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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.10 - Noncompliance reporting

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(a) All permittees
				shall report to the Department (and receiving DTW, if applicable) any
				noncompliance including, but not limited to:
1. Any exceedance of effluent limitation
				that:
i. Causes injury to persons;
ii. Poses a threat to human health;
iii. Causes damage to the
				environment;
iv. Poses a threat to
				the environment; or
v. Violates a
				daily maximum effluent limitation for a toxic pollutant listed in N.J.A.C.
				7:14A-4 Appendix A;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.11 - Affirmative defenses

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Permittees may request an affirmative defense for effluent
				  violations resulting from an upset, bypass, or laboratory error in accordance
				  with the procedures at
				  7:14-8.3(i).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.12 - Operation, maintenance, and emergency conditions

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(a) A permittee
				shall, at all times, maintain in good working order and operate the treatment
				works and facilities which are installed or used by the permittee to achieve
				compliance with the terms and conditions of the discharge permit. Proper
				operation and maintenance, includes, at a minimum:
1. Effective performance based upon treatment
				levels for which the treatment works was designed;
2. Adequate funding;
3. Effective management;
4. Adequate operator staffing and
				training;
5. Regularly scheduled
				inspection and maintenance programs; and
6. Adequate laboratory and process controls
				including appropriate quality assurance procedures as described in 40 CFR Part
				136 and applicable State laws and rules.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.13 - General permits

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(a) The Department shall issue a general
				permit to authorize a category of surface water, ground water, or indirect
				discharges, residual use or disposal practices, or facilities within a
				geographic area, described in (b) below, except those otherwise eligible for
				authorization but which are authorized pursuant to individual permits or other
				general permits. The area shall correspond to existing geographic or political
				boundaries, such as:
1. Designated planning
				areas under Sections 208 and 303 of the Federal Act and Section 5 of the "New
				Jersey Water Quality Planning Act",
				58:11A-1 et seq.;
2. Sewer districts or sewerage
				agencies;
3. City, county, or State
				political boundaries;
4. State
				highway systems;
5. Standard
				metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and
				Budget;
6. Urbanized areas as
				designated by the Bureau of Census according to criteria in 39 FR 15202 (May 1,
				1974); or
7. Any other appropriate
				division or combination of boundaries.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.14 - Emergency permits

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(a) Under the
				specified circumstances listed in (b) below, the Department may issue an
				emergency permit, except for a DSW, to allow the discharge of pollutants, where
				such discharge is unpermitted or the discharge consists of pollutants not
				covered by an effective permit.
(b)
				The Department may issue an emergency permit to allow the activities listed in
				(a) above only after making a finding that:
1.
				An imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment
				will result unless an emergency permit is granted;
2. A substantial and irretrievable loss of
				oil or gas resources will occur unless an emergency permit is granted to a
				Class II well under UIC program; and
i.
				Timely application for a regular permit could not practicably have been made;
				and
ii. The injection will not
				result in the movement of fluids into underground sources of drinking water;
				or
3. A substantial
				delay in production of oil or gas resources will occur unless an emergency
				permit is granted to a new Class II well under the UIC program, and the
				authorization will not result in the movement of fluids into an underground
				source of drinking water.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.15 - Residuals management

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(a) Where
				applicable, the permittee shall comply with land-based sludge management
				criteria and shall conform with the requirements for the management of
				residuals and grit and screenings under:
1.
				Section 405 of the Federal Act governing the disposal of sludge from treatment
				works treating domestic sewage;
2.
				The Solid Waste Management Act,
				13:1E-1 et seq., and the Solid
				Waste Management Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26;
3. The Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations,
				N.J.A.C. 7:14C;
4. The Statewide
				Sludge Management Plan promulgated pursuant to the Water Quality Planning Act,
				58:11A-1 et seq., and the Solid
				Waste Management Act,
				13:1E-1 et seq.; and
5. The provisions concerning disposal of
				sewage sludge and septage in sanitary landfills set forth at
				13:1E-42 and the Statewide Sludge
				Management Plan.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.16 - Pretreatment requirements for local agencies

