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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:21B-6 - Payments in lieu of taxes

58:21B-6. Payments in lieu of taxes
To the end that municipalities may not suffer loss of taxes by reason of the acquisition and ownership by the State of New Jersey of property therein, the State Treasurer upon certification of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall pay annually on October 1 to each municipality in which property is acquired as authorized pursuant to this act: a. A sum equal to that last paid as taxes upon such land and improvements for the tax year immediately prior to its acquisition, which payments shall continue to be made annually until the year in which actual construction of water supply facilities on the property is undertaken, and thereafter; b. Beginning with the year in which actual construction of water supply facilities is undertaken on the property, and annually thereafter, a sum equal to the amount last paid as taxes upon such land alone, and in addition; c. Beginning with the year in which such actual construction of water supply facilities is undertaken and continuing for a period of 12 years, a sum equal to the following percentages of the amount last paid as taxes upon improvements upon such land: 92% in the first year, 84% in the second year, 76% in the third year, 68% in the fourth year, 60% in the fifth year, 52% in the sixth year, 44% in the seventh year, 36% in the eighth year, 28% in the ninth year, 20% in the tenth year, 12% in the eleventh year, and 4% in the twelfth year. All sums of money received by the respective municipalities as compensation for loss of tax revenue pursuant to this section shall be applied to the same purposes as is the tax revenue from the assessment and collection of taxes on real property of the said municipalities, and to accomplish this end such sums shall be apportioned in the same manner as the general tax rate of the municipality for the tax year preceding the year of receipt. The State shall be reimbursed for payments required to be made by this section out of the proceeds received for the sale of water supplied by the facility or system of which it may be a part. The State Treasurer shall also pay to any county or municipality the cost of relocating any municipal or county roads made necessary by reason of the acquisition or use of property pursuant to this act. L.1970, c. 147, s. 6, eff. July 17, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-5 - Expenditure of uncommitted funds

58:22-5. Expenditure of uncommitted funds
The department may expend or commit any remaining funds unexpended or uncommitted as hereinabove authorized for any project, as defined herein, as shall be authorized specifically by law. L.1958, c. 34, p. 101, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-6 - Reimbursement of state from proceeds of Water Bond Act of 1958

58:22-6. Reimbursement of state from proceeds of Water Bond Act of 1958
Any funds of the State heretofore authorized by law to be expended for any of the specific purposes authorized by this act and which have been or shall be so expended, shall be refunded to the State General Fund, and returned from it to any other fund from which the same may have been transferred, from the proceeds of said bond act allocated to such purpose. L.1958, c. 34, p. 101, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-7 - Restrictions on pumping water from south branch of Raritan river, release into Prescott brook, Round Valley reservoir.

58:22-7 Restrictions on pumping water from south branch of Raritan river, release into Prescott brook, Round Valley reservoir.
7. No water shall be pumped from the south branch of the Raritan river into the Round Valley reservoir whenever the flow in the Raritan river is less than 40 million gallons daily at the United States Geological Survey stream gauging station at Stanton, or less than 70 million gallons daily at the United States Geological Survey stream gauging station at Manville, or less than 90 million gallons daily at the United States Geological Survey stream gauging station at Bound Brook.
Not less than 830,000 gallons of water daily shall be released at all times into Prescott brook from the Round Valley reservoir and at all times not less than 170,000 gallons of water daily shall be released into the south branch of the Rockaway creek from the Round Valley reservoir.
L.1958,c.34,s.7; amended 1968, c.449, s.2; 2001, c.82, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-8 - Release of water into south branch of Raritan river from Spruce Run, Round Valley reservoirs.

