New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 10 - SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT › Subchapter 10 - PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS AND CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL BY CONTAINMENT › Section 7:10-10.5 - Physical connection permit application and renewal procedures

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Initial
				physical connection permit regulations are as follows:
1. Prior to the installation of a physical
				connection, the owner of the facility where the installation is to be made
				shall submit to the Department and to the owner of the public community water
				system a completed application form for an initial physical connection permit.
				The application form may be obtained from the Department in accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				7:10-2.6(a).
2. The initial physical connection permit
				application form includes the following information:
i. The facility name, location and
				municipality;
ii. The facility
				owner's name, address and telephone number;
iii. The name of the public community water
				system;
iv. The name of the
				administrative authority;
v. The
				source of the unapproved water supply;
vi. The uses of the public community water
				system water and the unapproved water supply;
vii. The type of operation conducted at the
				facility;
viii. The type and size
				of backflow prevention devices and service connections from the public
				community water system;
ix. A
				certification by the owner of the facility that the proposed installation
				complies with the requirements of this subchapter; and
x. As an attachment, a drawing showing the
				facility layout with street locations, location of any unapproved water supply,
				all service connections from the public community water system, location of
				backflow prevention device(s) and sufficient longitudinal and transverse
				sections to adequately explain the installation.
3. The Department and the owner of the public
				community water system shall review the application and notify the owner of the
				facility in writing if the proposed physical connection installation meets the
				requirements of this subchapter.
4.
				Upon receipt of the notification from the Department and the owner of the
				public community water system pursuant to (a)3 above, the owner of the facility
				shall ensure that the physical connection installation is installed in
				accordance with the application approved pursuant to this section.
5. Upon completion of the physical connection
				installation, the owner of the facility shall contact the owner of the public
				community water system, the Department, and the administrative authority to
				arrange for the initial inspection and pressure testing of the physical
				connection installation in accordance with
				7:10-10.6. The pressure test
				results shall be recorded on the Quarterly Physical Connection Test and
				Maintenance Report form.
6. Upon
				completion of the inspection and pressure testing of the device pursuant to
				(a)5 above, the authorized representatives of the public community water
				system, the administrative authority and the Department shall complete the
				Certification of Inspection and Testing Results form obtained from the
				Department.
7. The owner of the
				facility shall obtain the Certification of Inspection and Testing Results form
				completed in accordance with (a)6 above and submit the completed certification
				to the Department.
8. The
				Department shall review the application and results of the inspection and
				pressure testing conducted and certified pursuant to (a)5 and 6 above, and
				shall notify the owner of the facility, the supplier of water, and the
				administrative authority in writing of its decision to issue a physical
				connection permit or to deny the application. If an application is denied, the
				Department shall state the reason(s) for the denial.