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NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-25 - Standards, maps

58:25-25. Standards, maps  a. Within six months after enactment of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop standards for the inventory and mapping of stormwater sewers and sanitary sewage lines and, within that period, shall provide these standards to any municipality required to adopt a map pursuant to subsection b. of this section. b. Within 18 months after enactment of this act, all municipalities with stormwater systems discharging into the salt waters of Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties shall adopt a stormwater sewer/sanitary sewage map in accordance with the provisions of this act. The map shall locate, list and number all stormwater sewer and sanitary sewage lines within the geographical boundaries of a municipality, which are part of any stormwater system that discharges into surface waters. The map shall also identify all cross-connections between stormwater and sanitary sewage systems, and indicate whether the cross-connections have received a permit from the Department of Environmental Protection. The governing body of any municipality required to adopt a map pursuant to this section may contract for the county health department or other county health agency to prepare the map or to monitor the stormwater sewer outfalls in accordance with section 4 of this act. As used in this act, "salt water" means surface saline waters as defined by the Department of Environmental Protection in regulations adopted pursuant to P.L. 1977, c. 74 (C. 58:10A-1 et seq.) and P.L. 1977, c. 75 (C. 58:11A-1 et seq.). L. 1988, c. 90, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-26 - Monitoring of water quality

58:25-26. Monitoring of water quality  4. a. A municipality, upon completion of the map required pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1988, c.90 (C.58:25-25), shall provide for the monitoring of the water quality at the outfall lines for any stormwater sewers discharging into salt waters in the following manner: (1) For priority outfall lines, monitoring shall be conducted twice each year; and (2) For those outfall lines other than priority outfall lines, monitoring shall be conducted annually. b. The water tests shall monitor for the presence of fecal coliform or other contaminants that may result from a sewer line break or an improper or illegal connection to a stormwater sewer line. If fecal coliform or other contaminants are found to exceed the standards therefor established pursuant to P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), the municipality shall identify the person responsible for, and promptly abate or seek the abatement of, the contamination. The results of any water test which monitors for the presence of fecal coliform or other contaminants shall be reported to the Department of Environmental Protection in such manner as shall be required by the department. c. "Priority outfall line" shall be defined by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to regulations adopted by the department. d. Beginning February 1, 1995, and annually thereafter, the department, pursuant to the regulations developed to define a "priority outfall" pursuant to subsection c. of this section, shall submit a report to the Legislature that lists the priority outfalls. This list shall include the municipality in which the outfall is located, the location of the outfall and the waterbody into which the outfall discharges. L. 1988, c.90, s.4; amended L.1995,c.259,s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-27 - Unpermitted interconnections

58:25-27. Unpermitted interconnections  A municipality subject to the provisions of section 3 of this act shall eliminate or cause to be eliminated any unpermitted interconnections of stormwater sewer systems and sanitary sewage systems within the municipality. Any unpermitted interconnection in existence 30 months after enactment of this act shall be subject to the civil penalty provisions of P.L. 1977, c. 74 (C. 58:10A-1 et seq.). Municipalities that fail to take appropriate measures to eliminate, or cause to be eliminated, unpermitted cross-connections after receiving written or constructive notice thereof, shall also be subject to the civil penalty provisions of P.L. 1977, c. 74. An action to enforce the civil penalty provisions of P.L. 1977, c. 74 may be brought by the department, the municipality, or other public entity controlling or operating the stormwater sewer system with an unpermitted interconnection. The action shall be in the name of the public entity bringing the action. Municipalities within the counties of Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May shall also take appropriate measures to abate nonpoint sources of pollution directly entering salt waters. L. 1988, c. 90, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-28 - Abatement measures

58:25-28. Abatement measures  Within 30 months after enactment of this act, any public entity operating a combined stormwater sewer and sanitary sewage system shall provide abatement measures approved by the department at any combined sewer overflow point for which a permit is required pursuant to P.L. 1977, c. 74 (C. 58:10A-1 et seq.). Any public entity that fails to provide, in accordance with standards established therefor by the department, appropriate abatement measures approved by the department at a combined sewer overflow point after the expiration of the 30 month period shall be subject to the penalty provisions of P.L. 1977, c. 74 (C. 58:10A-1 et seq.), and to any other enforcement action that may be appropriate. L. 1988, c. 90, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-29 - Abatement assistance fund

58:25-29. Abatement assistance fund  a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a non-lapsing fund, to be known as the "Municipal Stormwater Management and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Assistance Fund." There shall be deposited in the fund, moneys appropriated pursuant to this act, any other appropriations as may be made thereto by law, and any interest earned thereon. Upon disbursement of all monies in the fund, the fund shall terminate. b. The department is authorized, pursuant to the provisions of this act, to provide grants from the fund to municipalities for the inventory and mapping of stormwater systems pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of this act and for the planning and design necessary to eliminate unpermitted interconnections of stormwater sewer systems and sanitary sewage systems and to abate nonpoint sources of pollution directly entering salt waters pursuant to section 5 of this act. For the purposes of this subsection, planning may include the costs of monitoring water quality at outfall lines for stormwater sewers. c. The department is authorized, pursuant to the provisions of this act, to provide grants from the fund to municipalities and other public entities controlling or operating combined stormwater sewer and sanitary sewage systems for the planning and design of abatement measures at any combined sewer overflow point. d. Prior to the award of any grant, the department shall notify the presiding officers of both houses of the Legislature in writing of the applications received, the grant recipients, the amounts requested, amounts to be granted and the purposes for which the grants shall be used. L. 1988, c. 90, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-30 - 90% State funding