58:22-8 Release of water into south branch of Raritan river from Spruce Run, Round Valley reservoirs.
8. a. Whenever the flow of water in the south branch of the Raritan river is less than 40 million gallons daily at the United States Geological Survey stream gauging station at Stanton, or less than 70 million gallons daily at the United States Geological Survey stream gauging station at Manville, or less than 90 million gallons daily at the United States Geological Survey stream gauging station at Bound Brook, a sufficient amount of water shall be released from the Spruce Run reservoir, or from the Round Valley reservoir or any other reservoir or reservoirs as may be constructed on the Raritan river or its tributaries, and from the Round Valley reservoir in the amounts as will maintain not less than the aforementioned flows of 40 million gallons daily at Stanton and 70 million gallons daily at Manville and 90 million gallons daily at Bound Brook, and the released water shall be returned to the south branch of the Raritan river at the point of diversion or pumping into the reservoir or at some point upstream thereof, except that the amount of water to be released from the Spruce Run reservoir shall not exceed an amount which lowers the water level in the reservoir between June 1 and August 31 more than 8 feet below its usual mean high-water height of each year to ensure the continued availability of the Spruce Run reservoir for water recreational activities.
b. The commissioner is authorized to alter the passing flow requirements set forth in subsection a. of this section as necessary to ensure the protection of the public health, safety or welfare, or the protection of the environment.
c. The commissioner shall alter the releases of water from the Spruce Run reservoir or the Round Valley reservoir as provided in subsection a. of this section whenever there are inadequate moneys in the New Jersey Water Supply Authority Round Valley Fund created pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2001, c.82 (C.58:1B-9.2) for the New Jersey Water Supply Authority to replenish the water released from the Round Valley reservoir for the purpose of sustaining water recreational activities at the Spruce Run reservoir.
L.1958,c.34,s.8; amended 1981, c.10, s.1; 2001, c.82, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-8.1 - Continuous monitoring for compliance with C.58:12A-1 et seq.; altering of releases.

58:22-8.1 Continuous monitoring for compliance with C.58:12A-1 et seq.; altering of releases.
8. a. In order to ensure that safe yield is maintained and the drinking water quality standards adopted pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.) are met, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall provide for the continuous monitoring of the impacts associated with releasing water from the Round Valley reservoir for the purpose of sustaining water recreational activities at the Spruce Run reservoir as provided in subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1958, c.34 (C.58:22-8).
b. The commissioner is authorized to alter the releases of water from the Spruce Run reservoir or the Round Valley reservoir as provided in subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1958, c.34 (C.58:22-8) as necessary to ensure the protection of the public health, safety or welfare, or the protection of the environment.
c. The commissioner shall alter the releases of water from the Spruce Run reservoir or the Round Valley reservoir as provided in subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1958, c.34 (C.58:22-8) whenever there are inadequate moneys in the New Jersey Water Supply Authority Round Valley Fund created pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2001, c.82 (C.58:1B-9.2) for the New Jersey Water Supply Authority to replenish the water released from the Round Valley reservoir for the purpose of sustaining water recreational activities at the Spruce Run reservoir.
L.2001,c.82,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-9 - Use and disposition of water; application; hearing; notice; objections; expense of hearing

58:22-9. Use and disposition of water; application; hearing; notice; objections; expense of hearing
(a) The department shall have jurisdiction and control, subject to the provisions hereof, over the use and disposition of all additional water made available for use pursuant to this act. It shall sell such water and rights thereto on just and reasonable terms and conditions as determined by the council and at just, reasonable and equitable rates and charges, to persons, associations, corporations including water supply corporations, municipalities, municipal and district water commissions, and authorities for public potable, industrial, irrigation, and other purposes upon application and after public hearing; provided that before such water may be used for potable purposes, purification and treatment shall be accomplished by the purchaser in a manner satisfactory to the State Department of Health. The council may grant or deny any application made pursuant to this section, and at its discretion, dispense with public hearing when the quantity of water applied for is less than 1/2 million gallons a day. In granting or denying any such application, the council shall be governed by the principles and procedures established and recognized by common law applicable to the diversion and use of water in this State, or as set forth in Title 58 of the Revised Statutes and to which Title this act is a supplement. (b) The division shall cause a notice of every public hearing required to be held pursuant to this section to be given, as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of hearing all persons and municipal corporations or other civil divisions of the State that may be affected thereby. The notice shall specify the time, date and place of the hearing, the time within which objections shall be filed, and shall be published in such newspaper and for such length of time, not exceeding 4 weeks, as the division shall determine. (c) Any person or municipal corporation or the proper authorities of any civil division of the State may file in the office of the division objections to any application to purchase such water. Every such objection shall be filed not later than 5 days prior to the date of hearing and shall particularly specify its ground. (d) The expense of the hearing on any application to purchase such water shall be certified by the division to the applicant, who shall pay the same within 30 days thereafter. L.1958, c. 34, p. 102, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-10 - Rates and charges

