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NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-13.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-13.1 - Maintenance of State-owned lands in the Six Mile Reservoir Site and other unused lands.

58:1A-13.1 Maintenance of State-owned lands in the Six Mile Reservoir Site and other unused lands.  3. a. The department shall take actions to assure that State-owned lands identified pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection b. of section 13 of P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-13) shall be maintained in a manner to ensure that their future use for water supply purposes is not materially impaired or increased significantly in cost. b. Until State-owned lands identified pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection b. of section 13 of P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-13) are used for water supply purposes, these lands shall be dedicated to the protection of natural resources, including grasslands, wetlands, forests and reforestation, ecosystem improvement, natural ground water recharge, and agricultural purposes that are compatible with natural resource protection and water quality protection. The use of these lands shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) The lands may be used for open space recreational purposes to the extent that these uses do not impair natural or historic resource protection; (2) Except for the construction of walking paths or bicycle paths, or other structures for passive recreational uses in accordance with the purposes of this act, permanent structures and other impervious cover shall be less than two percent of the total land area. Permanent structures or extensive impervious cover shall not be constructed on those lands that would be used for water supply purposes;  (3) The use of these lands for non-water supply purposes shall not impair the planned water supply use in any material way. Active recreation shall be allowed only outside the perimeter of any proposed water supply facilities, including, but not limited to, reservoirs, pipelines, canals, pumping stations or dams; (4) Passive recreation may be allowed within the perimeter of any proposed water supply facility; and  (5) Agricultural uses shall be allowed in the most suitable sites based on soils, water quality protection and site configuration and shall be sited in a manner that protects the agricultural uses from significant interference and damage from recreational uses. All agricultural activities shall be conducted in a manner that will protect natural resources and water quality, as determined by the department in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture.  L.2003,c.251,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-13.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-13.2 - Existing lease, agreement unaffected concerning unused lands.

58:1A-13.2 Existing lease, agreement unaffected concerning unused lands.  4. The provisions of section 3 of P.L.2003, c.251 (C.58:1A-13.1) shall not abrogate or in any way affect the terms or conditions of any lease or other agreement that is in effect on the date of enactment between the department and any party relative to the management of land identified pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection b. of section 13 of P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-13), nor shall the provisions of P.L.2003, c.251 (C.58:1A-13.1 et al.) restrict the authority of the department to enter into or extend a lease or agreement to manage those lands, provided that any lease or agreement is consistent with the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2003, c.251 (C.58:1A-13.1). L.2003,c.251,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-13.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-13.3 - Preparation, adoption of revisions, updates to New Jersey Statewide Water Supply Plan.

58:1A-13.3 Preparation, adoption of revisions, updates to New Jersey Statewide Water Supply Plan.  2. a. The department shall prepare and adopt appropriate revisions and updates to the current New Jersey Statewide Water Supply Plan no later than December 31, 2006 pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-13). b. In its preparation of proposed revisions and updates to the current plan, the department shall consult with the New Jersey Water Supply Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1981, c.293 (C.58:1B-4) and the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-4), as appropriate, as well as with the public and private water purveyors. L.2005,c.285,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-14 - Inadequate supply available to water purveyor; order for development or acquisition; certification of amount in local budget

58:1A-14. Inadequate supply available to water purveyor; order for development or acquisition; certification of amount in local budget  a. When the department determines that the developed water supply available to a water purveyor is inadequate to service its users with an adequate supply of water under a variety of conditions, the department may order the water purveyor to develop or acquire, within a reasonable period of time, additional water supplies sufficient to provide that service. b. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall, when reviewing the annual budget of any municipality, county, or agency thereof which operates a public water supply system, certify that an amount sufficient to cover the cost of any order issued to the municipality, county or agency thereof pursuant to subsection a. of this section is included in that annual budget. L.1981, c. 262, s. 14, eff. Aug. 13, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-15.1 - Actions consistent with Pinelands, Highlands regulation.

58:1A-15.1 Actions consistent with Pinelands, Highlands regulation.  10. No action taken by the department pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et al.) or P.L.1993, c.202 (C.58:1A-7.3 et al.) shall be inconsistent with the provisions of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.), the comprehensive management plan for the pinelands area adopted pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-8), the "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act," P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et al.), or the Highlands regional master plan adopted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-8). L.1993,c.202,s.10; amended 2004, c.120, s.74.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-17 - Continuation of prior rules and regulations

58:1A-17. Continuation of prior rules and regulations  Any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to any statutes repealed by this act shall remain in effect until superseded by rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act. However, all such rules and regulations shall be reviewed and revised where necessary by the department within 2 years of the enactment of this act. L.1981, c. 262, s. 25, eff. Aug. 13, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-18 - Short title.

58:1A-18 Short title.  1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the "Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee Act." L.1997,c.342,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-19 - Findings, determinations relative to Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee.

