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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.4 - Categorical standards, calculation of equivalent and/or alternative limits

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(a) When the
				categorical pretreatment standards are expressed in terms of production,
				equivalent effluent limitations shall be calculated as follows:
1. When the limits in a categorical
				pretreatment standard are expressed only in terms of mass of pollutant per unit
				of production, the control authority may convert the limits to equivalent
				limitations expressed either as mass of pollutant discharged per day or
				effluent concentration for purposes of calculating effluent limitations
				applicable to individual indirect users.
2. A control authority calculating equivalent
				mass-per-day limitations under (a)1 above shall calculate such limitations by
				multiplying the limits in the categorical pretreatment standard by the indirect
				user's average rate of production. This average rate of production shall be
				based not upon the designed production capacity but rather upon a reasonable
				measure of the indirect user's actual long-term daily production, such as the
				average daily production during a representative year. For new sources, actual
				production shall be estimated using projected production.
3. A control authority calculating equivalent
				concentration limitations under (a)1 above shall calculate such limitations by
				dividing the mass limitations derived under (a)2 above by the average daily
				flow rate of the indirect user's regulated process wastewater. This average
				daily flow rate shall be based upon a reasonable measure of the indirect user's
				actual long-term average flow rate, such as the average daily flow rate during
				the representative year. For new sources, flow rate shall be estimated using
				projected flow rate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.5 - Variance from categorical pretreatment standards for fundamentally different factors

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(a) Any interested
				person believing that factors relating to an indirect user are fundamentally
				different from the factors considered during development of a categorical
				pretreatment standard applicable to that indirect user and that the existence
				of those factors justifies a different discharge limit than specified in the
				applicable categorical pretreatment standard may request a fundamentally
				different factors variance under this section.
1. A request for a variance based upon
				fundamentally different factors shall be approved only if:
i. There is an applicable categorical
				pretreatment standard which specifically controls the pollutant for which
				alternative limits have been requested;
ii. Factors relating to the discharge
				controlled by the categorical pretreatment standard are fundamentally different
				from the factors considered by USEPA in establishing the standards;
				and
iii. The request for a variance
				is made in accordance with the procedural requirements of (e) and (f)
				below.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.6 - Bypass

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(a) An indirect
				user may allow any bypass to occur which does not cause pretreatment standards
				to be violated, but only if such bypass is for essential maintenance to ensure
				efficient operation. Such bypasses are not subject to (b) and (c)
				below.
(b) Notice of bypass shall
				be as follows:
1. If an indirect user knows
				in advance of the need for a bypass, it shall submit prior notice to the
				control authority, if possible at least 10 days before the date of the
				bypass.
2. An indirect user shall
				inform the control authority by telephone or in person of an unanticipated
				bypass that exceeds applicable pretreatment standards within 24 hours from the
				time the indirect user becomes aware of the bypass. A written submission shall
				also be provided within five days of the time the indirect user becomes aware
				of the bypass. The written submission shall contain a description of the bypass
				and its cause; the duration of the bypass, including exact dates and times,
				and, if the bypass has not been corrected, the anticipated time it is expected
				to continue; and steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent
				reoccurrence of the bypass. The control authority may waive the written report
				on a case-by-case basis if the information of the bypass by telephone or in
				person was received within 24 hours of the indirect user's becoming aware of
				the bypass.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.7 - Additional requirements for facilities which meet the SIU definition and discharge to a delegated local agency's treatment works

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Any indirect user which meets the SIU definition in
				  7:14A-1.2 and discharges or plans
				  to discharge to a delegated local agency's treatment works shall obtain an IPP
				  permit from that delegated local agency unless exempted by the delegated local
				  agency as an NSCIU in accordance with
				  7:14A-21.9(g).
				  Delegated local agencies are required pursuant to
				  7:14A-19.3(c)2  to
				  issue IPP permits to such indirect users.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.8 - Additional requirements for facilities which meet the SIU definition and discharge to a non-delegated local agency's treatment works

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An indirect user which meets the SIU definition in
				  7:14A-1.2 and discharges or plans
				  to discharge to a local agency which is not a delegated local agency as defined
				  at 7:14A-1.2 shall obtain an
				  individual NJPDES-SIU permit from the Department pursuant to
				  7:14A-2.4 and 7:14A-4.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.9 - Exemptions from the requirements for an individual NJPDES-SIU permit from the Department

