New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 23 - TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TREATMENT WORKS APPROVAL APPLICATIONS › Section 7:14A-23.34 - Closure requirements for wastewater treatment units

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) This section
				applies to any and all wastewater and sludge facilities and equipment
				permanently removed from use or operation at NJPDES permitted facilities or at
				facilities for which a NJPDES permit has been revoked or an application for
				renewal denied, unless a judicial or administrative stay is in effect. The
				intent of this section is to protect public safety and health and to assure
				that no contamination of ground or surface water will occur as a result of
				removing such facilities and equipment from service either through the act of
				closure or through continuing the discharge of pollutants into or through
				equipment; or through leaking, leaching, or discharge of pollutants from
				wastewater or residuals remaining in facilities or equipment which has been
				removed from use but remains on site.
(b) The closure of a wastewater treatment
				facility or equipment means either the termination of the source of wastewater
				or sludge, or the permitted conveyance of wastewater or sludge to an alternate
				location (such as a regional facility) in such a manner that no further
				treatment storage or conveyance of wastewater or sludge is performed by the
				facility.
(c) Wastewater treatment
				works closures shall conform with the following procedures:
1. On or before 60 calendar days prior to
				taking the facility or certain operating equipment out of service a permittee
				shall:
i. Submit to the Division of Water
				Quality's Watershed Permitting Element the following information concerning
				closure activities:
(1) The date the facility
				will cease operation or the date that discharge to specific operating equipment
				will cease;
(2) The date the
				influent and effluent pipes will be sealed;
(3) Plans (signed and sealed by a New Jersey
				licensed professional engineer) for final disposition of the physical
				facilities, including all treatment units, outfall line, and all mechanical and
				electrical equipment and piping;
(4) Plans (signed and sealed by a New Jersey
				licensed professional engineer) for elimination of all equipment and/or
				conditions that could possibly pose a safety hazard, either during or after
				shut-down of operations;
(5)
				Verification that there are no lines in the collection system which are cross
				connected (receiving both sanitary and stormwater) or which do not contain
				adequate conveyance capacity as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.9;
(6) The name of the licensed individual
				responsible for the maintenance and operation of the wastewater pumping station
				and/or wastewater collection or treatment systems that are still to be
				maintained; and
(7) Proof of a
				request to the Water Compliance and Enforcement Element for a site inspection
				to verify cessation of the discharge. The Water Compliance and Enforcement
				Element may be contacted by writing to:
Administrator
Water Compliance and Enforcement Element
PO Box 422
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0422; and