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(a) Pretreatment
				program requirements for local agencies included, where applicable, in a NJPDES
				permit shall meet the requirements of 40 CFR Part 403 and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-19. In
				addition, a permit for a delegated local agency shall include effluent limits
				for all pollutants listed under the USEPA Categorical Pretreatment Standards,
				adopted pursuant to
				33 U.S.C. §
										1317, and such other pollutants for which
				effluent limits have been established for a permittee discharging into the
				municipal treatment works of the delegated local agency, except those
				categorical or other pollutants that the delegated local agency demonstrates to
				the Department are not discharged above detectable levels by the local agency.
				The NJPDES permit may authorize the use by a delegated local agency of
				surrogate parameters in accordance to
				7:14A-13.10, for categorical and
				other pollutants discharged from the local agency, except that if a surrogate
				parameter is exceeded, the permit shall include effluent limits for each
				categorical or other pollutant for which the surrogate parameter was used, for
				such period of time as may be specified in the permit.
(b) Sewage sludge use or disposal practices
				shall be required as a condition of the permit to a local agency, to monitor
				and report results with a frequency dependent on the nature and effect of the
				sewage sludge use or disposal practice. This frequency of monitoring and
				reporting shall be specified in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20, but in no case shall be less
				than once per year.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 6 - CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL NJPDES PERMITS › Section 7:14A-6.17 - Adjustment of DSW limitations for alternative disposal of pollutants

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(a) When part of a
				discharger's process wastewater is not being directly discharged into surface
				waters of the State or contiguous zone because it is disposed into a well, into
				a DTW, or by land application thereby reducing the flow or level of pollutants
				being discharged into surface waters of the State, applicable effluent
				standards or limitations for the discharge in a NJPDES permit shall be adjusted
				to reflect the reduced raw waste resulting from such disposal.
(b) Effluent limitations and standards in the
				permit shall be calculated by one of the following methods:
1. If none of the waste from a particular
				process is discharged into waters of the State, and effluent limitation
				guidelines provide separate allocations for waste from that process, all
				allocations for the process shall be eliminated from calculation of permit
				effluent limitations or standards;
2. In all cases other than those described in
				(b)1 above, effluent limitations shall be adjusted by multiplying the effluent
				limitation guidelines to the total waste stream by the amount of wastewater
				flow to be treated and discharged into surface waters of the State and dividing
				the result by the total wastewater flow. Effluent limitations and standards so
				calculated may be further adjusted under 40 CFR Part 125, Subpart D, to make
				them more stringent if discharges to wells, DTWs, or by land application change
				the character or treatability of the pollutants being discharged to receiving
				waters.
i. This method may be algebraically
				expressed as:
(1) P = E x N/T
(where: P is the permit effluent limitation,
E is the limitation derived by applying effluent guidelines
				  to the total waste stream,
N is the wastewater flow to be treated and discharged to
				  surface waters of the State, and
T is the total wastewater flow).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.1 - Purpose

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This subchapter establishes NJPDES permit requirements for
				  persons who discharge pollutants to ground waters of the State. The purpose of
				  the NJPDES discharge to ground water permit is to restore, enhance, and
				  maintain the ground water quality of the State, in accordance with
				  58:10A-1 et seq. and the Ground
				  Water Quality Standards (GWQS) in N.J.A.C. 7:9C.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.2 - Requirement to discharge in compliance with a valid NJPDES permit

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(a) Persons
				responsible for discharges to ground water shall comply with all applicable
				NJPDES regulations.
(b) Except as
				otherwise provided in
				7:14A-7.4 and 7.5, no person shall
				discharge to ground water prior to obtaining a discharge to ground water
				permit.
(c) All discharges to
				ground water permits existing on May 5, 1997 shall continue in full force and
				effect until renewed or terminated in accordance with the provisions of this
				chapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.3 - Scope and applicability

