New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 9A - STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS › Subchapter 3 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 7:9A-3.5 - Permit to construct or alter

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A person shall
				not construct, install, repair or alter an individual subsurface sewage
				disposal system until the administrative authority or its authorized agent has
				issued a permit for such construction, installation, repair or
				alteration.
(b) The administrative
				authority or its authorized agent shall not issue a permit to construct,
				install or alter an individual subsurface sewage disposal system until an
				application has been submitted as prescribed in (c) below and, based upon a
				review of the application submitted, the location and design of the proposed
				system are found by the administrative authority or its authorized agent to be
				in conformance with the requirements of this chapter.
(c) The applicant shall submit a complete,
				accurate and properly executed application to the administrative authority. All
				soil logs, soil testing data, design data and calculations, plans and
				specifications, and other information submitted in connection with the
				subsurface sewage disposal system design shall be signed and sealed by a septic
				system designer except where
				7:9A-3.3(d) or (e)
				allows otherwise. The application shall include the following information:
1. Key maps showing the approximate
				boundaries of the lot on a U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) topographic
				quadrangle or other accurate map and on a U.S.D.A. soil survey map, which is
				available from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). A good quality
				photo-copy reproduction of the U.S.G.S. quadrangle or U.S.D.A. soil survey map
				may be used for this purpose;
2.
				Full build-out plans of the property if it is part of a common plan of
				development or sale;
3. A site
				plan, prepared in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:40-7 and drawn at a scale
				adequate to depict clearly the following features within a 150 foot radius
				around the proposed system:
i. Location of
				all components of the proposed system including, but not limited to, septic
				tanks, grease traps, dosing tanks, distribution boxes, distribution laterals,
				disposal fields, interceptor drains and seepage pits;
ii. Boundaries of lot;
iii. Locations of existing and proposed
				buildings, roadways, subsurface drains, wells and disposal areas on same lot
				and on adjacent lots;
iv. Existing
				and finished grade topography (two foot contour interval) using absolute
				elevations or relative elevations referenced to a permanent
				bench-mark;
v. Location of all
				surface water bodies, natural and artificial, and all springs or areas of
				ground water seepage;
vi. Location
				of existing and proposed surface water diversions;
vii. Location of all outcrops of
				bedrock;
viii. Conformance with
				setback requirements as required in
				7:9A-4.3;
ix. Location of all soil profile pits, soil
				borings and permeability tests;
x.
				Location of riparian zones, flood hazard areas and floodways, and streams
				within the near vicinity of the site; and
xi. State approved boundaries of any wetland
				areas or transition areas within the boundaries of the property or within 150
				feet of the area of the proposed system. Alternatively, the applicant may
				submit evidence of compliance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:7A as
				provided pursuant to
				7:9A-4.7(b) or
				(c).
4. Soil logs prepared as prescribed in
				7:9A-5.3;
5. Soil suitability class(es) determined as
				prescribed in
				7:9A-5.4;
6. Results of permeability tests performed as
				prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-6, including all test data and
				calculations;
7. Maximum expected
				daily volume of sanitary sewage and method of calculation. For properties that
				are part of a common plan of development or sale, the estimated volume of
				sanitary sewage shall be estimated from the maximum daily activities at the
				property after completion of the common plan of development or sale;
8. Detailed engineering plans and
				specifications for all components of the systems; and
9. All data and calculations used in the
				design of the system.