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-8.5 - Authorization of injection into Class V wells by permit-by-rule

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any
				owner or operator of a Class V underground injection well who has submitted the
				inventory information, pursuant to (c) below, prior to May 5, 1997 shall be
				deemed to have a permit-by-rule.
(b) An owner or operator of any of the Class
				V injection wells described in (b)1 through 11 below is deemed to have a
				permit-by-rule under this subsection if the owner or operator complies with the
				applicable requirements specified in this subsection.
1. Subsurface sewage disposal systems, other
				than those excluded under
				7:14A-8.1(b)2,
				that are designed, constructed, installed and operated in compliance with the
				Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act,
				58:11-23 et seq., and the
				Department's Standards for Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems,
				N.J.A.C. 7:9A, where applicable;
2.
				Injection wells used as a component of closed loop heat pump systems
				constructed according to any well permit condition(s)/standards adopted
				pursuant to
				58:4A-4.1 et seq. All closed loop
				systems shall contain only fluids that are allowable under conditions of such
				well permit, and are leak proof such that the only discharge is heat
				content;
3. Injection wells used as
				components of an open loop heat pump system constructed in accordance with all
				applicable well construction requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:9D. Any such injection
				well shall discharge water into the same aquifer from which the water was drawn
				and with a quality that is the same as the ambient ground water, except for
				heat content;
4. Air conditioning
				or non-contact cooling water return flow injection wells that:
i. Are constructed in accordance with all
				applicable well construction requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:9D, or all applicable
				seepage pit construction requirements of
				7:14A-8.18; and
ii. Discharge water into the same aquifer
				from which the water was drawn and with a quality that is the same as the
				ambient ground water, except for heat content;
5. Underground injection of swimming pool
				filter backwash water and water softener backwash water into seepage pits, when
				the activity is conducted in accordance with
				7:14A-8.18;
6. Underground injection wells associated
				with the feasibility or engineering design studies necessary to obtain or
				comply with a water supply allocation permit pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:19 or
				NJPDES permit pursuant to this chapter;
7. Underground injection of stormwater runoff
				from the roofs of buildings, so long as the roofs are devoid of pollutant
				sources and devices (for example, motors, tanks, drums) that contain
				pollutants;
8. Underground
				injection of stormwater discharges from municipal separate storm sewers that
				are not identified under
				7:14A-25.2(a) or
				(b);
9. Underground injection of 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 as described under
				7:14A-7.4(b)5  ii,
				unless 7:14A-25.2(a) or
				(b) requires the operating entity to apply
				for a NJPDES permit for the discharge;
10. Underground injection of stormwater
				discharges from animal feeding operations that do not require a NJPDES permit
				under 7:14A-2.13; and
11. Underground injection wells used during
				the remediation of a contaminated site where the person conducting the
				remediation meets the conditions set forth at
				7:14A-7.5(b).