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(a) Persons
				responsible for discharges to ground water shall comply with all the
				requirements of this subchapter, except those persons listed under (c), (d),
				and (e) below, and in
				7:14A-7.4.
(b) Persons responsible for the activities,
				pollution sources, or regulated units listed at (b)1 through 7 below shall
				comply with the requirements of this subchapter. Persons responsible for
				discharges not listed below are not exempt from the requirement to obtain a
				discharge to ground water permit. The list is intended only to be illustrative
				and is not exhaustive:
1. Surface
				impoundments;
2. Spray
				irrigation;
3. Overland
				flow;
4. Infiltration/percolation
				lagoons;
5. Residuals surface
				impoundments;
6. Injection wells;
				and
7. Land disposal of dredged
				spoil.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.4 - Exemptions

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(a) Persons
				responsible for the following discharges are exempt from the requirement to
				obtain a discharge to groundwater permit:
1.
				Discharges from single family residential subsurface sewage disposal systems
				that are designed, constructed, installed and operated in compliance with the
				Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act,
				58:11-23 et seq., and Standards
				for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, N.J.A.C. 7:9A;
2. Return flows from irrigated
				agriculture;
3. Discharges that
				occurred prior to May 5, 1997, except existing permitted discharges identified
				in 7:14A-7.2(c);
4. Any discharge not to exceed 60 calendar
				days and in compliance with the instructions of a Department on-scene
				coordinator or remedial project manager pursuant to 40 CFR 300 (the National
				Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan) or 33 CFR 153.10(e) (Pollution
				by Oil and Hazardous Substances), and the Spill Compensation and Control Act,
				N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.1 1; and
5. The
				following stormwater discharges, if such discharges are not through underground
				injection regulated under N.J.A.C. 7:14A-8, and do not require a permit under
				7:14A-24.2(a)9:
i. Stormwater discharges from municipal
				separate storm sewers that are not identified under
				7:14A-25.2(a) or
				(b);
ii. Stormwater discharges from residential
				areas (including residential streets, parking lots, easements, and open space),
				or from commercial areas (other than areas of high pollutant loading), unless
				7:14A-25.2(a) or
				(b) requires the operating entity to apply
				for a NJPDES permit for the discharge. For purposes of this subparagraph and
				7:14A-8.5(b)9  and
				24.2(c)3, high pollutant loading areas are commercial areas where solvents
				and/or petroleum products are loaded/unloaded, stored, or applied; commercial
				areas where pesticides are loaded and/or unloaded or stored; commercial areas
				where hazardous materials are expected to be present in greater than
				"reportable quantities" as defined by the USEPA at
				40 C.F.R.
				302.4; commercial areas where recharge would
				be inconsistent with a remedial action work plan approved pursuant to the
				Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites rules,
				N.J.A.C. 7:26C, or a Department approved landfill closure plan; and commercial
				areas where the risk for spills of toxic material is high, such as gas stations
				and vehicle maintenance facilities; and
iii. Stormwater discharges from animal
				feeding operations that do not require NJPDES permits under
				7:14A-2.5(d)  or
				2.13.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.5 - Authorization of discharges to ground water by permit-by-rule

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(a) Any
				person responsible for any of the following discharges to ground water is
				deemed to have a permit-by-rule:
1.
				Discharges to ground water from underground injection activities that are
				eligible for a permit-by-rule under 7:14A-8.5;
2. Discharges to ground water from activities
				associated with the flushing or cleaning of potable water mains and fire water
				systems, including hydrants and sprinklers;
3. Discharges to ground water from activities
				associated with the development of potable water wells;
4. Discharges to ground water from activities
				associated with the installation, development, and sampling of monitoring wells
				or associated with soil sampling in accordance with a NJPDES permit or, for
				activities not included in a NJPDES permit, in accordance with either the
				Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, including, but not limited to, the
				requirements of
				N.J.A.C.
				7:26E-1.5(b) and (h), or the
				Heating Oil Tank System Remediation Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:26F, including, but not
				limited to, the requirements of
				N.J.A.C.
				7:26F-1.11 and 3.3(e); and
5. Discharges to ground water from wells,
				other than discharges that occur during the course of a remediation as listed
				in (c)3 below, that occur during aquifer tests for the purpose of obtaining
				hydrogeologic data, provided that such discharges do not exceed 30 calendar
				days in duration.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.6 - Ground Water Protection Program (GWPP)