58:22-10. Rates and charges
The department shall determine and establish, after public hearing, just, reasonable and equitable rates and charges for water sold from any project authorized by this act which shall provide net revenues sufficient to meet annual payments of principal and interest chargeable to such project and incurred by the State under the Water Bond Act, 1958. Such rates shall not be subject to revision or other action by any other department, commission, board or body. The department shall have power to revise such rates from time to time, and any contract for the sale of water shall be subject to the exercise of this power. Differentiation in rates and charges may be made on the basis of quantities of water to be supplied, distances between the facility and point of diversion, the cost in making such water available, the place where the water is to be used and the character of such use, and the like. The aggregate revenue produced by such rates shall, so far as practicable, be limited to costs to the State of operation and maintenance and of debt service and to the reimbursement of the State Treasury of the amount of operating deficits, including annual payments of principal and interest, previously incurred by the State. L.1958, c. 34, p. 104, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-11 - Investigations; hearings; findings; riparian rights

58:22-11. Investigations; hearings; findings; riparian rights
The department shall have power to investigate and hold hearings to determine existing water rights in riparian owners and the holders of grants and easements for the diversion and use of waters of the south branch of the Raritan river and the Raritan river and may make findings of fact in respect thereto. Nothing in this act shall be construed to diminish or impair the common law rights of riparian owners. L.1958, c. 34, p. 104, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-12 - Powers of department

58:22-12. Powers of department
For the purposes of this act, the department shall have power: (a) to acquire in the name of the State of New Jersey, as an agency of the State, by purchase or otherwise on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it shall determine, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any land and other property which it may determine is reasonably necessary for any water supply facility authorized by this act, and any and all rights, title and interest in such land and other property, including public lands, parks, playgrounds, reservations, roads, waters and water rights, owned by or in which any State, county, municipality, or special district, or public body or agency thereof, has any right, title or interest, or parts thereof or rights therein, and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, including waters and water rights, and any easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions against abutting property, to preserve and protect any such water supply facility; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be deemed to authorize the department to acquire by condemnation any property which is part of an existing public water supply system or facility; (b) to receive and accept from any Federal agency, subject to the approval of the Governor or such other approval as may be required by law, grants for or in aid of the acquisition or construction of the water supply facilities authorized by this act, and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source, of either money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used and applied only for the purposes of this act, and to make and perform such agreements and contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such grants and contributions; (c) to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the control, use, operation and maintenance of facilities authorized by this act; (d) to enter on any lands, waters or premises for the purpose of making surveys, borings, soundings, and examinations; (e) to do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its officers, agents, and employees, or by contract with any person. L.1958, c. 34, p. 105, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-14 - Regulations; relocation or removal of facilities

58:22-14. Regulations; relocation or removal of facilities
The department shall also have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances herein called "public utility facilities" of any public utility as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in, on, along, over or under any project. Whenever the department shall determine that it is necessary that any such public utility facilities which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over or under any project, should be relocated, or should be removed from such project, the public utility owning or operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the department; provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interests in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such property, shall be ascertained and paid by the department as a part of the cost of such project. In case of any such relocation or removal of facilities, as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location or locations. L.1958, c. 34, p. 106, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-15 - Sale or lease of land by counties, municipalities or public agencies

