New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 9A - STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS › Subchapter 4 - SITE EVALUATION AND SYSTEM LOCATION › Section 7:9A-4.7 - Freshwater wetlands

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) As part of the
				initial site evaluation process, prior to selection of a site for a proposed
				subsurface sewage disposal system, the applicant shall take into consideration
				the possible presence of freshwater wetlands which are protected by the
				Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act,
				13:9B-1 et seq., and the rules
				promulgated pursuant thereto, N.J.A.C. 7:7A. In cases where available
				information submitted as part of the application requirements for approval
				under this chapter indicate the potential presence of a freshwater wetlands
				within the proposed area of disturbance, the administrative authority shall
				require evidence that the applicant has complied with applicable regulations.
				This evidence shall meet the requirements of (c) below and shall be required
				whenever the criteria given in (b) below are satisfied. This section shall not
				apply to projects located within areas under the jurisdiction of the Pinelands
				Commission pursuant to
				13:18A-1 et seq. and areas under
				the jurisdiction of the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission pursuant
				to 13:17-1 et seq.
(b) For the purpose of compliance with (a)
				above, the proposed site of a subsurface sewage disposal system shall be
				tentatively considered to be located within a potential freshwater wetland
				whenever any of the following criteria are met:
1. Surface ponding is observed, or the
				vegetation, topography or relative elevation with respect to adjacent surface
				water bodies is such as to indicate the likelihood of periodic or seasonal
				surface ponding;
2. Soil profile
				evaluation carried out as prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:9A-5 indicates a seasonally
				high water table at a depth shallower than 1.5 feet below the existing ground
				surface; or
3. Maps contained in a
				Soil Conservation Service County Soil Survey Report indicate the presence of
				one or more of the following soil types:
Abbottstown
Adrian
Albia
Alluvial Land
Amwell
Atherton
Atsion
Bayboro
Berryland
Bibb
Biddeford
Bowmansville
Carlisle
Chalfont
Chippewa
Cokesbury
Colemantown
Croton
Doylestown
Elkton
Fallsington
Fluvaquents
Fredon
Fresh Water Marsh
Haledon (wet variant)
Halsey
Hammonton
Hummaquepts
Keansburg
Klej
Lamington
Lenoir
Leon
Livingston
Lyons
Manahawkin
Marsh
Matlock
Muck
Mullica
Norwich
Othello
Parsippany
Pasquotank
Passaic (Parsippany variant)
Peat
Plummer
Pocomoke
Portsmouth
Preakness
Raynham
Reaville (wet variant)
Ridgebury
Rowland
Shrewsbury
Sloan
St. Johns
Sulfaquents
Sulfihemists
Swamp
Tidal Marsh
Turbotville
Venango (Albia)
Wallkill
Watchung
Wayland
Weeksville
Whippany
Whitman
Unnamed
i. In addition
				to the soil types listed above, wet phases of soils classified by the Soil
				Conservation Service as somewhat poorly drained may also indicate the presence
				of a freshwater wetland.
ii. Where
				the accuracy of the Soil Survey Report mapping is questioned, the soil series
				actually present at the site shall be identified by comparing the soil profile
				characteristics observed in a soil profile pit with the range of soil profile
				characteristics given in the County Soil Survey Report for a particular soil
				series.