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(a) An indirect
				user authorized to discharge by the local agency is exempt from the requirement
				to obtain an individual NJPDES-SIU permit from the Department if:
1. The indirect user does not meet the SIU
				definition;
2. The indirect user
				discharges to a delegated local agency's treatment works; or
3. The indirect user meets the
				non-significant categorical indirect user criteria set forth in (g)
				below.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.10 - Establishing conditions and effluent limitations for an individual NJPDES-SIU permit issued by the Department

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(a) Effluent
				limitations for NJPDES-SIU permits shall be developed for the applicable
				pollutants based on one or more of the following:
1. Applicable or relevant categorical
				pretreatment standards under 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, calculated and/or
				adjusted if applicable in accordance with
				7:14A-21.4;
2. Local limits developed in accordance with
				7:14A-19.7;
3. In the absence of local limits developed
				by the local agency in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-19.7, limitations will be
				calculated by the Department to prevent pass through or interference at the
				receiving local agency's treatment works using the Local Limits Guidance Manual
				(USEPA, Office of Wastewater Management, July 2004), incorporated by reference,
				including any supplements and amendments thereto;
4. Limitations based upon performance of
				existing and proposed wastewater pretreatment units; and
5. Minimum requirements for all indirect
				users of local agencies specified in
				7:14A-21.2.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.11 - Violations; closing off of use of sewerage connections

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The Department or the local agency may, in instances of
				  indirect user non-compliance, take such steps as may be necessary to seal or
				  close off connections from the local agency to the indirect user until it is
				  satisfied that adequate measures have been taken to prevent the recurrence of
				  non-compliance in accordance with
				  58:11-56.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS › Section 7:14A-21.12 - Requirements for dental facilities

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(a) This section
				establishes best management practices and regulatory requirements for owners of
				dental facilities that generate amalgam waste through the removal or placement
				of amalgams. The requirements of this section do not apply to a dental facility
				at which no dentistry is practiced other than any of the following specialties:
1. Orthodontics;
2. Periodontics;
3. Endodontics;
4. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
5. Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology;
				and
6. Oral and Maxillofacial
				Pathology.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.1 - General policy and purpose

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(a) It is the
				purpose of this subchapter to:
1. Establish
				when a treatment works approval permit is required from the
				Department;
2. Establish the
				administrative requirements for treatment works approval
				applications;
3. Establish the
				criteria for the imposition of sewer connection bans;
4. Restrict the approval of additional sewer
				connections, by means of a sewer connection ban, in circumstances when
				untreated or partially treated wastewater is being discharged in substantial
				non-compliance with a NPDES or NJPDES permit, or circumstances when inadequate
				conveyance capacity exists in a collection/conveyance system;
5. Establish criteria for exemptions from
				sewer connection bans;
6. Establish
				a mechanism for actions by local and regional sewerage authorities to provide
				for adequate sewage conveyance and treatment facilities within their sewer
				service areas, and to ensure that sewage generating facilities are located
				within the appropriate sewer service area as determined by the applicable water
				quality management plans; and
7.
				Establish procedures for timely decisions by the Department on treatment works
				approvals pursuant to
				13:1D-29 et seq.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.2 - Scope

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(a) Pursuant to
				58:10A-6, no person shall build,
				install, modify or operate any facility (including any sewer extension as
				defined in this chapter) for the collection, conveyance, treatment or discharge
				of any industrial or domestic wastewater except in conformance with this
				subchapter.
(b) In a sewer
				connection ban area, any project involving the construction, operation or
				modification of a connection, including the modification of a building's
				projected flow, may not be undertaken except in conformance with this
				subchapter.
(c) In addition to any
				action expressly authorized by this chapter, the Department shall have the
				authority to pursue other remedial actions and may take enforcement actions
				under the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act,
				58:10A-1 et seq., and impose fines
				or penalties in accordance with the Civil Administrative Penalty Rules,
				N.J.A.C. 7:14-8, or other applicable statute for failure to comply with the
				terms, conditions, and requirements of this subchapter.
(d) These rules shall be liberally construed
				to permit the Department and its various agencies to administer their statutory
				functions.
(e) The Department may,
				upon notice to all parties and in the public interest, delegate, in accordance
				with 7:14A-22.23, the application of
				these rules.
(f) The technical
				standards for the design and construction of treatment works are contained in
				N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.
(g) When a
				treatment works is not required to obtain an approval from the Department
				pursuant to this subchapter, the treatment works is nonetheless required to
				conform with any applicable requirements of this subchapter and N.J.A.C.
				7:14A-23, Technical Requirements for Treatment Works Approvals.
(h) The Department shall determine within 20
				working days of the issuance of a final NJPDES permit or NJPDES permit
				modification, whether the discharger shall be required to obtain approval in
				accordance with the subchapter.
(i)
				No person shall permit, approve or otherwise allow the construction,
				installation, modification or operation of any facility or activity that
				violates the terms, conditions and requirements of this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.3 - Activities for which a treatment works approval is required

