, and the administration and enforcement of this act. All fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be deposited into the "Environmental Services Fund" created by P.L. 1975, c. 232 (C. 13:1D-29 et seq.). There shall be annually appropriated an amount equivalent to the amount anticipated to be collected as fees by the department for the administration of the licensing program. b. The department shall issue or renew a license upon payment of the appropriate license fee to any applicant who in the opinion of the department has satisfactorily met all the appropriate requirements of this act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act. c. The department shall renew licenses annually and shall establish in its regulations the date on which licenses shall be renewed. Initial licenses shall be valid from issue date to the next effective date for license renewal. All other licenses shall be valid from the renewal date of the license to the next annual renewal date. The department may change the renewal date for all licenses. The department may charge a delinquent fee to any licensee who fails to renew his license prior to the renewal date. A licensee who fails to renew his license within 1 year following the renewal date of his license may not receive a new license until he successfully completes another qualifying examination. L.1983, c. 230, s. 5, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-69 - Issuance of license without examination

58:11-69. Issuance of license without examination  The department may issue licenses, without examination, for the operation of systems to such persons who, in the judgment of the department, meet all the requirements of this act and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act and who hold valid current licenses to operate a system with at least the equivalent classification in a state, country or territory other than the State of New Jersey, which state, country or territory also recognizes the validity of New Jersey licenses, and which has requirements for the issuance of licenses to operate systems at least as stringent as the requirements of the State of New Jersey. L.1983, c. 230, s. 6, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-70 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-70 - Revocation or suspension

58:11-70. Revocation or suspension  a. The department may revoke or suspend the license of a licensee if the department determines that the application for the license included false information or that the licensee is managing or operating the system in an incompetent manner, or is managing or operating the system in violation of this act or any operating requirements of the department, or has falsified records. b. The order of revocation or suspension shall become a final order unless the licensee submits a written request for a hearing within 20 calendar days after receipt of the order. If a hearing is granted, the commissioner shall make the final decision for the department. c. Any person whose license has been revoked for the first time shall be ineligible for admission to any examination authorized by this act for a period of not less than 1 year from the effective date of the revocation. d. Any person whose license has been revoked for committing or omitting acts which the department determines with the concurrence of the board of examiners has caused substantial harm to the public, or whose license has been revoked more than once shall be ineligible for admission to any examination authorized by this act. L.1983, c. 230, s. 7, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-71 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-71 - Violations; penalties

58:11-71. Violations; penalties  8. a. If any person violates any of the provisions of this act, or any operating requirements, the department may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to enforce said provisions and to prohibit and prevent that violation and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner.  b. Any person who violates or causes the violation of any of the provisions of this act or any operating requirements shall be liable to a civil administrative penalty of not more than $5,000.00 for each offense to be imposed by the department pursuant to standards adopted in regulations, or a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.00 for each offense. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense.  c. The department may recover in any civil action the State's reasonable costs of preparing and litigating the civil action pursuant to this act.  d. Any and all penalties prescribed by any provisions of this act may be recovered in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the penalty enforcement law.  e. The department is authorized and empowered to compromise and settle any penalty imposed under this section in such amount in the discretion of the department as may appear appropriate and equitable under all of the circumstances.  f. All penalties received pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be paid into the "Environmental Services Fund" created by P.L.1975, c.232 (C.13:1D-29 et seq.), and expended for the functions authorized herein.  L.1983,c.230,s.8; amended 1991,c.91,s.530.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-72 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-72 - Inapplicability of act to prior or pending orders, proceedings or actions

58:11-72. Inapplicability of act to prior or pending orders, proceedings or actions  a. Nothing herein contained shall be held to abate or render invalid any administrative order or proceeding, or suit at law or in equity, which may have been served, begun or instituted by the department, prior to the date hereof, in accordance with the powers and duties heretofore conferred upon it, but the same shall continue in full force and effect, and be further advanced and prosecuted in the name of the department; nor shall anything in this act be construed to anywise affect the protection afforded any person by section 3 of this act. b. Any regulations concerning the licensing of operators promulgated by the department pursuant to P.L. 1938, c. 206 (C. 58:11-18.1 et seq.) shall remain in effect up to 1 year subsequent to the effective date of this act unless repealed by the department at an earlier date. L.1983, c. 230, s. 9, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11-73 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11-73 - Liberal construction of act; severability

58:11-73. Liberal construction of act; severability  The object and design of this act being the protection and preservation of the environment, and the protection and preservation of public health, safety, and welfare, this act shall be liberally construed and the powers granted and the duties imposed shall be construed to be independent and severable. If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences, or parts of this act shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid. L.1983, c. 230, s. 10, eff. June 29, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-1 - Short title