58:22-15. Sale or lease of land by counties, municipalities or public agencies
Any county, municipality or other political subdivision, or any public agency or body of the State of New Jersey, or any other person, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to the State of New Jersey at the request of the department, or to permit the department at its request to relocate, use, maintain or operate as part of its water supply facility without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality other than the authorizing resolution of the governing body of the county or municipality concerned or the regular and formal action of any authority or other person concerned, any real or personal property owned by it or him, including all or any part of any public highway or water supply facility, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of this act and which may be accepted by the department. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time. The department may enter into and perform any and all agreements with respect to property so accepted by it, including agreements for relocation of any public highway or for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality, political subdivision, agency, or body, or person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of a water supply facility. L.1958, c. 34, p. 107, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-16 - Use of reservoirs for recreation

58:22-16. Use of reservoirs for recreation
The reservoirs constructed pursuant to this act shall be available for public use for recreation, swimming, fishing and boating in such manner and to such extent as shall not impair the availability of the water therein for potable or industrial use or endanger the water supply facility or any of the works or facilities of any purchaser of such water. L.1958, c. 34, p. 108, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-18 - Partial invalidity

58:22-18. Partial invalidity
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. L.1958, c. 34, p. 108, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:22-19 - Effective date; operative upon approval of Water Bond Act of 1958

58:22-19. Effective date; operative upon approval of Water Bond Act of 1958
This act shall take effect immediately, but shall be inoperative unless and until the "New Jersey Water Bond Act, 1958," shall be duly approved by a majority of the legally qualified voters of the State voting on the question of the approval of said act at a general election. L.1958, c. 34, p. 108, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-1 - Inspection of beds and shellfish

58:24-1. Inspection of beds and shellfish
The Department of Environmental Protection shall inspect as often as it may deem necessary, the various places within the jurisdiction of the State from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are taken to be distributed or sold for use as food, for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions of such oyster and clam beds and other places and the fitness of such shellfish therein or taken therefrom for use as food. L.1979, c. 321, s. 1, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-2 - Condemnation of beds dangerous to health

58:24-2. Condemnation of beds dangerous to health
The department shall immediately condemn any oyster or clam bed or other place from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are or may be taken upon discovering that such place is subject to pollution or to any other condition which may render the oysters, clams or other shellfish in such place or which may be taken therefrom, dangerous to health. L.1979, c. 321, s. 2, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-3 - Condemned beds; prohibition of taking; distribution, sale or possession; permit; fee

58:24-3. Condemned beds; prohibition of taking; distribution, sale or possession; permit; fee
The department shall prohibit the taking of oysters, clams or other shellfish from a place which has been condemned by the department pursuant to this act, and shall also prohibit the distribution, sale, offering for sale or having in possession of any such shellfish so taken, without a permit so to take, distribute, sell, offer to sell, or have in possession, first obtained from the department, under such rules and regulations as it shall adopt. A fee of $25.00 shall be charged for any permit so issued. L.1979, c. 321, s. 3, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-4 - Distribution, sale or possession of shellfish; prima facie evidence of intent for use as food

58:24-4. Distribution, sale or possession of shellfish; prima facie evidence of intent for use as food
4. For the purposes of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.), the distribution, sale, offering for sale, or having in possession with intent to distribute or sell, any oysters, clams or other shellfish shall be prima facie evidence that such shellfish were intended for use as food.
L.1979,c.321,s.4; amended 2003, c.8, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-5 - Prohibition of discharge of polluting matter

58:24-5. Prohibition of discharge of polluting matter
No excremental or other polluting matter shall be discharged into or placed in the waters or placed or suffered to remain upon the banks of any stream or tributary thereof or body of water in which oysters, clams or other shellfish grow or are or may be placed. Nothing in this section shall apply to the discharge of effluents from sewage plants heretofore or hereafter installed in accordance with the requirements of law and the rules and regulations of the department. L.1979, c. 321, s. 5, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-6 - Order on growing, handling of shellfish, disposal of polluting matter