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(a) Except
				as provided in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.4, no person shall engage in any of the
				following activities except in conformance with a valid treatment works
				approval from the Department:
1. Building,
				installing, modifying, or operating any treatment works including, but not
				limited to, sewer extensions, sewer interceptors, domestic and industrial
				wastewater treatment systems, holding tanks, equalization tanks and wastewater
				treatment and recycling systems.
2.
				Building, installing, modifying or operating any sewer line, pumping station or
				force main which serves more than two buildings or will convey 8,000 gallons
				per day or more of flow to a treatment works.
i. Increasing the projected flow in an
				existing sewer line by 8,000 gallons per day or more shall require a treatment
				works approval permit, irrespective or whether or not additional sewer line
				construction is involved;
3. Building, installing, operating or
				modifying any residuals treatment units, including, but not limited to,
				facilities for composting, heat drying, thickening, digestion, air drying,
				thermal reduction, dewatering and storage of sludge;
4. Building, installing, operating or
				modifying any domestic or industrial treatment works that discharges directly
				to the surface water or groundwater of the State;
5. Building, installing, operating or
				modifying any individual subsurface sewage disposal system if required pursuant
				to
				N.J.A.C.
				7:9A-3.9;
6. Building, installing, operating or
				modifying any industrial treatment works located in any area of the State where
				the Department is the control authority (non-delegated area) for an industrial
				pre-treatment program pursuant to 40 CFR 403 and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-19;
				or
7. Building, installing,
				operating or modifying any process unit, storage unit or conveyance facilities
				that treat and/or convey RWBR. Projects utilizing RWBR shall be authorized
				under a NJPDES discharge permit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.5 - Treatment works approval

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(a) A treatment
				works approval consists of the following three stages:
1. Stage I is an optional preliminary or
				conceptual review of treatment works as prescribed in
				7:14A-22.7. The Department
				recommends that a stage I review and approval be obtained for any new sewage
				treatment plant or plant expansion, or if the proposed treatment works involves
				a new or innovative design or technology.
2. Stage II is an approval to construct,
				install or modify a treatment works as outlined in this subchapter.
3. Stage III is an approval to operate a
				treatment works that has been constructed or received a stage II approval. In
				general, separate stage II "construct only" approvals are issued for projects
				located in sewer ban areas, in future sewer service areas for which no
				downstream sewers exist, and for construction of some treatment plants. Stage
				II and stage III approvals are generally issued concurrently as a single
				document, when operation of the treatment works can occur immediately upon
				completion of the project.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.6 - Application requirements for general industrial treatment works approvals

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(a) Industrial
				treatment works not exempt pursuant to
				7:14A-22.4 shall submit the
				following information as an application for a General Industrial Treatment
				Works Approval to the address at
				7:14A-22.8(d):
1. The Departments' Treatment Works Approval
				application form (original) signed, dated and imprinted with a seal where
				applicable;
i. The application form shall
				require information regarding name and address of applicant, applicant's agent
				and design engineer; project site location; project description; the status of
				related permit applications; property owner's certification; professional
				engineer's certification; and proper construction and operation
				clause.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.7 - Requirements for preliminary review of applications for treatment works approval-stage I

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(a) Stage I
				approvals are optional but are recommended for new or expanded treatment plants
				and for projects involving new or innovative technologies or designs.
(b) Applications submitted for stage I review
				shall contain the following:
1. A letter of
				request for a Stage I review from the applicant or applicant's agent;
				and
2. A project report which, at a
				minimum, contains the following:
i. Project
				concept, scope and purpose;
ii.
				Water quality management considerations;
iii. A brief description of proposed
				treatment and/or conveyance methods, and appropriate basis for
				design;
iv. For new or innovative
				technology application, performance data from similar facilities; and
v. A sludge management proposal;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.9 - Stage II "construction only" treatment works approvals