58:25-30. 90% State funding  Any municipality or other public entity eligible for a grant pursuant to section 7 may apply to the department for up to 90% of the total inventory, mapping, planning, and design costs to be incurred thereby, as applicable. The municipality or other public entity shall include in its application, the purposes for which the grant shall be used, the method of accomplishing those purposes, a statement that the municipality or public entity shall provide 10% of the total cost, any other information the department may require, and if applicable, a statement that the municipality will conform with the department standards for the stormwater system inventory and map. The department shall review and approve an application if the amount requested is reasonable for the work to be accomplished, the municipality or public entity is providing the required match and meets any other department requirements, and, if applicable, the municipality has agreed to conform with the department's inventory and mapping standards. Any application disapproved may be amended and resubmitted to the department. L. 1988, c. 90, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-31 - Priority systems

58:25-31. Priority systems  a. The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop a priority system for stormwater sewer system pollution elimination and abatement construction projects and shall establish the ranking criteria and future funding policies for the construction of projects. The commissioner shall, based upon the inventory, maps, plans and designs of grant recipients, develop a stormwater sewer system construction project priority list for future funding of stormwater sewer system projects. b. The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop a priority system for combined sewer system pollution elimination and abatement construction projects and shall establish the ranking criteria and future funding policies for the construction of projects. The commissioner shall, based upon the plans and designs of grant recipients, develop a combined sewer system construction project priority list for future funding of combined sewer system projects. L. 1988, c. 90, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-32 - Rules, regulations

58:25-32. Rules, regulations  The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate for the implementation of this act. L. 1988, c. 90, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:25-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:25-33 - Stormwater collection systems

58:25-33. Stormwater collection systems  Any stormwater collection system constructed by the Department of Transportation or any other state agency that may discharge stormwater into surface waters, shall be designed to abate, to the greatest extent practicable and feasible, any adverse environmental impact on the quality of the surface water into which the stormwater may be discharged. L. 1988, c. 90, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-1 - Short title

58:26-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Water Supply Privatization Act." L. 1985, c. 37, s. 1, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-2 - Findings, determinations

58:26-2. Findings, determinations  The Legislature finds that the construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of modern and efficient water filtration facilities are essential to protecting and improving the State's water quality; that many of the water filtration systems in New Jersey must be replaced or upgraded if an inexorable decline in water quality is to be avoided during the coming decades; that the citizens of this State, in recognition of the crucial role the construction of new and the upgrading of existing water supply facilities play in maintaining and augmenting the natural water resources of the State, and with an understanding that the cost of financing and constructing these systems is beyond the limited financial resource capabilities of local governments and authorities and must be borne by the bonding authority of the State and repaid, in part, through a system of water supply user charges, approved the enactment of the "Water Supply Bond Act of 1981" (P.L. 1981, c. 261); that the water filtration needs of the State are so great that the limited funds allocated for this purpose from the "Water Supply Fund" established by that 1981 bond act are insufficient; that given this inadequate present level of State funding, alternative methods of financing the construction of new or the rehabilitation of antiquated or inadequate existing water filtration systems must be developed and encouraged; that one alternative method of financing these necessary facilities available to local government units consists of contracting with private-sector firms for the financing, construction and operation of these systems; and that for some local government units, contracting for the provision of water supply services, if done in such a way as to protect the interests of water users and to conform with environmentally sound water quality standards will constitute an appropriate method of securing these needed water filtration systems. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to establish a comprehensive procedure designed to authorize local government units to contract with private firms for the construction of water filtration systems and the provision of water supply services. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 2, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-3 - Definitions

58:26-3. Definitions  As used in this act: a. "Contracting unit" means a county, district water supply commission, municipality, municipal or county utilities authority, municipal water district, joint meeting or any other political subdivision of the State authorized pursuant to law to operate or maintain a public water supply system or to construct, rehabilitate, operate, or maintain water supply facilities or otherwise provide water for human consumption; b. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; c. "Division" means the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; d. "Vendor" means any person financially, technically, and administratively capable of financing, planning, designing, constructing, operating, or maintaining, or any combination thereof, a water filtration system, water supply facilities, or of providing water supply services to a local government unit under the terms of a contract awarded pursuant to the provisions of this act; e. "Water filtration system" means any equipment, plants, structures, machinery, apparatus, or land, or any combination thereof, acquired, used, constructed, rehabilitated, or operated for the collection, impoundment, storage, improvement, filtration, or other treatment of drinking water for the purposes of purifying and enhancing water quality and insuring its potability prior to the distribution of the drinking water in the general public for human consumption, including plants and works, and other personal property and appurtenances necessary for their use or operation; f. "Water supply facilities" means and refers to the real property and the plants, structures, interconnections between existing water supply facilities, machinery and equipment and other property, real, personal and mixed, acquired, constructed or operated, or to be acquired, constructed or operated, in whole or in part by or on behalf of a political subdivision of the State or any agency thereof, for the purpose of augmenting the natural water resources of the State and making available an increased supply of water for all uses, or of conserving existing water resources, and any and all appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the collecting, impounding, storing, improving, treating, filtering, conserving or transmitting of water, and for the preservation and protection of these resources and facilities and providing for the conservation and development of future water supply resources; g. "Water supply services" means services provided by a water supply facility. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 3, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-4 - 40-year contract maximum