58:24-6. Order on growing, handling of shellfish, disposal of polluting matter
6. The department may make such specific orders regarding the growing and handling of oysters, clams or other shellfish and the disposal of polluting matter which may affect the purity of oysters, clams or other shellfish, as it may deem necessary to enforce the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.).
L.1979,c.321,s.6; amended 2003, c.8, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-7 - Inspection of places and samples of shellfish

58:24-7. Inspection of places and samples of shellfish
The department shall have free access to all oyster or clam beds, places of business, buildings and all other places where oysters, clams or other shellfish are grown, kept, stored, held in possession with intent to distribute or sell, or sold, and also to all streams, tributaries thereof and lands adjacent thereto, the waters draining from which may come in contact with such shellfish. The department may make such inspections of such places and take such samples of oysters, clams or other shellfish or other substances as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. L.1979, c. 321, s. 7, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-8 - Employees; supplies; leases

58:24-8. Employees; supplies; leases
The department may employ such persons; purchase and maintain such apparatus and supplies, including suitable boats; and, lease appropriate lands or buildings, when it deems it necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available. L.1979, c. 321, s. 8, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-9 - Violations; penalties

58:24-9. Violations; penalties
9. A person who violates any of the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation, order or permit adopted or issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense and a person convicted of a subsequent offense is guilty of a disorderly persons offense.
L.1979,c.321,s.9; amended 2003, c.8, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-10 - Vessel, vehicle or equipment used in violations; confiscation and forfeiture; disposal

58:24-10. Vessel, vehicle or equipment used in violations; confiscation and forfeiture; disposal
10. Any vessel, vehicle, or equipment used in violation of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation, order or permit issued or adopted pursuant thereto may be confiscated and forfeited. The department may seize and secure any vessel, vehicle, or equipment and shall immediately thereafter give notice thereof to a court located in the county where the seizure is made which shall, at an appointed time and place, summarily hear and determine whether the vessel, vehicle, or equipment was unlawfully used and if it does so determine, it may direct the confiscation and forfeiture of the vessel, vehicle, or equipment to the use of the department. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may dispose of any confiscated and forfeited vessel, vehicle, or equipment at the commissioner's discretion. Nothing contained in P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) shall be construed to limit the powers and responsibilities of the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to any provisions of Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1979,c.321,s.10; amended 2003, c.8, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-10.1 - Additional penalties

58:24-10.1. Additional penalties
6. a. In addition to the penalties prescribed in sections 9 and 10 of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-9 and 58:24-10), a person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.), or any rule, regulation, order or permit adopted or issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject to the mandatory revocation or suspension of any license or permit or privilege required by the Department of Environmental Protection for the taking of oysters, clams or other shellfish, or in the case of a violator without the necessary license or permit the loss of the privilege to take oysters, clams or other shellfish, for a period of three years for a first offense, five years for a second offense, and 10 years for the third offense and any subsequent offense.
b. For purposes of this section, a knowing violator shall include, but need not be limited to (1) a person who is the holder of a commercial shellfish license or permit, (2) a person who is the holder of a recreational shellfish license or permit who is in possession of more than the daily recreational shellfish limit, (3) a person without any shellfish license or permit who is in possession of more than the daily recreational shellfish limit, (4) a person who is the holder of a recreational shellfish license or permit who is engaging in shellfish activities with the holder of a commercial shellfish license or permit, or (5) a person without the necessary shellfish license or permit who is engaging in shellfish activities with the holder of a commercial shellfish license or permit.
L.2003,c.8,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:24-14 - Act not to affect other authority

58:24-14. Act not to affect other authority
4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect or supersede the authority of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference to establish the guidelines or procedures of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, or to affect in any way clamming in any other part of the State, including, but not limited to, seasonal depurated hard or soft clam or hard clam relay programs in any other part of the State.
L.1995,c.335,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-2 - Public policy

