New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 4 - PERMIT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:14A-4.2 - Application requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any person who
				is engaged in an activity or proposes to commence an activity that requires an
				individual NJPDES permit pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2 shall submit a complete
				application to the Department in accordance with this subchapter. Any person
				wishing to be authorized under a general permit shall comply with the
				application requirements in the applicable general permit. The application
				forms can be obtained by writing to the address cited in (b) below, or from the
				Department's web site,
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq/
.
(b) Once an applicant has complied with
				7:14A-4.3(a)13,
				requiring submittal of the application to the local agency or sewerage entity
				and municipality, the applicant shall submit two copies of all NJPDES permit
				applications to:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Permit Management
Division of Water Quality
PO Box 029
Trenton, NJ 08625-0029
Attn: Administrative Review Unit
(c) It is the duty of any person who is or
				will be an operating entity for any part of a facility which includes a
				discharge or activity regulated pursuant to this chapter to obtain a NJPDES
				permit. When a facility or activity is owned by one or more persons, but is
				currently operated by another person, it is the operating entity's duty to
				obtain a NJPDES permit. However, the property owner (record owner of fee title
				interest) shall sign the "Property Owner's Certification" in the NJPDES-1 Form
				for all DGW permits.
(d) Whenever
				pursuant to (c) above, more than one person is required to obtain an individual
				NJPDES permit for one or more discharges or activities at a specific site, the
				Department may issue a single permit and may list all of these persons as
				permittees. Such a permit may identify permit conditions that apply to one or
				more of those permittees.
(e) The
				schedule for submission of applications (or requests for authorization under a
				general permit) is as follows:
1. Any person
				proposing a new facility or activity, which requires a NJPDES permit pursuant
				to 7:14A-2.4 and is not exempt
				pursuant to
				7:14A-2.5, shall submit an
				application at least 180 days before the date on which the activity is proposed
				to commence, unless an alternative date has been established by the Department.
				The schedule for submitting an application for certain stormwater discharges is
				set forth in
				7:14A-24.4 and 25.4.
2. For general permits, alternate dates for
				submitting requests for authorization may be specified under the terms of the
				applicable general permits.
3. Any
				person planning to continue discharging after the expiration date of an
				existing NJPDES permit shall file an application for renewal or a request for
				authorization under a general permit at least 180 calendar days prior to the
				expiration of the existing permit, unless:
i.
				Otherwise required under (e)4 below;
ii. The existing permit is a general permit
				that provides for automatic renewal of authorization when that general permit
				is renewed (see
				7:14A-6.13(d)9  ),
				or that provides for retroactive renewal of authorization after a new request
				for authorization is submitted or granted under the renewed general permit;
				or
iii. The existing permit is an
				individual permit where:
(1) The permittee
				has been notified by the Department prior to submitting a renewal application
				pursuant to
				7:14A-2.7 that the permit qualifies
				for expedited permit renewal under
				7:14A-16.3(h), and
				elects to participate; or
(2) The
				permittee has a stormwater only permit and is approved by the Department for
				expedited permit renewal.
4.
(Reserved)
5. If the Department revokes the industrial
				pretreatment program of a delegated local agency, the Department will notify
				each affected facility or activity that discharges under that industrial
				pretreatment program of the deadline for submitting an application for an
				individual NJPDES-SIU permit from the Department.
6. All existing facilities or activities
				which require an individual NJPDES-SIU permit due to promulgation of new
				Categorical Pretreatment Standards under
				40 CFR
				403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subpart N, will
				be notified of the application date by the Department following submittal of
				the Baseline Report, as required pursuant to
				40 CFR
				403.12(b). See also
				7:14A-21.3(b).