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(a) Each discharge
				to ground water permit, except those identified in
				7:14A-7.3(c), (d) and
				(e), and those permitted by rule pursuant to
				7:14A-7.5, shall include an
				approved Ground Water Protection Program to ensure that the discharge does not
				contravene the ground water quality standards at N.J.A.C. 7:9C and meets the
				monitoring requirements of this section and
				7:14A-7.7.
(b) Unless an alternate program is approved
				in advance as indicated in (f) below, each Ground Water Protection Program
				shall include the following components:
1. A
				monitoring well system, consisting of monitoring wells located in each aquifer
				that may be impacted by the discharge. Unless the permittee demonstrates
				otherwise to the satisfaction of the Department, the monitoring well system
				shall consist of a minimum of one hydraulically upgradient well, and at least
				three hydraulically downgradient wells. The permittee shall demonstrate the
				adequacy of the monitoring well system by:
i.
				Submission of results of a physical or mathematical ground water flow and/or
				contaminant transport model demonstrating that the monitoring well system is
				capable of intercepting contaminant plumes emanating from each pollutant
				source;
ii. Submission of results
				of geophysical methods of analysis such as resistivity/conductivity methods
				that confirm wells are placed such that they are capable of intercepting
				contaminant plumes emanating from each pollution source; or
iii. Submission of results of an alternative
				method of adequacy testing, approved by the Department in writing;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.7 - Ground water sampling procedures and statistical analysis requirements

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(a) The person
				responsible for conducting the Ground Water Protection Program established
				pursuant to
				7:14A-7.6 shall conduct ground
				water sampling in accordance with the edition of the Department's Field
				Sampling Procedures Manual applicable at the time of sampling, an alternate
				method approved by the Department, or as set forth in the NJPDES-DGW
				permit.
(b) When statistical data
				evaluations are specified by the Department to implement the Ground Water
				Protection Program, the statistical test chosen shall be conducted separately
				for each specified constituent in each well, and one of the following
				statistical methods shall be used to evaluate ground-water monitoring data for
				each specified constituent:
1. A parametric
				analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by multiple comparison procedures to
				identify statistically significant evidence of contamination. The method shall
				include estimation and testing of the contrasts between each compliance well's
				mean and the background water quality mean levels for each
				constituent;
2. An analysis of
				variance (ANOVA) based on ranks followed by multiple comparison procedures to
				identify statistically significant evidence of contamination. The method shall
				include estimation and testing of the contrasts between each compliance well's
				median and the background water quality median levels for each
				constituent;
3. A tolerance or
				prediction interval procedure in which an interval for each constituent is
				established from the distribution of the background water quality data, and the
				level of each constituent in each compliance well is compared to the upper
				tolerance or prediction limit;
4. A
				control chart approach that gives control limits for each constituent;
				or
5. Another statistical test
				method that meets the performance standards of (c) below, and has been approved
				by the Department in writing.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.8 - Required response to contravention of ground water quality standards

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(a) To address any
				contravention of the ground water quality standards that occurs while a
				discharge to ground water permit is in effect, each permit shall specify the
				following measures for the permittee to undertake as appropriate:
1. That the permittee shall notify the
				Department as provided in the permit, including the nature and extent of the
				contravention, followed by confirmation in writing, by certified mail within a
				time frame set forth in the permit, after the Department receives information
				obtained according to
				7:14A-7.6(b)4;
2. That the permittee shall install
				additional wells at additional locations to determine the extent of the ground
				water contamination attributable to the regulated discharge;
3. That the permittee shall provide
				additional pretreatment of the discharge to improve its quality by decreasing
				pollutant concentration;
4. That
				the permittee shall expand disposal areas onto additional land areas to reduce
				or minimize the impact of the discharge;
5. That the permittee shall take any other
				action necessary to comply with the ground water quality standards;
6. That the permittee shall reduce or cease
				the discharge; and
7. That the
				permittee shall implement the responses within the time frame required by the
				permit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.9 - General requirements for applications for discharge to ground water permit