58:25-2. Public policy
It is hereby declared to be public policy of the State of New Jersey to encourage and support, as hereinafter provided, the promotion, planning, development and construction of public sanitary sewerage facilities, including sewage collection, transmission, treatment and disposal works on a regional or multiunit basis. L.1979, c. 321, s. 12, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-3 - Definitions

58:25-3. Definitions
For the purposes of sections 11 through 20 of this act unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: a. "Local governmental unit" shall mean and include a county, municipality or any public agency established by the State as a regional agency or authority or by a county or a municipality for the purpose of constructing or operating a public sanitary sewerage facility. b. "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. L.1979, c. 321, s. 13, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-4 - Grants for feasibility studies and reports

58:25-4. Grants for feasibility studies and reports
a. The commissioner may make grants to any two or more local governmental units, acting together on a joint basis; applying therefor: (1) For the preparation of a feasibility study and report for the future collection, treatment and disposal of sewage in such units; or (2) For the preparation of a feasibility study and report for the extension of any existing sewerage facility now operated by some or all of the applying units, provided that said extension would contemplate providing sanitary sewerage facilities for at least one local governmental unit in addition to those units now contributing to the existing sewerage facilities, or provided that said extension would contemplate expansion or intensification of the degree of treatment to be provided at existing treatment facilities. b. The commissioner may make grants to an individual local governmental unit applying therefor for the preparation of a feasibility report and study for the future collection, treatment and disposal of sewage within the unit in the case of a regional agency or authority established by the State or in the case in which the commissioner shall find that it is not practical for the unit to join with other units in the establishment of a multiunit sewerage facility, or in the case where the local governmental unit is formally committed to become a participant of a multiunit sewerage facility. c. All grants under this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the commissioner to carry out the purpose of sections 11 through 20 of this act and may be for any amount not in excess of the entire cost of the study and report but such grants shall not be made for minor sewer extensions or for sewer plans for subdivisions and shall not include the preparation of detail design and engineering drawings, specifications and contract documents. L.1979, c. 321, s. 14, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-5 - Loans to local government units

58:25-5. Loans to local government units
a. Upon application therefor, the commissioner may make loans from the State Sewerage Facilities Loan Fund to any local governmental unit or units which would have been eligible for a grant under the provisions of section 14 of this act for the preparation of preliminary engineering plans and detail design and engineering drawings and specifications and contract documents for the construction of a new or the expansion of an existing sewerage facility for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage in such unit or units; provided a feasibility study or report upon such facility has been filed with and approved by the commissioner. Such report and study need not have been prepared with a grant provided under the provisions of section 14 of this act but must otherwise satisfy the standards set forth therein. b. All loans shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the commissioner to carry out the purpose of this act provided the entire loan shall be repaid to the State Sewerage Facilities Loan Fund on or before the date when contracts shall have been awarded for the construction of the proposed sewerage works or 3 years from the date of the loan whichever is the earlier. The loans shall be repaid without interest unless construction is not started within 3 years of the date of the loan in which case the loan shall be repaid together with 2% interest per annum thereon. c. Loans may be made for any amount not in excess of the entire cost of such plans, drawings and documents but shall not be applied to any costs of engineering supervision or inspection during or after the construction of the proposed sewerage works. L.1979, c. 321, s. 15, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-6 - State sewerage facilities loan fund

58:25-6. State sewerage facilities loan fund
There is hereby established a State Sewerage Facilities Loan Fund which shall be administered by the State Treasurer. All funds appropriated or otherwise made available for this purpose, including funds received from the repayment of loans made under the provisions of section 15 of this act, shall be deposited in such depositories as may be selected by the State Treasurer to the credit of the fund. The moneys in the fund, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be held for the purpose of making grants and loans to local units as provided in sections 14 and 15 of this act. Pending their application to the purposes provided in sections 11 through 20 of this act, moneys in the State Sewerage Facilities Loan Fund may be invested and reinvested as other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. All earnings received from the investment or deposit of such funds shall be paid into and become a part of the fund. L.1979, c. 321, s. 16, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-7 - Procedures for applications for loans and grants; rules and regulations