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(a) "Dry/construct
				only" treatment works approvals are stage II approvals, for which operation may
				not occur until the Department issues a formal stage III approval in accordance
				with the provisions of this subchapter. Generally, the Department will consider
				applications for "dry/construct only" facilities in the following
				circumstances:
1. The proposed project is
				located in an area that is not currently served by a sewage collection system,
				and is located within a future sewer service area as identified in the
				appropriate water quality management plan. In such cases, the application shall
				include the following:
i. Permits for
				individual septic systems issued by the administrative authority pursuant to
				N.J.A.C. 7:9A, or a certification from the administrative authority attesting
				to the suitability of the soils to support on-site subsurface disposal systems
				in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:9A; and
ii. A statement from the municipality and the
				person financially responsible for the project, that the septic systems will be
				abandoned and connection to the domestic treatment works will occur at such
				time as sewer lines become available.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.10 - Requirements for stage III treatment works approval applications

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(a) No person shall
				operate a treatment works for which a treatment works approval from the
				Department is required except in conformance with the provisions of this
				subchapter.
(b) For treatment works
				approvals that have been issued concurrently as stage II and stage III
				approvals ("construct and operate"), operation of the facilities may occur upon
				completion of the project, inspection and approval of the facilities by the
				licensed professional engineer overseeing the construction, approval by the
				local municipality or sewerage authority, and submission to the Department of
				Form WQM005, Certification of Approval.
(c) For treatment works approvals that have
				been issued as stage II ("construct only"), except for the temporary operation
				of treatment works for the purpose of performance testing, operation may begin
				only after written approval in the form of a stage III treatment works approval
				is issued by the Department. Requirements for a stage III approval include:
1. Inspection and approval of the facilities
				by the licensed professional engineer overseeing the construction and
				submission of a properly completed form WQM005 to the Department;
2. Submission of a written request for
				operation from the applicant or duly authorized agent and a written statement
				in which proof that all conditions of the stage II TWA to construct have been
				satisfied;
3. An appropriate fee
				for a permit modification pursuant to
				7:14A-22.25; and
4. Submission of "as-built" plans and
				specifications if different than the approved plans and
				specifications.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.11 - Modifications and revocations of treatment works approvals

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(a) The Department
				may modify, suspend or revoke a treatment works approval in whole or in part
				for cause, including, but not limited to:
1.
				Violation of any term or condition of the treatment works approval;
2. Obtaining a treatment works approval by
				misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts; or
3. If such treatment works approval is
				inconsistent with any duly authorized effluent limitation, permit, regulation,
				statute, or other applicable local, State or Federal law.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.12 - Extensions of time for treatment works approvals

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(a) Stage II
				treatment works approvals are valid for an initial period of two years, unless
				otherwise stated in the approval document. A stage II approval will expire
				unless building, installing or modifying of the treatment works has begun
				within the initial approval period stated on the permit, unless the permit is
				extended pursuant to this subchapter.
(b) At the Department's discretion, a
				treatment works approval may be extended beyond the original two-year approval
				date, to a maximum period of five years from the original issuance date. Each
				extension, if granted, will be for a maximum period of one year.
1. A request for an extension of time must be
				received by the Department prior to the expiration date of the permit and shall
				include the following:
i. An appropriate fee
				pursuant to
				7:14A-22.25;
ii. A written request from the applicant or
				authorized agent; and
iii. Consent
				for the time extension from the sewerage authority if the sewerage authority
				has notified the Department, in writing, that all time extension requests under
				its jurisdiction must be accompanied by the authority's consent.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.13 - Administrative requirements for wastewater holding tanks (non-industrial)

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(a) Wastewater
				holding tanks for temporary use may be approved by the Department in the
				following circumstances:
1. Simultaneous or
				subsequent to the issuance of a Stage II "dry/construct only" treatment works
				approval issued by the Department pursuant to
				7:14A-22.9(a), for
				projects located in sewer ban areas; or
2. To serve a proposed project that is
				located in an area not presently served by sanitary sewers and where a
				treatment works approval has been issued and a contract has been awarded which
				contains a scheduled completion date for the construction of downstream
				facilities necessary for the elimination of the holding tank.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.14 - Temporary wastewater hauling/diversion