58:11A-1. Short title  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the "Water Quality Planning Act." L.1977, c. 75, s. 1, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-2 - Legislative findings

58:11A-2. Legislative findings  a. The Legislature finds that the people of the State have a paramount interest in the restoration, maintenance and preservation of the quality of the waters of the State for the protection and preservation of public health and welfare, food supplies, public water supplies, propagation of fish and wildlife, agricultural and industrial uses, aesthetic satisfaction, recreation, and other beneficial uses; and that the severity of the water pollution problem in the State necessitates continuing water quality management planning in order to develop and implement water quality programs in concert with other social and economic objectives. The Legislature further finds that water quality is dependent upon factors of topography, hydrology, population concentration, industrial and commercial development, agricultural uses, transportation and other such factors which vary among and within watersheds and other regions of the State and that pollution abatement programs should consider these natural and man-made conditions that influence water quality. The Legislature further finds that the State's groundwaters are a precious and vulnerable resource. b. The Legislature declares that the objective of this act is, wherever attainable, to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the State, including groundwaters, and the public trust therein; and that areawide waste treatment management planning processes should be developed and implemented in order to achieve this objective and to assure adequate control of sources of water pollutants in the State. The Legislature further declares that wherever practicable and feasible waste treatment management planning areas shall be coterminous with county boundaries, and that wherever appropriate county governments shall perform such areawide waste treatment management planning; that the Department of Environmental Protection shall conduct areawide waste treatment management planning for all areas of the State without a designated planning agency, and that said Department of Environmental Protection shall establish a continuing planning process which will encourage, direct, supervise and aid areawide planning and which will also incorporate water quality management plans into a comprehensive and cohesive Statewide program directed toward the achievement of water quality objectives; that the Department of Environmental Protection through the continuing planning process and the planning agencies through the areawide planning process shall coordinate and integrate water quality management plans with related Federal, State, regional and local comprehensive land use, functional and other relevant planning activities, programs and policies; and that opportunities for meaningful public participation shall be provided during all phases of the water quality planning management process. L.1977, c. 75, s. 2, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-3 - Definitions

58:11A-3. Definitions  As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: a. "Areawide plan" means the areawide water quality management plan authorized in section 5 of this act; b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. c. "Continuing planning process" means the Statewide planning process conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection as authorized in section 7 of this act; d. "Federal Act" means the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972" (Public Law 92-500; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). e. "Planning agency" means a single representative organization capable of developing effective areawide waste treatment management plans for a designated or nondesignated planning area; and f. "Planning area" means those areas designated or nondesignated herein or to be designated pursuant to section 4 of this act. g. "Waters of the State" means the ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies of surface or ground water, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of this State or subject to its jurisdiction. L.1977, c. 75, s. 3, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-4 - Areawide waste treatment management planning areas; designation; county board of chosen freeholders as designated areawide planning agency

58:11A-4. Areawide waste treatment management planning areas; designation; county board of chosen freeholders as designated areawide planning agency  a. The Governor may designate such areas as he may deem appropriate as areawide waste treatment management planning areas pursuant to the provisions of section 208 of the Federal Act. Said designation should to the maximum extent practicable conform to county boundaries, with appropriate modifications made to take account of the major watersheds, as for example by including the south branch of the Raritan in a Hunterdon county designation and the north branch of the Raritan in a Somerset county designation. The existing designation of certain planning areas is hereby confirmed. The Governor may also amend the boundaries contained in any of the designated or nondesignated planning areas at any time after the effective date of this act pursuant to the procedures required by the Federal Act after he reviews the existing boundaries of the counties, the sewerage treatment agencies and the river basins and subbasins located in that area. The Governor shall take whatever additional steps are required to implement this section. b. The Governor shall designate, where practicable and appropriate and wherever the county conforms to the applicable requirements of the Federal Act or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the county board of chosen freeholders as the designated areawide planning agency in accordance with section 208 of the Federal Act. The existing designation of certain areawide planning agencies for certain planning areas is hereby confirmed. L.1977, c. 75, s. 4, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-6 - Consultation with concerned county planning board and policy or technical advisory council

58:11A-6. Consultation with concerned county planning board and policy or technical advisory council  a. In every planning area in the State, the designated planning agency or the Department of Environmental Protection for all areas of the State without a designated planning agency, shall consult the concerned county planning board or boards and shall consider the advice of said county planning board or boards for the planning area, and shall prepare all appropriate reports, working papers, and plans in a manner which facilitates such consultation with said county planning board or boards. b. To assist the areawide planning agency in formulating its plan, the agency shall appoint one or more policy and technical advisory councils, consisting of selected elective and appointive officials and members of the general public. The areawide plan shall be prepared by the areawide agency only after consultation with its policy or technical advisory council or councils. L.1977, c. 75, s. 6, eff. April 25, 1977.