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NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-7 - Continuous planning process of commissioner

58:11A-7. Continuous planning process of commissioner  The commissioner shall conduct a continuing planning process which shall: a. Integrate and unify the statewide and areawide water quality management planning processes; b. Conduct a statewide assessment of water quality and establish water quality goals and water quality standards for the waters of the State; c. Develop a statewide implementation strategy to achieve the water quality standards, which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the determination of effluent limitations and schedules of compliance at least as stringent as those required by the Federal Act; (2) the determination of the total maximum daily load for pollutants necessary to meet the water quality standards; (3) the incorporation of all elements of any areawide waste management plan prepared pursuant to this act; (4) an inventory and ranking of needs, in order of priority, for the construction of municipal waste treatment works needed to meet the water quality goals and standards; (5) methods for controlling all residual wastes from any water treatment processing. The commissioner may delegate aspects of the continuing planning process to other State, Federal, interstate or local agencies. The commissioner shall coordinate and integrate the continuing planning process with related Federal, State, regional and local comprehensive, functional and other relevant planning activities, programs and policies. L.1977, c. 75, s. 7, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-7.1 - Designated sewer service areas, certain, approvals revoked.

58:11A-7.1 Designated sewer service areas, certain, approvals revoked.  42. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.) and the "Water Quality Planning Act," P.L.1977, c.75 (C.58:11A-1 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, within the Highlands preservation area as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), designated sewer service areas for which wastewater collection systems have not been installed on the date of enactment of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et al.) are hereby revoked, and any associated treatment works approvals in the impacted areas shall expire on the date of enactment of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et al.), except that any designated sewer service area shall not be revoked and any associated treatment works approvals shall not expire if necessary to serve development in the Highlands preservation area that is exempt from the provisions of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et al.) pursuant to subsection a. of section 30 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-28). The Department of Environmental Protection shall implement measures to amend any water quality management plan as appropriate to reflect the revocation of designated sewer service areas pursuant to this section. L.2004,c.120,s.42.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-8 - Comprehensive public participation program

58:11A-8. Comprehensive public participation program  The Department of Environmental Protection and all areawide waste treatment management planning agencies shall establish a comprehensive public participation program directed towards informing the public and involving it in the water quality management planning process. Opportunities for meaningful public participation shall be provided during determination of planning goals, plan development, review, and adoption in accordance with the policy of this act and all applicable requirements of law. L.1977, c. 75, s. 8, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-9 - Rules and regulations

58:11A-9. Rules and regulations  The commissioner may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedures Act" P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations for the preparation and adoption of areawide plans by the areawide planning agencies and in order to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1977, c. 75, s. 9, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-10 - Development and conduct of projects and activities affecting water quality consistent with adopted areawide plan

58:11A-10. Development and conduct of projects and activities affecting water quality consistent with adopted areawide plan  All projects and activities affecting water quality in any planning area shall be developed and conducted in a manner consistent with the adopted areawide plan. The commissioner shall not make any grant for construction of a publicly owned treatment works to any agency not identified as the necessary agency to construct said facilities pursuant to any adopted areawide plan. The commissioner shall not grant any permit which is in conflict with an adopted areawide plan. L.1977, c. 75, s. 10, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-11 - Liberal construction; severability

58:11A-11. Liberal construction; severability  This act shall be liberally construed. 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 judged unconstitutional or invalid, such 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.1977, c. 75, s. 11, eff. April 25, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-12 - Aquifer recharge area defined

58:11A-12. Aquifer recharge area defined  As used in this act, "aquifer recharge area" means an area which may be composed of sand or gravel, may be located at points of substantial fracturing in geological formations, may extend to the ground surface in certain locations, and which transmits water to an aquifer under the influence of vertical head differentials and refills or "recharges" primarily by infiltration of precipitation through the ground surface.  P.L. 1988, c. 41, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-13 - Methodology

58:11A-13. Methodology  The Department of Environmental Protection, within two years of the effective date of this act, shall prepare and publish a methodology which shall allow the user to define, rank and map aquifer recharge areas. In conjunction with this methodology, the department shall prepare and publish model land use regulations or best management practices designed to encourage ecologically sound development in aquifer recharge areas and to restrict therein those activities known to cause groundwater contamination.  P.L. 1988, c. 41, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-14 - Map of aquifer recharge areas

58:11A-14. Map of aquifer recharge areas  The Department of Environmental Protection, within four years of the effective date of this act, shall prepare and publish a map of the aquifer recharge areas in the State, using, to the greatest extent possible, the revised State geologic map (scale 1:100,000), and any local and regional mapping efforts already completed or underway which the department shall verify. Periodically thereafter, as appropriate, the department shall update these maps.  P.L. 1988, c. 41, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-15 - Map, methodology as guidance

58:11A-15. Map, methodology as guidance  The map of aquifer recharge areas prepared pursuant to section 3 of this act and the suggested land use regulations prepared pursuant to section 2 of this act are to be used solely at the discretion of a municipality; and are to be considered guidance as to how orderly development may proceed in conjunction with the sound protection and management of groundwater quality.  P.L. 1988, c. 41, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11A-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11A-16 - Rules, regulations.