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(a) Wastewater
				hauling is the removal and transportation of a permitted quantity of wastewater
				from the headworks of a facility and prior to treatment, by a licensed waste
				hauler, from a treatment facility which is subject to a sewer ban, to a
				treatment facility which is not subject to a sewer ban. Wastewater diversion is
				the re-direction of a permitted quantity of wastewater flow from a collection
				or conveyance system to an alternate collection system not subject to a sewer
				connection ban.
1. Flow diversion may be
				accomplished by constructing various temporary gravity sewers or pumping
				stations or by modifying an existing collection system so that flows are
				re-directed to an alternative treatment works.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.15 - Requirements for flow equalization tanks

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(a) The use of flow
				equalization tanks located at the head of treatment plants, regional pumping
				stations or pre-treatment facilities for the purpose of improving the treatment
				process is encouraged by the Department, and will be approved providing that
				all administrative and technical requirements of this subchapter and the
				technical requirements specified in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23 are met.
(b) Flow equalization tanks proposed to serve
				areas with significant future growth potential will not be approved as
				permanent facilities. The problems associated with existing conveyance capacity
				in these areas should be addressed through appropriate corrective measures such
				as repairing, replacing, or upgrading the existing inadequate sewerage systems,
				controlling inflow and infiltration or other applicable remedies.
(c) In addition to the situation specified in
				(a) above, flow equalization tanks may be approved for permanent use when the
				following conditions are satisfied:
1. It is
				shown that a flow equalization tank is the most appropriate means of providing
				sewer service to the area under consideration, it is designed as an integral
				part of the sewage conveyance system and there are no other practical or
				feasible alternatives, and its use will be on a regional basis (not for
				individual developments); and
2.
				The use of the flow equalization tank is to serve areas with severely limited
				potential for growth and for which the applicant has demonstrated to the
				Department's satisfaction that the upgrading of the existing downstream
				conveyance system is not economically feasible due to the limited sources of
				contributory flow anticipated from future connections in the service
				area.
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(a) If the average
				flow over 12 consecutive months, as reported in DMRs by the permittee of a
				treatment plant, reaches or exceeds 95 percent of the permitted flow of that
				treatment plant, the permittee, in coordination with participating
				municipalities and sewage authorities, shall:
1. Conduct a capacity analysis that assesses
				the treatment works; evaluates alternative measures that would maximize
				conveyance and treatment of existing flows, reduce or maintain existing flows
				below permitted flow, and/or increase the capacity of the treatment works;
				identifies the alternative(s) that will be implemented; establishes an
				implementation schedule; and identifies the financing mechanism(s) for the
				selected alternatives;
2. Submit
				the capacity analysis report described at (c) below to the Department within
				180 days after the last day of the final month of the 12-consecutive-month
				period; and
3. Beginning the last
				day of the month following the date the threshold at (a) above is met, and on a
				quarterly basis thereafter, submit a completed WQM007 Form to the Department
				at: Municipal Finance and Construction Element, Bureau of Financing and
				Construction Permits, PO Box 420; Mail Code 401-03D, Trenton, NJ
				08625-0420.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.17 - Sewer ban imposition

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(a) A sewer
				connection ban shall be imposed in accordance with this subchapter, when any
				one of the following events occurs:
1. The
				downstream sewerage facilities do not have adequate conveyance capacity as
				defined in 7:14A-1.2;
i. If the cause of inadequate conveyance
				capacity is a one-time overflow occurrence which has been determined to be the
				result of extreme and unusual precipitation, or equipment malfunction which has
				been repaired, the owner/operator may notify the Department, Division of Water
				Quality, in writing within 20 days of the occurrence and request relief from
				the imposition of the sewer ban.
ii. The Department may require any local
				agency requesting relief pursuant to this provision to provide additional
				detailed justification, including, but not limited to, a sewer system capacity
				analysis and evaluation;
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(a) Within 20 days
				of the treatment works becoming subject to a ban pursuant to
				7:14A-22.17, the owner/operator of
				the subject treatment works shall:
1. Adopt a
				resolution imposing the sewer connection ban;
2. Cease the further approval of sewer
				connections to the subject treatment works as of the effective date of the
				ban;
3. Notify the affected
				municipalities that they shall cease the issuance of building permits and
				condition all other approvals which will require or modify a sewer connection,
				and which has not already obtained a valid treatment works approval issued by
				the Department.
i. For projects that do not
				require a treatment works approval and/or sewer ban exemption pursuant to
				7:14A-22.20, the municipality may
				issue building permits or other local approvals; and
4. Give notice of the sewer connection ban to
				the Department, to residents of the area that contributes to the subject
				treatment works, landowners therein, local planning boards, and other persons
				or legal entities affected by the ban, within 10 days of adoption of the ban
				imposition resolution, and at intervals of no more than six months in a manner
				reasonably expected to be received by such persons.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.19 - General policy and procedure for sewer connection ban exemptions

