New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 4 - PERMIT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:14A-4.3 - Application information requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All applicants
				for an individual NJPDES permit shall provide the following information to the
				Department using the application form(s) provided by the Department (except as
				specified in
7:14A-24.7
,
25.9
, and
25.10
for stormwater discharges):
1. The activities conducted by the applicant
				which require it to obtain a NJPDES permit including a brief description of the
				nature of the business, project, facility, or activity;
2. The name, mailing address, and location of
				the facility for which the application is submitted;
3. Up to four SIC codes which best reflect
				the principal products or services provided by the facility;
4. The expiration date of the existing permit
				or proposed start up date for a new source or for a new discharge or
				activity;
5. Identification of the
				general type of waste discharged, or expected to be discharged upon
				commencement of operations, including sanitary wastes, or non-contact cooling
				water. This information shall include any cooling water additives that are used
				or expected to be used upon commencement of operations, along with their
				composition;
6. Identification of
				facility ownership, and status as Federal, State, private, public or other
				entity, the name, address, and telephone number of all:
i. Operating entities of the treatment
				works;
ii. Owners of the land or
				property; and
iii. Licensed
				operators of the treatment works;
7. The name, address, and telephone number of
				any DTW being utilized (if applicable);
8. The name of the applicant's parent
				corporation;
9. A listing of all
				permits or construction approvals received or applied for by the applicant or
				its parent corporation at the site under any of the following programs:
i. Hazardous Waste Management program under
				RCRA;
ii. NJPDES permits or
				Treatment Works Approvals under the State or Federal Acts;
iii. UIC program under N.J.A.C.
				7:14A-8;
iv. Prevention of
				Significant Deterioration (PSD) program under the Clean Air Act;
v. Nonattainment program under the Clean Air
				Act;
vi. National Emission
				Standards for Hazardous Pollutants (NESHAPS) preconstruction approval under the
				Clean Air Act;
vii. Ocean dumping
				permits under the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act;
viii. Dredge or fill permits under Section
				404 of the Federal Act; and
ix.
				Other relevant environmental permits, including Federal and State permits, such
				as stream encroachment or wetlands permits;
10. Identification of administrative orders,
				administrative consent orders, judicial consent orders, notices of violations,
				complaints filed, or other corrective or enforcement action(s) required by any
				governmental agency(ies) with regard to the operation of the applicant at that
				site concerning water pollution within the previous five years;
11. If the applicant is subject to any
				present requirements or compliance schedules for construction, upgrading or
				operation of waste treatment equipment, connection to a DTW, an identification
				of the abatement requirement, a description of the abatement project, and a
				listing of the required and projected final compliance dates;
12. A map identifying the land area intended
				to be served by the proposed treatment works on a U.S.G.S. quadrangle map or
				digital format map prepared in accordance with the Department's mapping
				standards at
N.J.A.C. 7:1D
Appendix A and a certification that
				the area to be served is within an area eligible for sewer service in
				accordance with the applicable WQM plan;
13. Evidence of application submission to the
				local agency or sewerage entity and municipality as follows. Except for
				stormwater discharges, all applicants for an individual NJPDES permit proposing
				a new discharge or activity, increase in permitted flow with or without an
				associated increase in loading for an existing discharge, or change in the
				location or method of discharge shall, prior to the submission of an
				application to the Department, submit a copy of the application to the affected
				local agency or sewerage entity and municipality along with a written notice
				(certified mail return receipt requested or by other means which allow
				verification of the fact and date of receipt) that the local agency or sewerage
				entity and municipality must submit to the Department written comments
				regarding or objections to the proposed discharge or activity within 30 days of
				receipt of said notice. Any written comments regarding or objections to the
				proposed discharge or activity submitted to the Department by an affected local
				agency, or sewerage entity, or municipality shall be considered by the
				Department in determining whether to issue a draft permit in accordance with
				7:14A-15.6. The applicant may file
				a permit application, provided that copies of the signed and dated notices to
				the respective local agency or sewerage entity and municipality, and dated
				certified mail return receipts or other verification of delivery receipt are
				submitted with the application. Under this circumstance, the Department would
				consider an application administratively complete, provided all other
				application requirements have been submitted;
14. Signature of certifying official as
				required in
				7:14A-4.9;
15. A topographic map (U.S. Geological Survey
				Topographic Map, 7.5 minute Quadrangle Series) extending one mile beyond the
				property boundaries of the source, depicting the facility and each of its
				intake and discharge structures; each of its residual treatment, storage, or
				disposal facilities; each well where fluids from the facility are injected
				underground; and those wells, springs, other surface water bodies and drinking
				water wells listed in public records or otherwise known to the applicant in the
				map area;
16. The latitude and
