New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 1E - DISCHARGES OF PETROLEUM AND OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES › Subchapter 4 - PLANS › Section 7:1E-4.11 - Certifications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any person who submits summary test results, a plan, plan amendment, plan renewal, or confirmation report to the Department shall include, as an integral part of the summary test results, plan, plan amendment, plan renewal, or confirmation report, the following certification, signed by the highest ranking individual with overall responsibility for the information contained in the certified documents:
"I certify under penalty of law that the information provided in this document is, to the best of my knowledge, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant civil and criminal penalties, including the possibility of fines or imprisonment or both, for submitting false, inaccurate or incomplete information."
The certification must contain a signature block consisting of a signature, the signatory's typed name, title, company name, and the date of the signature.
(b) In addition to the certification in (a) above, any person who submits a plan, plan amendment, plan renewal or transmission pipeline registration to the Department shall include, as an integral part of the plan, plan amendment, plan renewal or transmission pipeline registration, the following certification:
"I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this plan and all attached documents and, based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately responsible for obtaining the information, I believe that the submitted information is true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant civil and criminal penalties, including the possibility of fine or imprisonment or both, for submitting false, inaccurate or incomplete information."
The certification must contain a signature block consisting of a signature, the signatory's typed name, title, company name, and the date of the signature.
(c) The additional certification in (b) above shall be signed by the ranking official at a level of authority to commit the necessary resources to fully implement the plan, plan amendment, plan renewal or transmission pipeline registration.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of (b) above, the certification contained in (a) above shall be the only certification required if the individual required in (a) above to sign the certification is the same individual required in (c) above to sign the additional certification.
(e) Any person who submits a DPCC plan or plan renewal, or a plan amendment for a change requiring the application of sound engineering practice, shall include a certification from a professional engineer licensed pursuant to 45:8-27 et seq. that attests that he or she has reviewed the plan and that it complies with all applicable Departmental requirements and has been prepared in accordance with sound engineering practices.
(f) Any person submitting a DCR plan containing a deployment plan, or submitting an amendment or renewal to the deployment plan, shall include, as an integral part of the plan, plan amendment or plan renewal, a certification, signed by a marine biologist or aquatic biologist or ecologist or freshwater equivalent and an ornithologist stating that the deployment plan identifies those environmentally sensitive areas that could be affected by a discharge from this facility and the seasonal sensitivity of those areas, provides for protection from, and mitigation of, any potentially adverse impact on the identified areas, and for an environmental assessment in the event of a discharge.