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(a) In addition to the information required
				pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				7:14A-4.3, an applicant for a NJPDES
				Discharge to Ground Water permit shall submit information to the Department as
				follows:
1. All dischargers shall submit the
				information required pursuant to (d) below, except as provided in
				7:14A-25.9(d)1 
				for certain stormwater discharges, or when, after consultation with the
				Department during pre-application conferences, it is determined that the
				information is not necessary to develop permit conditions for the
				facility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.10 - Additional requirements for applications for NJPDES-DGW permits for surface impoundments

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(a) In addition to
				the general requirements for applications for discharge to ground water permits
				in 7:14A-7.9, an applicant for a
				NJPDES Discharge to Ground Water permit for a surface impoundment shall submit
				to the Department the information as required in this section.
(b) Surface impoundments with both a primary
				liner and a secondary liner, as defined in
				7:14A-1.2, which cover all
				surrounding earth likely to be in contact with the waste or leachate and which
				incorporate the use of a leachate collection system located between the liners
				designed to monitor for any failure of the primary liner and collect all
				leachate that may pass through as a result of primary liner failure, may pursue
				the monitoring style in
				7:14A-7.6(d)1.
(c) Surface impoundments which treat, store,
				or dispose of hazardous waste shall comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C.
				7:26G. Any surface impoundment that is not a solid waste facility pursuant to
				N.J.A.C. 7:26, shall comply with the provisions of this subchapter.
(d) Information shall be submitted concerning
				the resistance to oxidation and sunlight exposure of the wastewater to be
				impounded. Information shall also be submitted as to the physical and chemical
				compatibility of the liner material with on-site soils and the wastewater
				constituents.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.11 - Additional requirements for applications for NJPDES-DGW permits for spray irrigation

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(a) In addition to
				the general requirements for applications for discharge to ground water permits
				in 7:14A-7.9, an applicant for a
				NJPDES Discharge to Ground Water permit for spray irrigation systems shall
				submit to the Department the information as required in this section.
(b) In addition to the soils evaluation
				requirements in
				7:14A-7.9(d)4,
				soil pH, cation exchange capacity, percent base saturation, exchangeable sodium
				percentage and electrical conductivity shall be analyzed for each horizon
				within the soil column for each soil series within the discharge to ground
				water area.
(c) Climate related
				information, reported on a monthly basis, including, but not limited to, total
				precipitation, total snowfall, mean number of days with precipitation exceeding
				0.10 and 0.50 inches, mean temperature, mean daily maximum and minimum
				temperatures and mean number of days with mean temperature less than 32 degrees
				Fahrenheit. All data shall be collected from the nearest National Weather
				Service weather station, for the 10 year period preceding the date of receipt
				by the Department of the application for a permit under this section.
(d) A description of the proposed cover crop
				and natural vegetation, including, but not limited to, nutrient requirements,
				length of growing season, water tolerance and sensitivity to wastewater
				constituents being land applied as well as a detailed long term vegetation or
				crop management program, including use or disposal of the crop.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.12 - Additional requirements for applications for NJPDES-DGW permits for overland flow

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(a) In addition to
				the general requirements for applications for discharge to ground water permits
				in 7:14A-7.9, an applicant for a
				NJPDES Discharge to Ground Water permit by overland flow shall submit to the
				Department the information as required in this section.
(b) In addition to the soils evaluation
				requirements in
				7:14A-7.9(d)4,
				soil pH, cation exchange capacity, percent base saturation, exchangeable sodium
				percentage and electrical conductivity shall be analyzed for each horizon
				within the soil column for each soil series within the discharge to ground
				water area.
(c) Climate related
				information, reported on a monthly basis including but not limited to total
				precipitation, total snowfall, mean number of days with precipitation exceeding
				0.10 and 0.50 inches, mean temperature, mean daily maximum and minimum
				temperatures and mean number of days with mean temperature less than 32 degrees
				Fahrenheit. All data shall be collected from the nearest National Weather
				Service weather station, for the 10 year period preceding the date of receipt
				by the Department of the application for a permit under this section.
(d) A description of the proposed cover crop
				and natural vegetation, including, but not limited to, nutrient requirements,
				length of growing season, water tolerance and sensitivity to wastewater
				constituents being land applied, as well as a detailed long term vegetation or
				crop management program, including use or disposal of the crop.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.13 - Additional requirements for applications for NJPDES-DGW permits for infiltration/percolation lagoons

