New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.8 - Application requirements for construction, installation, or modification of treatment works-Stage II

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Persons who
				propose to build, install, or modify treatment works that require the
				Department's approval pursuant to this subchapter, shall submit the following
				information and documents in the manner prescribed in this subchapter:
1. The Department's Treatment Works Approval
				application form, as defined at
				7:14A-22.6(a)1,
				(original) signed, dated and imprinted with a seal where applicable;
				and
2. The appropriate fee,
				calculated in accordance with
				7:14A-22.25, made payable to
				Treasurer, State of New Jersey, Environmental Services Fund;
3. A resolution and/or written statement of
				consent from the affected municipality, sewerage authority, owner of the
				receiving treatment plant, owner/operator of the wastewater conveyance system
				into which the project will directly connect, and district sludge management
				lead planning agency (if applicable, see (a)3ii below) or completion of the
				Department's form WQM003.
i. Prior to the
				submission of an application for treatment works approval, the applicant shall
				submit (return receipt requested) a copy of the application (at a minimum) to
				the affected sewerage authority (not required for direct dischargers) and to
				the municipality in which the construction will be located, with a request that
				they provide a written statement of consent of the application.
(1) A written statement of consent by the
				municipality shall include the statement that the project as proposed is in
				conformance with the requirements of all municipal ordinances and that the
				governing body of the municipality accepts and approves of the project as
				proposed by the applicant. If the statement of consent is signed by anyone
				other than the mayor, the municipality shall file with the Department an
				official resolution by the governing body delegating such responsibility to the
				named individual.
ii. A
				written statement of consent from the district sludge management lead planning
				agency is required only for applications that involve construction of residual
				management units at ultimate residuals management sites.
iii. Written statements of consent from the
				affected sewerage authority shall contain a certification concerning the
				plant's compliance with applicable NJPDES permit requirements.
iv. A written statement of consent from the
				owner/operator of the conveyance system must certify that the conveyance system
				has adequate conveyance capacity as defined in
				7:14A-1.2, to convey the additional
				flow.
v. If an applicant is unable
				to obtain the required written statement of consent, then the applicant may
				choose to follow the procedures stated in (a)3v(1) through (5) below. An
				application may be considered complete only after the 60 day period of
				notification, as required in (a)3v(1) through (5) below, has elapsed.
(1) The affected sewerage authority or
				municipality shall submit a written statement of consent to the application or
				submit written comments to the Department within 60 days of the request for
				consent. Prior to the expiration of the 60 day period to respond a request for
				a written statement of consent, the municipality or sewage authority may
				request a 30 day extension for review of a request for consent.
(2) Any document issued by a sewerage
				authority or municipality which is tentative, preliminary, or conditional
				approval shall not be considered a statement of consent.
(3) When the affected sewerage authority or
				municipality does not consent to a project, it shall state all reasons for
				rejection or disapproval in a resolution and send a certified copy of the
				resolution to the Department.
(4)
				When the affected municipality or sewerage authority expressly denies a request
				for a written statement of consent for a project, the permit application may be
				determined by the Department to be incomplete for processing; or in the
				alternative, the Department may review the reasons for denial. Any such reasons
				shall be considered by the Department in determining whether to issue a
				treatment works approval or sewer connection approval in accordance with this
				subchapter.
(5) When the affected
				municipality or sewerage authority does not issue either a written statement of
				consent or a denial of the request for consent, the Department, upon receipt of
				proof that the applicant has delivered to the affected agency a written request
				for a written statement of consent, shall review the reasons for the lack of
				consent or denial, if known on the basis of reasonably reliable information.
				Any such reasons shall be considered by the Department in determining whether
				to issue a treatment works approval or sewer connection approval in accordance
				with this subchapter.
4. Evidence that the following agencies have
				been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the intent to
				file with the Department a treatment works approval application:
i. The municipal environmental commission, if
				any;
ii. The county environmental
				commission, if there is no municipal environmental commission; and
iii. The municipal planning board;
5. For wastewater collection and
				conveyance systems, an original signed copy of the Department's Engineering
				Report Form WQM006. The Engineer's Report shall be signed and sealed (embossed)
				by a New Jersey licensed professional engineer;
6. For treatment units, holding tanks,
				equalization tanks, or treatment works other than collection and conveyance
				systems, in addition to the Department's form WQM006, the applicant shall
				prepare and submit a technical report addressing the requirements specified in
				7:14A-23.5;
7. An itemized engineering cost estimate for
				the proposed treatment works. The cost estimate shall be in sufficient detail
				to indicate the basis for the estimate and the approximate separation of costs
				for individual sewerage facilities;
8. One set, each, of final construction plans
				and specifications, signed and sealed by a New Jersey licensed professional
				engineer, and meeting the requirements stated in
				7:14A-23.4;
9. One original Dry Sewer Affidavit, if
				applying for a stage II "construction only" permit pursuant to
				7:14A-22.9;
10. A copy of a USGS Quad Map with the
				project site location boundaries drawn to scale. If the project includes a pump
				station or sewage treatment plant, the GPS coordinates of the pump station or
				treatment plant control building in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:1D Appendix A.
				The Department recommends using the "NJDEP GPS Data Collection Standards"
				guidance document, as amended or updated. Guidance related to the mapping and
				digital data standards is available at the Department's website at
				http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/standard.htm [File Link Not Available];
11. Copies of Pinelands Commission
				approval or certificate of filing, Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission
				approval, and a Highlands Preservation Area Approval, if required;
12. For sewage holding tank applications, the
				following additional items are required:
i. A
				letter of consent from the local board of health; and
ii. Evidence of contracts with two licensed
				waste haulers (one as a back-up); and
13. For a hauling/diversion treatment works
				application, the following additional items are required:
i. Evidence of contracts with two licensed
				waste haulers (one as a back-up);
ii. For projects involving wastewater
				hauling, a letter of consent from the entity accepting the wastewater for
				treatment and final disposal and for projects involving wastewater diversion, a
				letter of consent from the municipality or authority accepting additional flow
				through its collection system; and
iii. A statement concerning the frequency and
				amount of wastewater which will be hauled/diverted. This amount shall be at
				least equivalent to the project's projected flow pursuant to
				7:14A-23.3.