58:11A-16 Rules, regulations.  The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.  P.L. 1988, c. 41, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-1 - Title amended.

58:11B-1 Title amended.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Infrastructure Trust Act." L.1985, c.334, s.1; amended 1997, c.224, s.2; 2016, c.56, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-5.1 - Request by local government for financing of environmental infrastructure projects.

58:11B-5.1 Request by local government for financing of environmental infrastructure projects.  1. a. A local government unit seeking to finance $1,000,000 or more of the costs of any environmental infrastructure project or project component shall submit a request for a financing cost estimate for the project on a form made available online by the trust pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2017, c.71 (C.58:11B-5.2). b. A local government unit that is awarded a grant for all or part of the costs of an environmental infrastructure project shall not be required to submit a request for a financing cost estimate pursuant to this section if the local government unit is seeking to finance less than $1,000,000 of the remaining costs of that project or project component. c. A local government unit shall not be required to submit a request for a financing cost estimate pursuant to this section for an environmental infrastructure project the appropriation of which was approved either by ordinance of a municipality or by resolution of an authority or county, as appropriate, prior to or on the effective date of this section. L.2017, c.71, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-5.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-5.2 - Financing cost estimate.

58:11B-5.2 Financing cost estimate.  2. a. The trust shall make available a financing cost estimate to any local government unit seeking to finance $1,000,000 or more of the costs of an environmental infrastructure project or project component. The financing cost estimate shall provide a local government unit with an estimate of the costs of financing an environmental infrastructure project through the trust to enable the local government unit to evaluate, and other interested parties to consider, the potential savings of trust financing, including interest costs, compared to other available methods of financing the project. b. The trust may require the local government unit to provide information concerning the project and the borrower needed to generate a financing cost estimate, including, but not limited to, a detailed description of the project, design, engineering and environmental information, a cost estimate prepared by the project engineer or other qualified person, information regarding the borrower, the amount to be financed, and any other information the trust deems relevant in order for the cost estimate to be as accurate as possible. The trust, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall provide with the financing cost estimate: (1) a description of the priority system used by the Department of Environmental Protection in awarding financing under the program; and (2) a comparison of the estimates of the cost of issuance and underwriting fees, servicing fees, and interest costs for a project financed through the trust versus a project financed independently by the local government unit through its own bond process. c. The trust, through its web site, shall make available online a form that may be completed by the local government unit for submission to the trust in order for the trust to make an estimate of financing costs for the project. Upon submission of the completed form, the trust shall, within 5 days thereafter, provide an estimate of the financing costs and possible interest rate that may be made available for the project. L.2017, c.71, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-8 - Pledges binding

58:11B-8. Pledges binding  Any pledge of revenues, receipts, moneys, funds, or other property or instruments made by the trust shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenues, receipts, moneys, funds or other property so pledged and thereafter received by the trust shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the trust, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge under this section is created need be filed or recorded, except in the records of the trust.  L. 1985, c. 334, s. 8, eff. Nov. 5, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-10 - "Wastewater treatment system general loan fund."

58:11B-10 "Wastewater treatment system general loan fund."  10. The trust shall create and establish a special fund to be known as the "wastewater treatment system general loan fund." The monies in the fund shall only be used for projects funded by the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program.  Subject to the provisions of the legislation appropriating moneys to the trust, subject to any other provision of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-1 et seq.), P.L.1997, c.224 (C.58:11B-10.1 et al.), or sections 22 and 34 through 38 of P.L.2016, c.56 (C.58:11B-10.3 through C.58:11B-10.5, C.58:11B-20.2, C.58:11B-22.3, and C.58:11B-22.4) providing otherwise, and subject to agreements with the holders of bonds, notes and other obligations of the trust, the trust shall deposit into the wastewater treatment system general loan fund all revenues and receipts of the trust, including moneys received by the trust as payment of the principal of and the interest or premium on loans made from moneys in any wastewater treatment system fund or account held by the trust under P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-1 et seq.), P.L.1997, c.224 (C.58:11B-10.1 et al.), or sections 22 and 34 through 38 of P.L.2016, c.56 (C.58:11B-10.3 through C.58:11B-10.5, C.58:11B-20.2, C.58:11B-22.3, and C.58:11B-22.4), and the earnings on the moneys in any wastewater treatment system fund or account of the trust, and all grants, appropriations, other than those referred to in section 11 of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-11), contributions, or other moneys from any source, available for the making of loans to local government units. The amounts in the wastewater treatment system general loan fund shall be available for application by the trust for loans to local government units for the cost of wastewater treatment system projects, and for other corporate purposes of the trust related to wastewater treatment systems, subject to agreements with the holders of bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust. L.1985, c.334, s.10; amended 1997, c.224, s.10; 2016, c.56, s.19; 2017, c.144, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-10.1 - "Water supply facilities general loan fund."