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(a) In addition to
				the general requirements for applications for discharge to ground water permits
				in 7:14A-7.9, an applicant for a
				NJPDES Discharge to Ground Water permit by infiltration/percolation lagoons
				shall submit to the Department the information as required in this
				section.
(b) Climate related
				information, reported on a monthly basis including but not limited to total
				precipitation, total snowfall, mean number of days with precipitation exceeding
				0.10 and 0.50 inches, mean temperature, mean daily maximum and minimum
				temperatures and mean number of days with mean temperature less than 32 degrees
				Fahrenheit. All data shall be collected from the nearest National Weather
				Service weather station, for the 10 year period preceding the date of receipt
				by the Department of the application for a permit under this section.
(c) A description of the proposed cover crop
				or natural vegetation within the lagoon area and a detailed long term
				vegetation or crop management program, including use or disposal of the
				crop.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.14 - Additional requirements for applications for NJPDES-DGW permits for residual surface impoundments

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(a) In addition to
				the general requirements for applications for discharge to ground water permits
				in 7:14A-7.9, an applicant for a
				NJPDES Discharge to Ground Water permit for a residual surface impoundment
				shall submit to the Department the information as required in this section.
1. A description of residual characteristics
				as follows:
i. The origin and volume of
				residual;
ii. Dated analysis of the
				residual on a mg/kg dry weight basis, including all constituents required to be
				analyzed in accordance with the Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (SQAR),
				N.J.A.C. 7:14C; and
iii. Additional
				quality analyses as deemed necessary by the Department based on its evaluation
				of past SQAR reports or other related information, such as information on
				industrial discharges which may contribute constituents not normally evaluated
				under the SQAR program or which may contribute constituents identified in
				USEPA's Technical Support Document for Surface Disposal of Sewage
				Sludge.
iv. Any additional residual
				monitoring data the applicant compiled prior to applying for a permit,
				including available ground water monitoring data, with descriptions of well
				locations and depth to ground water;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW) › Section 7:14A-7.15 - Additional requirements for applications for NJPDES-DGW permits for disposal of dredged spoil

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(a) In addition to
				the general requirements for discharge to ground water permits in
				7:14A-7.9, an applicant for a
				NJPDES Discharge to Ground Water permit for land application of dredged spoil
				shall submit to the Department the information as required in this
				section.
(b) The applicant shall
				provide a proposed dredged spoil disposal plan containing the following
				components:
1. An engineering design and
				construction plan, including at a minimum;
i.
				A description of proposed pre-construction site work, grading, and foundation
				preparation;
ii. A description of
				characteristics of liners or other foundation materials;
iii. Results of stability analyses of dikes
				and berms with respect to operational stresses; and
iv. A description of the onsite and offsite
				transportation system, including transportation of dredged spoil to the site,
				routing, loading/unloading, and construction and maintenance of
				roads;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.1 - Purpose and scope

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(a) This subchapter
				establishes a system of controls to ensure that underground injection practices
				do not endanger underground sources of drinking water (USDWs). The goal of this
				subchapter is preventive. The Department's policy is to liberally interpret and
				enforce this subchapter to prevent the contamination of the State's ground
				water resources.
(b) This
				subchapter regulates the disposal of wastes by well injection as well as the
				underground storage of fluids (including gases) which have been emplaced by
				means of an injection well and the injection of water. Paragraph (b)1 below
				sets forth examples of the underground injection activities regulated under
				this subchapter. All injection wells are divided into five classifications,
				which are set forth at
				7:14A-8.2.
1. The following injection wells are among
				the injection activities regulated under this subchapter:
i. Any injection well located on a drilling
				platform within the State's territorial waters;
ii. Any well, including any dug hole, that is
				deeper than its largest surface dimension, where the principal function of the
				well is emplacement of fluids;
iii.
				Any septic system, disposal bed, seepage pit, or cesspool used by a generator
				of hazardous waste, or by an owner or operator of a hazardous waste management
				facility to dispose of fluids containing hazardous waste;
iv. Any one subsurface disposal system or
				multiple subsurface disposal systems, on a single property, for which the
				aggregate sanitary wastewater design flow is in excess of 2000 gpd, calculated
				in accordance with the minimum standards for average facilities listed in the
				Department's Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, at
				7:9A-7.4; and
v. Any injection well used to inject
				industrial wastes, including but not limited to drywells, leaching fields,
				septic systems, and seepage pits.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.2 - Classification of injection wells