58:25-7. Procedures for applications for loans and grants; rules and regulations
The commissioner shall prescribe the procedures for applying for the grants and loans authorized by sections 11 through 20 of this act and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of said sections and to carry out the purpose thereof. L.1979, c. 321, s. 17, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-8 - Grants for water pollution control projects as qualify for federal aid and assistance

58:25-8. Grants for water pollution control projects as qualify for federal aid and assistance
a. The commissioner is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of funds, to make grants to any county or municipality, or any combination or agency thereof, or to any State or interstate agency, to assist such governmental units or agencies in the construction of those water pollution control projects as qualify for Federal aid and assistance under the provisions of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," and any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto or revisions thereof, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. b. The State's contribution toward the construction of such project shall not exceed 25% of the cost of that portion of said projects which qualify for Federal assistance. c. The determination of the relative need, the priority of projects, and the standards of construction shall be consistent with the provisions of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," as aforesaid, and sections 11 through 20 of this act. d. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall prescribe the procedures for applying for the grants authorized by this section and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section and to carry out its purpose. e. The commissioner is hereby authorized, and with the approval of the Board of Public Utilities as to any public utility which is subject to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, to condition the award of the grant on the adoption by the grantee of an equitable schedule and classification of rents, rates, fees or other charges for direct or indirect connection with, or the use or services of, the sewerage system. This schedule and classification shall, to the extent practicable, be based on the amount and the characteristics of the sewage and other wastes and other special matters affecting the cost of treatment and disposal thereof, including, but not limited to, chlorine demand, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, concentration of solids, chemical composition and an allowance for amortization of the sewerage system. L.1979, c. 321, s. 18, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-9 - Municipal collector system inoperable due to unavailable interceptor system; state aid for interest and debt service costs

58:25-9. Municipal collector system inoperable due to unavailable interceptor system; state aid for interest and debt service costs
Whenever any local governmental unit, pursuant to an order or in the case of a municipality in a county of the first class, pursuant to an order or written approval of the Department of Environmental Protection and in compliance therewith, has completed installation of a sanitary sewerage collector system and issued bonds or bond anticipation notes to finance such system, and such system is inoperable because the sewerage authority charged with the duty of providing an interceptor system has not yet so provided and therefore no interceptor system is ready to receive the effluent from such municipal collector system through no fault of the local governmental unit, the State shall reimburse such governmental unit for annual interest and debt service costs for the collector system. Such payments shall be made for such period that the collector system remains inoperative and should the system become operable for any portion of a year, payment shall be made for the entire year. That portion of the reimbursement representing principal received at any time on or after July 1, 1982, shall be treated as a loan to be repaid by the local governmental unit to the State over a period of years equal to the number of years during which those loan payments were received by the local governmental unit and in the same amount per year and same order each year as those loan payments were received, but the repayments shall not commence until the first full calendar year after the collector system becomes operative and after all principal and interest on the outstanding obligations of the local governmental unit for the collector system have been repaid. Upon receipt of a written request from a local governmental unit, the Local Finance Board, if compelling reasons are demonstrated, may modify the repayment schedule, provided all repayments are made within the same number of years as required hereinabove. L.1979, c. 321, s. 19, eff. Jan. 18, 1980. Amended by L.1981, c. 400, s. 1, eff. Jan. 6, 1982; L.1981, c. 468, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-10 - Procedures for applications for grants; rules and regulations

58:25-10. Procedures for applications for grants; rules and regulations
The commissioner shall prescribe the procedures for applying for the grants authorized by sections 11 through 20 of this act and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of said sections and to carry out their purposes. L.1979, c. 321, s. 20, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-12 - Duties

