New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 19 - PRETREATMENT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL AGENCIES › Section 7:14A-19.6 - Additional requirements for delegated local agencies

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each permitted
				facility discharging into the municipal treatment works of a delegated local
				agency, other than a facility discharging only stormwater or non-contact
				cooling water, shall be inspected by the delegated local agency at least once a
				year. The Department may also inspect a facility required to be inspected by a
				delegated local agency. Exemption of stormwater facilities from the provisions
				of this subsection shall not apply to any permitted facility discharging or
				receiving stormwater runoff having come into contact with a hazardous discharge
				site on the Federal National Priorities List adopted by the EPA pursuant to the
				Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act,
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				U.S.C. §§
										9601 et seq., or any
				other hazardous discharge site included by the Department on the master list
				for hazardous discharge site cleanups adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.1
				6. An inspection required under this subsection shall be conducted within six
				months following a permittee's submission of an application for a permit,
				permit renewal or issuance of a permit for a new facility, except that if for
				any reason, a scheduled inspection cannot be made, the inspection shall be
				rescheduled to be performed within 30 days of the originally scheduled
				inspection or in the case of a temporary shutdown, of resumed operation.
				Inspections shall include:
1. A
				representative sampling of the effluent for each permitted facility, except
				that in the case of facilities that are not major facilities or significant
				indirect users, sampling pursuant to this paragraph shall be conducted at least
				once every three years. Collection of a representative sampling is required to
				complete an inspection but does not necessarily have to be conducted
				concurrently with the inspection;
2. An analysis of all collected samples by a
				laboratory certified by the Department;
3. An evaluation of the maintenance record of
				the permittee's treatment equipment;
4. An evaluation of the permittee's sampling
				techniques;
5. A random check of
				written summaries of test results, prepared by the certified laboratory,
				providing the test results for the immediately preceding 12-month period,
				signed by a responsible official of the certified laboratory, certifying the
				accuracy of the test results. This random check can be completed by reviewing
				the test results at the permitted facility, and/or through review of test
				results previously submitted by the permitted facility to the delegated local
				agency;
6. An inspection of the
				permittee's sample storage facilities and techniques if the sampling is
				normally performed by the permittee; and
7. An evaluation of whether the significant
				indirect user needs a plan or other action to control slug discharges. Each
				significant indirect user shall be evaluated within one year of being
				designated a significant indirect user. For purposes of this paragraph, a slug
				discharge is any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including, but
				not limited to, an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge, which
				has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through, or in any
				other way violate the delegated local agency's regulations, local limits or
				permit conditions. The results of such evaluations shall be available to the
				Department upon request. Significant indirect users are required to notify the
				delegated local agency immediately of any changes at its facility affecting
				potential for a slug discharge. If the delegated local agency decides that a
				slug control plan is needed, the plan shall contain, at a minimum, the
				following:
i. A description of discharge
				practices, including non-routine batch discharges;
ii. A description of stored
				chemicals;
iii. Procedures for
				immediately notifying the POTW of slug discharges, including any discharge that
				would violate a prohibition at
				7:14A-21.2, with procedures for
				follow-up written notification within five days; and
iv. If necessary, procedures to prevent
				adverse impact from accidental spills, including inspection and maintenance of
				storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading
				operations, control of plant site run-off, worker training, building of
				containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic
				pollutants (including solvents), and/or measures and equipment for emergency
				response.