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(a) Injection wells
				are classified as Class I, II, II, IV or V, as follows:
1. Class I wells are:
i. Wells used by generators of hazardous
				wastes or owners or operators of hazardous waste management facilities, or by
				any other person, to inject hazardous waste beneath the lowermost formation
				containing an underground source of drinking water; and
ii. Other industrial or municipal disposal
				wells which inject fluids beneath the lowermost formation containing an
				underground source of drinking water.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.3 - Prohibition of unauthorized injection

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Any underground injection is prohibited, except pursuant to
				  a permit-by-rule under
				  7:14A-8.5, or pursuant to a UIC
				  permit under
				  7:14A-8.8. The construction of any
				  well required to have a permit (including, where applicable, a well permit)
				  under this subchapter is prohibited, except pursuant to such permit-by-rule or
				  UIC permit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.4 - Prohibition of movement of fluid into underground sources of drinking water

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(a) No UIC permit or approval under a
				permit-by-rule shall be issued or provided under this subchapter in the
				following circumstances:
1. Where a Class I,
				II or III well may cause or allow movement of any contaminant into underground
				sources of drinking water;
2. Where
				a Class IV or V well may cause or allow movement of fluid containing any
				contaminant into underground sources of drinking water, and the presence of
				that contaminant may adversely affect the health of persons; or
3. Where a Class V well is:
i. A large-capacity cesspool (design flow
				greater than 2,000 gallons per day). All large-capacity cesspools authorized by
				this subchapter shall be closed by April 5, 2005. Large-capacity cesspools
				shall be closed in accordance with
				7:14A-8.16(d). The
				owner or operator shall notify the Department of intent to close at least 30
				days prior to closure; or
ii.
				Except as provided at (a)3ii(1) below, a motor vehicle waste disposal well. A
				motor vehicle waste disposal well is an injection well that receives or has
				received fluids from motor vehicle repair or maintenance activities, such as an
				auto body repair shop, automotive repair shop, car dealership, specialty repair
				shop (for example, transmission and/or muffler repair shop), or any facility
				that does any motor vehicle repair work.
(1)
				Motor vehicle waste disposal wells constructed prior to April 5, 2000 shall be
				authorized under a permit in accordance with
				7:14A-8.8, closed in accordance
				with 7:14A-8.16(d), or
				converted to another type of Class V well in accordance with
				7:14A-8.16(g).
(2) Motor vehicle waste disposal wells that
				continue to operate in accordance with a permit shall meet Ground Water Quality
				Standards, N.J.A.C. 7:9C, at the last accessible sampling point prior to waste
				fluids being released into the subsurface environment. The owner or operator
				shall notify the Department of intent to close at least 30 days prior to
				closure.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.6 - Identification of underground sources of drinking water

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The Department may identify (by narrative description,
				  illustrations, maps, or other means) and shall protect as an underground source
				  of drinking water, all aquifers or parts of aquifers which meet the definition
				  of an "underground source of drinking water" in
				  7:14A-1.2. Even if an aquifer has
				  not been specifically identified by the Department as such, it is an
				  underground source of drinking water if it meets the definition in
				  7:14A-1.2.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.7 - Prohibition and elimination of underground injection of hazardous and radioactive wastes