58:25-12. Duties
The Clean Water Council shall: a. Request from the commissioner such information concerning the Water Pollution Control Program as it may deem necessary; b. Consider any matter relating to the preservation and improvement of the Water Pollution Control Program and advise the commissioner thereof; c. From time to time submit to the commissioner any recommendations which it deems necessary for the proper conduct and improvement of the Water Pollution Control Program; d. Study the Water Pollution Control Program and make its recommendations thereon to the commissioner; e. Study the regulations promulgated by the department in regard to water pollution control and make its recommendations for their improvement to the commissioner; f. Study and investigate the state of the art and the technical capabilities and limitations of water pollution control and report their findings and recommendations thereon to the commissioner; g. Study and investigate the need for programs for the long-range technical support of the water pollution control program and report their findings and recommendations thereon to the commissioner; and h. Hold public hearings at least once a year in regard to existing water pollution control statutes and regulations and upon the state of the art and technical capabilities and limitations in water pollution control and report its recommendations thereon to the commissioner. L.1979, c. 321, s. 22, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-13 - Clean water scholarship intern program

58:25-13. Clean water scholarship intern program
a. There is hereby established a Clean Water Scholarship Intern Program. b. The commissioner may provide for the payment of room, board, tuition and fees for eligible persons to attend any accredited college or university authorized by the commissioner as a regular student to receive an engineering degree or a degree with a major in the biological, physical or environmental sciences satisfactory to the commissioner until the eligible person satisfactorily completes 4 scholastic years. c. To be eligible for the Clean Water Scholarship Intern Program a person must: (1) Be a citizen of the United States and the State of New Jersey; (2) Be a high school graduate or have an equivalent education; (3) Have been accepted for admission to the accredited college or university authorized by the commissioner as a regular student and accepted in said college or university to pursue a course of instruction satisfactory to the commissioner; (4) Contract, with the consent of his parent or legal guardian if he is a minor, with the commissioner or his designated representative, to serve with the Department of Environmental Protection for a period of 3 years following graduation and further, to serve with the Department of Environmental Protection during the regular periods of summer vacation except for such vacation periods as the commissioner shall establish by regulation and provided further that the department shall not be liable to pay wages to said student during said vacation periods. d. The appointments made by the commissioner hereunder shall be subject to available appropriations and shall be awarded on a competitive basis. e. The Scholarship Intern Program shall be administered by the commissioner under such regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe. L.1979, c. 321, s. 23, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-14 - Program of graduate study

58:25-14. Program of graduate study
The commissioner, subject to available appropriations and grants from other sources, may provide within the Department of Environmental Protection for a program of graduate study for eligible persons to attend any accredited graduate program at a college or university in order to further the training of personnel for the purposes of administering this act. Said graduate program shall be administered by the commissioner under such regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe. L.1979, c. 321, s. 24, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-16 - Administration

58:25-16. Administration
The Summer Intern Program shall be administered by the Director of the Division of Water Resources in the Department of Environmental Protection. The director may delegate day-to-day supervision of one or more interns to any officer of the Division of Water Resources or to any officer of a county engineer or a county health office. L.1979, c. 321, s. 26, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-17 - Projects; assignment

58:25-17. Projects; assignment
Interns shall be assigned to projects such as a. making surveys of all places where polluting materials are entering streams, b. providing water sampling and monitoring activities as directed, c. desnagging and removing debris, bushes, boards, tires and other materials, and d. performing any other projects designed to carry out the intent of this act. L.1979, c. 321, s. 27, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply › Section 58:25-18 - Eligibility

58:25-18. Eligibility
Any resident of New Jersey who is enrolled full-time as an undergraduate or graduate in any college or university and plans to continue his education after the internship may apply as an intern. An applicant must have completed his freshman year before beginning an internship, and may not serve as an intern after his final year of schooling. L.1979, c. 321, s. 28, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.