58:1A-19 Findings, determinations relative to Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee.  2. The Legislature finds and declares that the Rahway river is an important natural, recreational, and economic resource utilized and enjoyed by the citizens of the State; that the value of this resource is heavily dependent upon water quality, and poor water quality is a potential threat to the public health, safety, and welfare, and to the environment; that the river has suffered in the past, and continues to suffer, from abuse and neglect due to point and nonpoint source pollution discharges, stormwater runoff, illegal dumping of litter and other debris, and is subject to flooding conditions, creating a threat to people and property throughout the river system.  The Legislature therefore determines that it is appropriate for the municipalities and counties within which the Rahway river is located to form an intergovernmental cooperative working group to (1) develop recommended regional planning strategies and other regional policies, procedures, and model ordinances and resolutions, which would be implemented by each member municipality and county on a voluntary basis, (2) where appropriate, coordinate efforts of member municipalities and counties to clean up the Rahway river system or any tributary or watershed land thereof and to alleviate flooding conditions in that river system, (3) recommend appropriate State legislation and administrative action, and (4) advocate, and where appropriate, act as a coordinating, distributing, or recipient agency for, federal and State funding of environmental protection projects in river municipalities and river counties, all for the purpose of achieving the State goal of fully restoring, promoting, preserving, and maintaining the environmental health and water quality of the Rahway river system. L.1997,c.342,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-20 - Definitions relative to Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee.

58:1A-20 Definitions relative to Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee.  3. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. "Committee" means the "Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee" created pursuant to section 4 of this act. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Environmental protection project" means any work the purpose of which is to reduce point or nonpoint source pollution discharges, stormwater runoff, illegal dumping of litter and other debris, and other environmental and aesthetic insults to the Rahway river system, or to otherwise maintain or enhance the environmental health and water quality of the Rahway river system or any tributary or watershed land thereof. "River counties" means Union county , Middlesex county, and Essex county. "River municipalities" means the Union county municipalities of Clark, Cranford, Garwood, Kenilworth, Linden, Mountainside, Rahway, Scotch Plains, Springfield, Summit, Union, Westfield, and Winfield, the Middlesex county municipalities of Carteret, Edison, and Woodbridge, the Essex county municipalities of Maplewood, Millburn, Orange, South Orange, and West Orange, and any other Union , Middlesex, or Essex county municipality that chooses to participate, and is accepted, as a member of the committee as provided in section 4 of this act. L.1997,c.342,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-21 - "Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee" created.

58:1A-21 "Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee" created.  4. a. There is created the "Rahway River Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee," which shall be composed of: (1) a representative of each river municipality, who shall be selected by the governing body of that municipality and who shall be a voting member of the committee; (2) a representative of Union county, who shall be selected by the governing body of that county and who shall be a voting member of the committee; (3) a representative of Middlesex county, who shall be selected by the governing body of that county and shall be a voting member of the committee; (4) a representative of Essex county, who shall be selected by the county executive of that county and who shall be a voting member of the committee; and (5) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, who shall serve ex officio and who shall be a nonvoting member of the committee. Any municipality in Union county , Middlesex county, or Essex county that is not a river municipality may, through its governing body, request membership, with full voting privileges, on the committee. Such membership shall be granted upon a majority vote of the voting membership of the committee. b. Vacancies in the positions on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. c. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the committee, be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties. d. A member of the committee may be removed at any time for any reason by the municipal or county governing body, or the county executive, as the case may be, that appointed that member. L.1997,c.342,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-22 - Committee organization; quorum; meetings.

58:1A-22 Committee organization; quorum; meetings.  5. a. The committee shall organize as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members and shall select a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. The department shall provide technical and planning assistance to the committee. b. A majority of the voting membership of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of committee business. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the committee at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full voting membership of the committee. c. The committee shall meet regularly as it may determine, and shall also meet at the call of the chairperson of the committee, the commissioner, or the Governor. L.1997,c.342,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-23 - Committee duties.

58:1A-23 Committee duties.  6. In order to facilitate achievement of the State goal, as set forth in this act, to fully restore, promote, preserve, and maintain the environmental health and water quality of the Rahway river system, the committee shall: a. develop recommended regional planning strategies and other regional policies, procedures, and model ordinances and resolutions, which would be implemented by each member municipality and county on a voluntary basis; b. where appropriate, coordinate efforts of member municipalities and counties to clean up the Rahway river system or any tributary or watershed land thereof and to alleviate flooding conditions in that river system; c. recommend appropriate State legislation and administrative action; and d. advocate, and where appropriate, act as a coordinating, distributing, or recipient agency for, federal and State funding of environmental protection projects in river municipalities and river counties, which projects may include the work of the committee. L.1997,c.342,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-24 - Assistance provided to committee.