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(a) Each affected
				sewage authority, or municipality that owns a treatment works, upon the
				institution of a connection ban, shall adopt exemption criteria at least as
				stringent as those included in this subchapter in order to provide relief to
				persons who qualify for such relief. The burden of proof is upon the applicant
				for all exemption requests and the Department and each affected sewerage
				authority shall presume that all applicants have knowledge of the sewer
				connection ban after the effective date of its imposition.
(b) No exemption shall be granted to any
				person who subsequently proceeds with a proposed project, without first
				obtaining all necessary approvals, and thereby increases or creates a
				self-imposed hardship.
(c) For
				projects which require a treatment works approval pursuant to
				7:14A-22.3, a sewer ban exemption
				approval, if required pursuant to this subchapter, shall be obtained from the
				Department or delegated agency, prior to filing the treatment works approval
				application.
(d) Before making a
				final decision, the Department may request additional documentation or
				information that is relevant to the project. Failure of the applicant to supply
				the additional information may serve as a basis for denial of the
				application.
(e) Water conservation
				plumbing is required in all instances of new or modified plumbing or piping.
				Water conservation plumbing is a condition of the exemption and does not
				constitute the basis for a sewer ban exemption.
(f) An exemption granted for a specific
				project at a determined location is not transferable to any other project or
				location, and is only transferable to a new owner providing the location, scope
				and other relevant conditions of granting the original exemption remain
				unchanged. Transfers to new owners meeting the requirements of this subsection
				do not require Department approval.
(g) Projects which have changed in scope or
				for which the conditions of granting the original exemption have changed are
				not considered to be exempt. The applicant/owner of such projects shall apply
				for a new sewer ban exemption in accordance with this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.20 - Activities which do not require an exemption from the Department

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(a) Any project
				which has proceeded in accordance with a valid stage II and stage III treatment
				works approval from the Department for the construction and operation of
				treatment works will not require a sewer ban exemption from the Department
				provided that construction of the facilities is undertaken in accordance with
				the Department's approval.
(b) For
				projects which do not require a treatment works approval pursuant to
				7:14A-22.4, a sewer ban exemption
				from the Department is not required provided that the owner/applicant of the
				project has obtained a building permit prior to the effective date of the sewer
				connection ban, and is otherwise lawfully entitled to initiate construction in
				conformance with previously issued valid approvals.
(c) Modifications, additions or deletions to
				the internal plumbing or piping of any lawfully, pre-existing building will not
				require a sewer ban exemption provided that:
1. The size of the building will not increase
				(gross area); and
2. The category
				and scope of use of the building will remain unchanged in accordance with
				7:14A-23.3, Projected flow
				criteria.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.21 - Application procedures for obtaining a sewer connection ban exemption from the Department

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(a) The sewerage
				authority or municipality imposing the ban shall provide the applicant with the
				following:
1. A copy of the ban exemption
				regulations contained in N.J.A.C. 7:14-22.18 through 22.22;
2. The Department's ban exemption application
				form, WFR001, entitled: "Application for Exemption from a Sewer Connection
				Ban";
3. The effective date of the
				sewer connection ban; and
4. A copy
				of the authority's sewer ban exemption criteria.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.22 - Sewer ban exemption criteria

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(a) A sewer ban
				exemption may be granted for projects that meet any one of the following
				criteria:
1. If the proposed project will
				have a total projected flow of 600 gallons per day or less, calculated in
				accordance with the Department's flow criteria contained in
				7:14A-23.3, and meets the following
				requirements:
i. The project will be
				constructed and/or operated on a tax lot which was in existence prior to the
				effective date of the ban, or on a tax lot which is the result of a one-time
				subdivision of a single lot into two lots, subsequent to the date of the ban.
				In this instance, a total of 600 gallons per day may be approved for the
				combination of both lots; and
ii.
				The proposed project does not require a sewer extension;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.23 - Delegation

