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 7:22-2.18 - Grant conditions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following requirements, in addition to such statutes and regulations as may be applicable to particular grants, are conditions to each grant and conditions to each payment under a grant award.
1. The recipient shall comply with the Local Public Contracts Law, 40A:11-1 et seq.
2. The recipient shall certify that it is, and shall assure that its contractors and subcontractors are, maintaining their financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards for governmental institutions. The recipient shall comply with the requirements of the Single Audit Act of 1984 ( 31 U.S.C. 7501 - 7507 ), Federal OMB Circular A-128 and State OMB Circular 87-11, incorporated herein by reference. Copies of these documents may be obtained from the Department.
3. The recipient shall comply with the Department's standards of conduct in N.J.A.C. 7:22-8 and the Local Government Ethics Law ( P.L. 1991, c.29; 40A:9-22 ).
4. The recipient shall provide a copy of the NJPDES permit or otherwise provide an identification of effluent discharge limitations.
5. The recipient shall comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( P.L. 88-352 ) as well as the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, (10:5-1 et seq.), as amended.
6. The recipient shall adopt a system of user charges and a sewer use ordinance consistent with 40 C.F.R. 35.2208 and other applicable laws and regulations.
7. The recipient shall establish an effective regulatory program pursuant to 58:10A-6 et seq. and enforce pretreatment standards which comply with 40 C.F.R. 403.
8. The recipient shall comply with all pertinent requirements of Federal, State and local environmental laws.
9. The recipient shall pay the non-State and non-federal costs of the construction (that is, facilities planning, design, building and related costs) which are associated with the project. The recipient shall be responsible to complete the construction of the project.
10. The recipient shall comply with the requirements governing Federal grants under the Federal Act, including 40 C.F.R. 30.100 et seq., 40 C.F.R. 33.001 et seq., and 40 C.F.R. 35.2000 et seq. Failure of the recipient to comply with Federal requirements shall constitute noncompliance with these regulations and shall give rise to the remedies provided in 7:22-2.29 through 7:22-2.35.
11. The grant agreement or any amendment thereto may include special conditions necessary to assure accomplishment of the project or Department objectives. The recipient shall comply with any special conditions which the Department requires in the grant agreement or any amendment thereto.
12. Qualified personnel and chief operating officer:
i. The recipient shall retain sufficient qualified operating and management personnel from the time of completion of construction or commencement of operation, whichever is earlier, until such time as the operation of the facility is discontinued; and
ii. The recipient shall retain a qualified chief operating officer or executive director.
13. Construction of the project, including letting of contracts in connection therewith, shall conform to applicable requirements of Federal, State, and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations and to contract specifications and requirements.
14.
(Reserved)
15. No State funds shall be disbursed to a local government unit which has defaulted on any State loan. In order to facilitate full or partial payment of such defaulted loan obligation the Department may, at its discretion, make a grant payment where it simultaneously receives from the local government unit an amount in repayment of the defaulted loan obligation at least equal to the grant payment. Nothing in this paragraph shall in any way limit any right or duty of the Department to demand and collect at any time the total due under any such past loan.
16.
(Reserved)
17. The recipient shall certify that it has not and will not enter into any contract with nor has any subcontract been or will be awarded to any person debarred, suspended or disqualified from Department contracting pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:1D-2 for any services within the scope of work.