58:11B-10.1 "Water supply facilities general loan fund."  23. The trust shall create and establish a special fund to be known as the "water supply facilities general loan fund." The monies in the fund shall only be used for projects funded by the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program. Subject to the provisions of the legislation appropriating moneys to the trust, subject to any other provision of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-1 et seq.), P.L.1997, c.224 (C.58:11B-10.1 et al.), or sections 22 and 34 through 38 of P.L.2016, c.56 (C.58:11B-10.3 through C.58:11B-10.5, C.58:11B-20.2, C.58:11B-22.3, and C.58:11B-22.4) providing otherwise, and subject to agreements with the holders of bonds, notes and other obligations of the trust, the trust shall deposit into the water supply facilities general loan fund all revenues and receipts of the trust, including moneys received by the trust as payment of the principal of and the interest or premium on loans made from moneys in any fund or account held by the trust under the provisions of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-1 et seq.), P.L.1997, c.224 (C.58:11B-10.1 et al.), or sections 22 and 34 through 38 of P.L.2016, c.56 (C.58:11B-10.3 through C.58:11B-10.5, C.58:11B-20.2, C.58:11B-22.3, and C.58:11B-22.4), and the earnings on the moneys in any fund or account of the trust, and all grants, appropriations, other than those referred to in section 11 of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-11), contributions, or other moneys from any source, available for the making of loans to local government units, public water utilities, or to any other person or local government unit on behalf of a public water utility, for water supply projects. The amounts in the water supply facilities general loan fund shall be available for application by the trust for loans to local government units, public water utilities or any other person for the cost of water supply projects, and for other corporate purposes of the trust, subject to agreements with the holders of bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust. L.1997, c.224, s.23; amended 1999, c.175, s.4; 2016, c.56, s.20; 2017, c.144, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-10.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-10.2 - Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund.

58:11B-10.2 Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund.  1. a. There is established in the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank a special fund to be known as the Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund. The Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund shall be credited with: (1) moneys deposited into the fund as loan origination fees received by the Department of Environmental Protection and paid by project sponsors of wastewater treatment system projects or water supply projects financed under the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program; and (2) any interest paid on the amounts on deposit in the Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund. b. Moneys in the Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund shall be drawn and used by the Department of Environmental Protection for administrative and operating expenses incurred by the department in administering the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program, except that the total amount utilized by the department for administrative and operating expenses in any fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000,000. The monies in the Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund shall also be available for application by the department for State matching funds or loans to local government units for the cost of wastewater treatment system or water supply projects. Amounts in excess of the funds drawn by the department from the Department of Environmental Protection Loan Origination Fee Fund during any given fiscal year shall be carried forward into the following fiscal year and held on deposit in the fund. c. As used in this section, "Department of Environmental Protection loan origination fee" means the fee charged by the Department of Environmental Protection in connection with engineering and environmental services provided by the department to a project sponsor pursuant to such project sponsor's participation in the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program. A project sponsor may finance any portion of the Department of Environmental Protection loan origination fee through the trust by a trust loan to pay a portion of the costs incurred by the department in the implementation of the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program.  L.2005, c.202, s.1; amended 2015, c.106, s.8; 2016, c.56, s.21; 2019, c.516, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:11B-10.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:11B-10.3 - Transportation Loan Origination Fee Fund.

58:11B-10.3 Transportation Loan Origination Fee Fund.  22. a. There is established in the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank a special fund to be known as the Transportation Loan Origination Fee Fund. The Transportation Loan Origination Fee Fund shall be credited with: (1) moneys deposited into the fund as loan origination fees received by the trust and paid by loan applicants for transportation projects, aviation projects, and marine projects financed under the New Jersey Transportation Infrastructure Financing Program; and (2) any interest paid on the amounts of the transportation loan origination fees. b. Moneys in the Transportation Loan Origination Fee Fund shall be drawn and used by the trust to reimburse the trust and then the Department of Transportation for administrative and operating expenses incurred in administering the New Jersey Transportation Infrastructure Financing Program, except that the total amount expended by the trust for administrative and operating expenses in any fiscal year shall not exceed $8,000,000. The monies in the Transportation Loan Origination Fee Fund shall also be available for application by the trust for loans to local government units for the cost of transportation projects, aviation projects, and marine projects. Amounts in excess of the funds drawn by the Department of Transportation from the Transportation Loan Origination Fee Fund during any given fiscal year shall be carried forward into the following fiscal year and held on deposit in the fund.  c. As used in this section, "transportation loan origination fee" means the fee charged by the trust in connection with engineering and environmental services provided by the Department of Transportation to a project sponsor pursuant to such project sponsor's participation in the New Jersey Transportation Financing Program. A project sponsor may finance any portion of the transportation loan origination fee through the trust through a transportation loan by the trust to such project sponsor. L.2016, c.56, s.22; amended 2019, c.194, s.3; 2019, c.516, s.5; 2021, c.74, s.6.