				longitude to the nearest second of the location of each discharge or activity
				and the name of the receiving waters or formations, including the USEPA reach
				number for NJPDES-DSW permit applications. This information shall be submitted
				in a manner or format consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:1D, Appendix A, incorporated
				herein by reference. Where the information has previously been submitted in a
				GIS compatible format or has been entered into the GIS database, a duplicate
				submittal in GIS compatible format is not required. Sludge-only facilities do
				not need to provide the name(s) of the receiving waters or
				formations;
17. A line drawing of
				the water flow through the facility with a water balance, showing operations
				contributing wastewater to the effluent and treatment units. Similar processes,
				operations, or production areas may be indicated as a single unit, labeled to
				correspond to the more detailed identification under (a)5 above. The water
				balance shall show approximate average flows at the intake and discharge points
				and between units, including treatment units. If a water balance cannot be
				determined, the applicant may provide a pictorial description instead, which
				indicates the nature and amount of any sources of water and any collection
				and/or treatment measures;
18. A
				description of the treatment the wastewater receives or will receive, including
				the means for ultimate disposal of any solid or fluid wastes other than by
				discharge. Each applicant for a new individual NJPDES permit must report the
				existence of any technical evaluation concerning their wastewater treatment,
				along with the name and location of similar plants of which they have
				knowledge;
19. A listing of any
				toxic pollutant specified in Appendix A, incorporated by reference herein,
				which the applicant currently uses or manufactures as an intermediate or final
				product or byproduct. The Department will waive or modify this requirement if
				an applicant demonstrates that it would be unduly burdensome to identify each
				toxic pollutant and the Department has adequate information to issue the
				permit;
20. For NJPDES-DSW permit
				applications, an identification of any biological toxicity tests, which the
				applicant knows or has reason to believe have been made within the last three
				years on any of the applicant's discharges or activities or on a receiving
				water in relation to a discharge or activity. The biological toxicity tests
				shall have been conducted in accordance with the laboratory certification
				regulations for biological testing, N.J.A.C. 7:18. The applicant shall include
				copies of the laboratory reports for such biological toxicity tests, if the
				test results were not previously submitted to the Department;
21. Average flows for the facility or
				proposed facility. For all facilities or proposed facilities, a narrative
				identification of each type of process, operation, or production area which
				contributes wastewater to the effluent for each outfall, including process
				wastewater, cooling water, and stormwater runoff; the average flow which each
				process contributes. Processes, operations or production area(s) may be
				described in general terms (for example, "dye-making reactor," distillation
				tower"). For DTWs, this identification shall include the identity of each user
				of the treatment works, as specified in Section 402(b)8 of the Federal Act. The
				average flow of sources composed of stormwater may be estimated. The method of
				estimation and the basis for the total estimated rainfall must be described. If
				the discharge is partly due to stormwater, for each outfall, the application
				must either quantify the contributing drainage area and the runoff
				coefficient(s) applicable, or provide the other data used to estimate the
				average flow of stormwater. In addition:
i.
				For DTWs, design flow of the facility or proposed facility shall be
				reported;
ii. All DGWs shall report
				the peak daily flow in addition to the average flow; and
iii. If any of the discharges described above
				are intermittent or seasonal, a description of the frequency, duration, and
				flow rate of each discharge occurrence (except for stormwater runoff, and
				accidental spillage or leaks);
22. To the extent practicable, the location
				of all sites at which solid or liquid waste is stored at the facility for which
				the NJPDES application is being made and the ultimate disposal sites of solid
				or liquid waste generated by any facility with a discharge;
23. Information in compliance with the Sludge
				Quality Assurance Regulations, N.J.A.C. 7:14C;
24. A description of the applicant's residual
				use and disposal practices including, where applicable:
i. The location of all sites at which
				residual is stored at the facility for which the NJPDES application is being
				made and the name and location of the residual use and disposal practices for
				residual generated by the facility;
ii. The location of any sites where the
				applicant transfers or plans to transfer residuals for treatment and/or
				disposal;
iii. Annual residuals
				production volume (dry metric tons per year);
iv. A written statement from the applicant
				indicating whether a residual use or disposal practice is consistent with an
				approved District Sludge Management Plan or District Solid Waste Management
				Plan, as applicable; and
v. Any
				additional information required to be submitted by a treatment works treating
				domestic sewage or a sludge-only facility in accordance with
				40
				CFR 122.21, as amended or
				supplemented;
25. All
				DTWs with an approved industrial pretreatment program shall complete a written
				technical evaluation of the need to revise local limits developed under
				40 CFR
				403.5(c)(1). This technical
				evaluation shall meet the criteria specified in
				7:14A-19.7(e);
26. The RWBR information in accordance with
				7:14A-2.15; and
27. Any other optional information the
				permittee wishes to have considered.