New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 11 - NEW JERSEY WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - RULES FOR THE USE OF WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY PROPERTY › Section 7:11-1.6 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act" means the New Jersey Water Supply Authority Act,
				  58:1B-1 et seq.
"ATV" means a motor vehicle, designed to travel over any
				  terrain which is of a type possessing between three to six rubber tires and
				  powered by a gasoline or diesel engine but shall not include golf carts.
"Authority" means the New Jersey Water Supply Authority
				  established in but not of the Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant
				  to 58:1B-4.
"Closed" means a complete prohibition of access except by
				  Authority personnel.
"Code" means the New Jersey Administrative Code.
"Commission" means the Delaware and Raritan Canal
				  Commission.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of
				  Environmental Protection who is also the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of
				  the Authority, or any other person designated to act on his or her
				  behalf.
"Delaware and Raritan Canal" or "D & R Canal" means the
				  Delaware and Raritan Canal Transmission Complex.
"Department" shall mean the Department of Environmental
				  Protection.
"Executive Director" means the chief administrative officer
				  of the Authority appointed to N.J.S.A. 58:1B-5j, or any other person designated
				  to act on his or her behalf.
"Facility" means all property, real or personal, including
				  but not limited to the structures, buildings, equipment, storage vessels and
				  other operations located on property owned by or under the jurisdiction of the
				  Authority.
"Furbearers" means any animal which bears a fur skin.
"Manasquan Reservoir System" means the water supply system
				  constructed by the Authority in Monmouth County, the major components of which
				  are a 770-acre, four-billion gallon reservoir facility in Howell Township, a
				  raw water intake facility and reservoir pump station located adjacent to the
				  Manasquan River in Wall Township, and an approximate 5.25-mile transmission
				  pipeline connecting the reservoir and the intake facility, together with all
				  component plants, structures and other real or personal property, and additions
				  and improvements thereto.
"Motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled by other than
				  muscular power, except such vehicles that run only upon rails or tracks.
"Mud flats" means the muddy bottom of the reservoir which is
				  normally covered by water but which is exposed to the air as the water level
				  recedes.
"Open burning" means any fire whereby products of combustion
				  are emitted directly into the open air, and are not directed through a stack or
				  chimney.
"Permission" means the written or verbal authority given by
				  the Executive Director or his or her lawful designee to engage in a public
				  use.
"Permit" means a formal document issued by the Authority
				  allowing a specified activity, properly executed and signed by the Executive
				  Director or his or her designee.
"Person" means, but is not limited to, corporations,
				  companies, associations, societies, including non-profit organizations, firms,
				  partnerships, joint stock companies, individuals and governmental
				  entities.
"Power boats" means all fuel or electrically powered
				  boats.
"Public agencies" means the government of the United States
				  of America, the State of New Jersey, their political subdivisions, agencies or
				  instrumentalities, and interstate and regional agencies exercising sovereign
				  powers of government.
"Public recreation and conservation purposes" means the use
				  of land and waters for parks, natural and historic areas, nature education,
				  forests, camping, fishing, water reserve, wildlife preservation, hunting,
				  boating, recreation centers, winter sports and similar uses.
"Public use" means a use or right of use available to the
				  general public or some portion thereof for public conservation and recreation
				  purposes.
"Raritan Basin System" (also referred to as "System") means
				  the raw water supply storage and delivery systems managed, operated and
				  maintained by the Authority consisting of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Water
				  Transmission Complex and the Spruce Run/Round Valley Reservoirs, all
				  appurtenant facilities, and other real and personal property and rights
				  therein, and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the
				  accumulation, supply, treatment or transmission of water.
"Round Valley Recreation Area" means those areas of the Round
				  Valley Reservoir which are under the administrative jurisdiction of the State
				  Park Service and/or the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife for the purpose of
				  providing public recreational activities, including but not limited to swimming
				  beaches, camping and picnic sites, horse trails, boat launching areas, and
				  office, research and maintenance areas.
"Signs" means any object, device, display or structure, or
				  part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to advertise,
				  identify, display, direct or attract attention to an object, person,
				  institution, organization, business, product, service event or location by any
				  means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors,
				  illumination or projected images.
"Small electric motors" means electric powered motors with
				  size no greater than 30 foot-pounds.
"Snowmobile" means any motor vehicle designed primarily to
				  travel over ice or snow, of a type which uses sled-type runners, skis, and
				  endless belt, treads, cleats or any combination of those or other similar means
				  of contact with the surface upon which it is operated.
"Special event" means an organized race, exhibition or
				  demonstration of limited duration which is conducted according to a prearranged
				  schedule for which general public interest is apparent.
"Spelunking" means any activity which involves the
				  exploration of caves.
"Spruce Run Recreation Area" means those areas of the Spruce
				  Run Reservoir which are under the administrative jurisdiction of the State Park
				  Service and/or the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife for the purpose of
				  providing public recreational activities, including but not limited to swimming
				  beaches, camping and picnic sites, boat launching or storage areas, and office,
				  research and maintenance areas.
"State" means the State of New Jersey.
"State Park Service" means the New Jersey Division of Parks
				  and Forestry in the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Waters" means all water within the jurisdiction of the
				  Authority.