New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 9E - PRIVATE WELL TESTING ACT RULES › Subchapter 3 - REPORTING AND DATA VALIDITY › Section 7:9E-3.1 - Reporting requirements for laboratories

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The reporting
				laboratory shall, subject to (c) below, within five business days after
				completion of analyses of water samples:
1.
				Provide the following information to the person(s) who requested the test. The
				information shall be provided on the Department's "Private Well Water Test
				Reporting Form", which is available by logging on to the Department's website
				at
www.state.nj.us/dep/pwta
; or
				by contacting the Department's Hotline for Private Well Testing Act Program
				Hotline. The form shall include the following information:
i. The name, telephone number and mailing
				address of person(s) who requested the test;
ii. The name of the laboratory employee or
				name of authorized representative(s) of the laboratory who collected the water
				sample;
iii. The analytical method
				used for each parameter tested pursuant to this chapter;
iv. The analytical results for each parameter
				tested pursuant to this chapter:
(1) The
				Department's "Private Well Water Test Reporting Form" shall include the maximum
				contaminant level (MCL), applicable water quality standard, or action level for
				each parameter as set forth at
				7:10-5.1, 5.2 and 7:10-7.2. The
				information required at (a)1iv above, shall be inserted in the space provided
				on the Department's form next to the applicable standard for that
				parameter;
v. A
				statement indicating that the testing was performed for the purpose of
				complying with the Private Well Testing Act and N.J.A.C. 7:9E;
vi. The location of the real property,
				including, block and lot, street address, municipality, municipal code, and
				county;
vii. The date and time of
				collection of the water sample(s);
viii. The specific point at which the water
				sample was collected (for example, kitchen tap, bathroom tap, etc.);
ix. If known, the type of installed water
				treatment device and condition of water treatment device;
x. The date and time that the water sample(s)
				was analyzed by the certified environmental laboratory;
xi. The Global Positioning System (GPS)
				location of the well head or front door of the subject property, or if GPS
				coordinates cannot be collected at one of those locations, at another location
				on the subject property, as close as possible to the well head or front door.
				GPS data shall be obtained in accordance with Department standards, N.J.A.C.
				7:1D, Appendix A, and shall include a notation of which location was
				utilized;
xii. The State of New
				Jersey well permit or well record number (if known);
xiii. The name and identification number of
				all New Jersey certified laboratories which conducted the analyses in
				accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:18;
xiv.
				The certified environmental laboratory sample identification number;
xv. A statement of available remediation
				funding alternatives;
xvi. A
				written certification signed by the laboratory manager and/or designee stating
				that all sampling, analyses and reporting performed by that laboratory comply
				with all requirements as set forth in this chapter and in Regulations Governing
				the Certification of Laboratories and Environmental Measurements, N.J.A.C.
				7:18, and certifying that the laboratory is in compliance with all laboratory
				certification and quality control procedures and requirements as set forth in
				N.J.A.C. 7:18;
(1) The certification
				requirement in (a)1xvi above shall also apply to certified laboratories that
				are subcontracted to perform analytical testing pursuant to this chapter.
				Subcontracted laboratories shall provide the certification in writing to the
				reporting laboratory at the time that the results are submitted;
xvii. A statement providing that
				additional information may be obtained by logging onto the NJDEP-Private Well
				Testing Act website at
www.state.nj.us/dep/pwta
; or contacting
				the Department's Bureau of Safe Drinking Water at 609-292-5550;
xviii. One or more of the following
				statement(s), as applicable, at the top of the form prior to listing the
				individual results as follows:
(1) If all
				analytical results meet applicable standards, the statement shall say:
				"Analytical results meet primary and secondary contaminant standards for
				drinking water.";
(2) If one or
				more of the analytical results fail to meet applicable standards, the statement
				shall say: "One or more of the analytical results do not meet primary
				contaminant standards for drinking water.";
(3) If one or more of the analytical results
				fail to meet applicable standards, the statement shall say: "One or more of the
				analytical results do not meet secondary contaminant standards for drinking
				water."; and
xix. Any
				other information set forth in the Regulations Governing the Certification of
				Laboratories and Environmental Measurements at
				7:18-9.4(b)9;
				and