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(a) Except as
				provided at (b) below, any underground injection of hazardous wastes or
				radioactive wastes is prohibited. This specifically prohibits the operation of
				Class IV injection wells, and prohibits hazardous and radioactive wastes from
				being injected into Class I injection wells.
(b) The Department may, at its discretion,
				authorize the construction and/or operation of a Class IV or Class I well to
				inject ground water that has been treated and is being reinjected into the same
				formation from which it was drawn. The Department's implementation of this
				injection activity shall be pursuant to provisions for cleanup of releases
				under CERCLA, or RCRA, as described in
				40 C.F.R.
				144.13(c), or when conducted
				under Department oversight pursuant to the Underground Storage Tanks rules at
				N.J.A.C. 7:14B, the Industrial Site Recovery Act (13:1K-6 et seq., as amended), or
				the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites at
				N.J.A.C. 7:26C. These injection activities shall generally be conducted to
				alleviate a situation posing a substantial danger to public health or safety or
				when necessitated by public health or environmental considerations (for
				example, when injection wells are used as a component of a ground water
				remediation program).
(c)
				Abandonment and closure of any injection well that is injecting, or has ever
				injected, hazardous wastes (including Class IV and Class I injection wells)
				shall be performed in compliance with all applicable Department regulations for
				remediation of contaminated sites including the Administrative Requirements for
				the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (N.J.A.C. 7:26C).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.8 - Authorization by permit

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(a) Any underground
				injection well not authorized by a permit-by-rule in accordance with
				7:14A-8.5 requires a UIC permit in
				accordance with this section.
(b)
				The owner or operator shall apply for a UIC permit in accordance with N.J.A.C.
				7:14A-4. An application for a well-drilling permit, if applicable, shall be
				submitted concurrently in accordance with
				58:4A-4.1.
(c) The information required by the
				Department for a UIC permit application for a Class I, II, III or V injection
				well is listed in
				7:14A-8.17.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 8 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAM › Section 7:14A-8.9 - Additional conditions applicable to Class I, II, III and V UIC permits

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(a) The following
				conditions, in addition to those set forth in
				7:14A-2.5, apply to all UIC permits
				for Class I, II, III and V injection wells, and shall be incorporated into
				these UIC permits either expressly or by reference. If incorporated by
				reference, a specific citation to this subchapter shall be given in the permit.
1. The permittee does not need to comply with
				certain provisions of
				7:14A-6.10 when such noncompliance
				is authorized by a temporary emergency permit under
				7:14A-6.14.
2. The permittee shall maintain records
				concerning the nature and composition of injected fluids in accordance with the
				requirements of
				7:14A-6.6.
3. In addition to
				7:14A-6.7, Notice requirements for
				facility alterations and additions, a new injection well shall not commence
				injection until construction is complete, the permittee has submitted the well
				report as required under
				58:4A-4.1, where applicable, or
				has submitted notice of completion of construction to the Department; and
i. The Department has inspected or otherwise
				reviewed the new injection well and determined that it is in compliance with
				the conditions of the permit; or
ii. The permittee has not received notice
				from the Department of its intent to inspect or otherwise review the new
				injection well within 20 days of the date of the well report or the notice of
				completion of construction submitted to the Department pursuant to (a)3 above,
				in which case prior inspection or review is waived and the permittee may
				commence injection.
4.
				The following shall be included as information which shall be reported within
				two hours under
				7:14A-6.10:
i. Any monitoring or other information which
				indicates that any contaminant may cause an endangerment to a potable supply
				well; and
ii. Any noncompliance
				with a permit condition or malfunction of the injection system which may cause
				fluid migration into a potable supply well.
5. The following information shall be
				reported within 24 hours under
				7:14A-6.10:
i. Any monitoring or other information which
				indicates that any contaminant may cause an endangerment to a USDW other than
				as described at (a)4i above; and
ii. Any noncompliance with a permit condition
				or malfunction of the injection system which may cause fluid migration into or
				between USDWs other than as described at (a)4ii above.
6. The permittee shall submit written notice
				to the Department at least 180 days before conversion or abandonment of the
				well. With the notice, the permittee shall submit a revised plugging and
				abandonment plan updated as appropriate in compliance with
				7:14A-8.10(a)5 
				and 8.12(d).