58:1A-24 Assistance provided to committee.  7. The committee shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of such employees of any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, agency, or authority as it may require and as may be available to it for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this act, and to employ such staff or experts and incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary in order to perform its duties, and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for those purposes. L.1997,c.342,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-25 - Meetings, open; public.

58:1A-25 Meetings, open; public.  8. The meetings of the committee shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). L.1997,c.342,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1A-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1A-26 - Reports; dissolution.

58:1A-26 Reports; dissolution.  9. a. The committee shall report its findings and conclusions, together with any recommendations for legislation or administrative action to abate environmental threats to the Rahway river system or to otherwise further the State goal to fully restore, promote, preserve, and maintain the environmental health and water quality of that river system, and to alleviate flooding conditions in that river system, to the Governor, the Legislature, and the commissioner within one year after the date of enactment of this act and periodically as necessary thereafter. b. The committee shall dissolve ten years after the date of enactment of this act unless the voting membership of the committee unanimously votes to continue its existence. Thereafter, such a vote shall be held annually, and failing the receipt of a unanimous vote of the voting membership to continue the existence of the committee for another year, the committee shall thereupon dissolve. L.1997,c.342,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-1 - Short title

58:1B-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Water Supply Authority Act." L.1981, c. 293, s. 1, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-2 - Legislative findings

58:1B-2. Legislative findings  The Legislature finds that a State authority should be established to acquire, finance, construct and operate water systems pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1981, c. 293, s. 2, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-5 - Water supply facilities operated by authority, disposition of revenue.

58:1B-5 Water supply facilities operated by authority, disposition of revenue.  5. a. All water supply facilities, owned or operated by the State, either now or hereafter, are transferred to the authority. The authority shall operate these facilities pursuant to the statutory authorizations enabling the State to operate and manage the facilities. The Delaware and Raritan Canal Transmission Complex, the Spruce Run-Round Valley Reservoir Complex and all other State-operated facilities now or hereafter authorized to be designed, constructed and operated pursuant to any past or future bond issues, including the "Water Supply Bond Act of 1981," P.L.1981, c.261, as amended by P.L.1983, c.355 and P.L.1997, c.223, are specifically included as State water supply facilities. b. The revenue from all State water supply facilities, the disposition of which is not otherwise expressly provided for by law, is pledged to the authority for the purposes provided in the provisions of P.L.1981, c.293 (C.58:1B-1 et seq.). L.1981,c.293,s.5; amended 2001, c.82, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-6 - Powers and duties of authority.

58:1B-6 Powers and duties of authority.  6. a. The authority is hereby empowered to design, initiate, acquire, construct, maintain, repair and operate projects or cause the same to be operated pursuant to a lease, sublease, or agreement with any person or governmental agency, and to issue bonds of the authority to finance these projects, payable from the revenues and other funds of the authority. All projects undertaken by the authority shall conform to the recommendations of the New Jersey Statewide Water Supply Plan. b. The authority shall be subject to compliance with all State health and environmental protection statutes and regulations and any other statutes and regulations not inconsistent herewith. The authority may, upon the request of a governmental agency, enter into a contract to provide services for any project. c. The authority shall consult with the Water Supply Advisory Council from time to time prior to final action on any project or undertaking authorized pursuant to this section. d. The authority shall consult with the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-4), from time to time prior to final action on any project or undertaking authorized pursuant to this section in the Highlands Region, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3). The provisions of section 16 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-16) shall apply to the authority. L.1981,c.293,s.6; amended 2004, c.120, s.75.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-8 - Eminent domain; determination of compensation; public utility facilities; relocation or removal

58:1B-8. Eminent domain; determination of compensation; public utility facilities; relocation or removal  a. Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the compensation to be paid thereunder shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.). b. Whenever the authority shall determine that it is necessary that any public utility facilities such as tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances of any public utility, as defined in R.S. 48:2-13, which are now, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over or under any project, 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 authority; 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 interests in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any 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 authority 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, 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. L.1981, c. 293, s. 8, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-9.1 - Annual appropriation to authority for certain energy or water expenses.

58:1B-9.1 Annual appropriation to authority for certain energy or water expenses.  6. a. In order to defray the additional, reasonable energy or water expenses incurred by the New Jersey Water Supply Authority in replenishing the water released 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), the Legislature shall annually appropriate from the General Fund to the authority such sums as may be necessary for this purpose. b. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall certify to the Legislature the actual energy or water expenses incurred by the authority in replenishing the water released from the Round Valley reservoir for the purpose of sustaining water recreational activities at the Spruce Run reservoir. The commissioner may require the authority to provide additional information verifying that the additional energy or water expenses incurred by the authority are reasonable and based upon the lowest possible electric utility rates available. L.2001,c.82,s.6.