New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 22 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - MATCHING GRANT PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:22-2.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this subchapter, will have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Applicant" means any political subdivision or special district of the State or agency thereof having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes, or a designated and approved management agency under Section 208 of the Federal Act that applies for a grant pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
"Certified mail" means any means of delivery where proof of receipt is obtained and date of receipt is recorded.
"Construction" means the preliminary planning to determine the economic and engineering feasibility of wastewater treatment facilities; the engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, and other action necessary to the construction of wastewater treatment facilities; the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of wastewater treatment facilities; and the inspection and supervision of the construction of wastewater treatment facilities.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and its successors and assigns.
"Eligible costs" means costs which are determined to be eligible for Federal grant funds in accordance with 40 CFR Part 35.
"Federal Act" means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and any amendatory or supplementary acts thereto.
"Federal grant" means a grant awarded pursuant to section 201 of the Federal Act.
"Final building cost" means the actual eligible cost of the final work in place for the project, the scope of which is defined in the grant agreement.
"Grant" means a State matching grant of the eligible costs of a project receiving a Federal grant.
"Grant agreement" means the legal instrument executed between the State of New Jersey and the recipient for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities. The agreement will specify: budget and project periods; the State share of eligible project costs; a description of the project scope of services to be performed; and any special conditions.
"Low bid building cost" means the actual eligible cost associated with the award of all contracts within a project scope to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder(s).
"NJPDES" means the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
"Project" means the defined scope of services for the construction of specified facilities as approved by the Department in the grant agreement.
"Recipient" means an applicant who has received a State grant.
"Step 3" means the Step 3 activities as defined in 40 C.F.R. 35.2005.
"Substantial alteration" means any change which results in an alteration of the project costs or a change of 90 days or more in the project schedule.
"Wastewater treatment facilities" includes, but is not limited to, the plants, structures and personal property acquired, constructed or operated, or to be acquired, constructed or operated in whole or in part by or on behalf of the State or a political subdivision or subdivisions thereof, including pumping and ventilating stations, sewage treatment systems, plants and works, connections, outfalls, combined sewer overflows, interceptors, trunklines, collection systems and other personal property and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the treatment, purification, or disposal in a sanitary manner of any sewage liquid or solid wastes, night soil, or industrial wastes to preserve and protect natural water resources and facilities.