58:26-4. 40-year contract maximum  The provisions of any other law, or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, any contracting unit may enter into a contract for a period not to exceed 40 years, with a vendor for the financing, designing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a water supply facility, including a water filtration system, or for water supply services, pursuant to the provisions of this act. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 4, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-5 - Notice of intention.

58:26-5 Notice of intention.  5. A contracting unit which intends to enter into a contract with a private vendor for the provision of water supply services pursuant to the provisions of this act shall notify, at least 60 days prior to issuing a request for qualifications from interested vendors pursuant to section 6 of this act, the division, the department and the Board of Public Utilities and the Director of the Division of Rate Counsel in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury of its intention, and shall publish notice of its intention in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction which would be served under the terms of the proposed contract. L.1985, c.37, s.5; amended 1994, c.58, s.58; 2005, c.155, s.98; 2010, c.34, s.45.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-6 - Request for qualifications

58:26-6. Request for qualifications  Upon submitting the notices of intent pursuant to section 5 of this act, a contracting unit may issue a request for qualifications of vendors interested in entering into a contract with the contracting unit for the provision of water supply services. The request for qualifications shall include a general description of the water supply services required by the contracting unit, the minimum acceptable qualifications to be possessed by a vendor proposing to enter into a contract for the provision of these services, and the date by which vendors must submit their qualifications. In addition to all other factors bearing on qualifications, the contracting unit shall consider the reputation and experience of the vendor, and may consider information which might result in debarment or suspension of a vendor if the vendor has been debarred or suspended by a State agency. The request for qualifications shall be published in at least one appropriate professional or trade journal, and in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction which would be served under the terms of the proposed contract. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 6, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-7 - Qualified vendors

58:26-7. Qualified vendors  After reviewing the qualifications submitted by vendors pursuant to section 6 of this act, a contracting unit shall establish a list of all vendors responding to the request for qualifications, and shall designate the vendor or vendors which the contracting unit has determined to be qualified to provide the water supply services described in the request for qualifications. This list shall include a statement setting forth the criteria applied by the contracting unit in selecting qualified vendors, and shall be published in the same publications in which the requests for qualifications were published pursuant to section 6 of this act. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 7, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-8 - Request for proposals

58:26-8. Request for proposals  Upon selecting the qualified vendors pursuant to section 7 of this act, a contracting unit shall transmit a request for proposals to the qualified vendors, which shall include a detailed description of the water supply facility and services required, the format and procedure to be followed in submitting proposals, the specific information which the vendor must provide in the proposal, a statement setting forth the relative importance of factors, including cost, which the contracting unit will consider in evaluating a proposal submitted by a qualified vendor, and any other information which the contracting unit deems appropriate. The request for proposals shall include the date and time of day by which, and the place at which, the proposals shall be submitted to the contracting unit. The contracting unit may extend the deadline for submission of proposals, but this extension shall apply to all qualified vendors, who shall be provided with simultaneous written notification of this extension. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 8, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-9 - Review of proposals; revisions

58:26-9. Review of proposals; revisions  A contracting unit shall review proposals submitted by vendors pursuant to section 8 of this act in such a manner as to avoid disclosure of the contents of any proposal to vendors submitting competing proposals. If provided for in the request for proposals, the contracting unit may conduct discussions with qualified vendors who have submitted proposals for the purpose of clarifying any information submitted in the proposal, or assuring that the vendor fully understood and responded to the requirements set forth in the request for proposals. If, as a result of these discussions, the contracting unit decides to revise the request for proposals, it shall immediately notify in writing each qualified vendor which has submitted a proposal of any such revision or revisions to the request for proposals. In the event of any revision to the request for proposals, a qualified vendor shall be permitted to submit revisions to its proposal. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 9, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-10 - Designation of vendor

58:26-10. Designation of vendor  After reviewing the proposals submitted by qualified vendors pursuant to section 9 of this act, a contracting unit shall designate in writing the selected vendor or vendors. This designation shall include a list of the qualified vendors submitting proposals, the basis on which the selected vendor or vendors was chosen, and a finding that the proposal submitted by the selected vendor or vendors constitutes the proposal most advantageous to the jurisdiction to be served under the terms of the proposal, based upon the evaluation factors included in the request for proposals. This designation shall be published in at least one newspaper in general circulation in the jurisdiction to be served under the terms of the proposaL. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 10, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.