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(a) Except as
				stated in (g) below, the Department may delegate its authority to approve or
				disapprove sewer ban exemption applications, to a municipality or sewerage
				authority in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(b) Any municipality or sewerage authority,
				which is the owner of the affected sewerage facilities, may make an application
				to the Department to be considered as a delegated agency for the purpose of
				this subchapter. To be considered for delegation by the Department, the
				sewerage authority or municipality shall satisfy all of the following:
1. The sewerage authority or municipality
				shall demonstrate that it is capable of effectively implementing the rules,
				regulations and standards adopted by the Department for administration of the
				sewer ban exemption program; and
2.
				The sewerage authority or municipality shall have sufficient resources,
				including qualified staff to implement the delegated ban exemption
				program.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.24 - Request for adjudicatory hearings

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(a) Subject to the
				limitations of (d) below, a person may request an adjudicatory hearing to
				contest the issuance or denial of a treatment works approval and/or the
				approval or denial of a sewer ban exemption request.
(b) A request for an adjudicatory hearing
				shall:
1. Be in writing on a hearing request
				form available from the Department and shall set forth:
i. The name, address and daytime telephone
				number of the person requesting the hearing;
ii. When the request is submitted by someone
				other than the applicant, evidence that a copy of the hearing request has been
				mailed to the applicant;
iii. A
				copy of the Department notice or decision for which a hearing is being
				requested;
iv. The Department file
				number or project number on the notice or decision;
v. A statement requesting a
				hearing;
vi. A specific admission,
				denial or explanation of each fact appearing in the Department notice or
				decision or a statement that the person is without knowledge thereof;
				and
vii. A concise statement of the
				facts or principles of law asserted to constitute any factual or legal defense;
				and
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS › Section 7:14A-22.25 - Treatment works approval fees

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(a) Fees charged
				for treatment works approvals shall be calculated as follows:
1. Applicants for a treatment works approval
				shall be categorized based on the construction costs of their projects as
				follows:
i. Category 1 includes projects
				where the construction costs are greater than $ 1,000,000;
ii. Category 2 includes projects where the
				construction costs are greater than $ 250,000 but are less than or equal to $
				1,000,000.
iii. Category 3 includes
				projects where the construction costs are less than or equal to $
				250,000.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 23 - TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TREATMENT WORKS APPROVAL APPLICATIONS › Section 7:14A-23.1 - Purpose

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The purpose of this subchapter is to establish technical
				  requirements for the approval of the design, construction and operation of
				  domestic and industrial treatment works so that wastes are properly collected,
				  conveyed and treated before discharge to the waters of the State.
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(a) These rules
				apply to individuals, sewerage authorities, municipalities, governmental
				agencies, private firms and all persons who propose to design, construct and/or
				operate any treatment works for the collection, conveyance or treatment of
				domestic or industrial wastes in the State of New Jersey, and for which a
				treatment works approval from the Department is required pursuant to N.J.A.C.
				7:14A-22.
(b) These rules establish
				specific criteria and standards for the construction and operation of treatment
				works. In promulgating these requirements, the Department recognizes that, at
				times, deviations from these requirements may be necessary to address specific
				circumstances. The Department will consider deviations from these design
				criteria provided that appropriate documentation addressing the need for
				deviation and justification for the proposed design is submitted with the
				treatment works approval applications and includes a signed and sealed
				statement from the design engineer attesting to the treatment works ability to
				meet the purposes intended.
(c)
				These rules do not specify any technical standards explicitly for the
				construction of industrial treatment works due to the high degree of
				variability of the wastestreams, and treatment process options available to
				deal with the various pollutants that may be present at an industrial facility.
				Because of this variability, it would not be prudent to impose specific
				technical standards on facilities where such standards may not be appropriate.
				It is the responsibility of the design engineer to design industrial treatment
				works to meet all applicable Federal, State or local limitations, conditions,
				and/or requirements, including, but not limited to, the requirements of a
				facility's NJPDES or NPDES permit. When appropriate, the general technical
				standards specified in this subchapter for domestic waste treatment and
				conveyance systems may be used.
(d)
				The technical standards for those subsurface disposal systems that require a
				treatment works approval pursuant to
				7:14A-22.3(a)5 
				are established in N.J.A.C. 7:9A. The Department will consider deviations from
				the design criteria in N.J.A.C. 7:9A provided that appropriate documentation
				addressing the need for deviation and justification for the proposed design are
				submitted with the treatment works approval application and includes a signed
				and sealed statement from the design engineer attesting to the adequate design
				of the treatment works to meet the purposes intended.