N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:15-2.4 - Role of the Department

(a) The Department shall:

1. Conduct a CPP and establish and administer policies, procedures, standards, criteria, and rules for water quality management;

2. Post elements of the CPP on the Department's website at http://www.nj.gov/dep/wrm/;

3. Maintain and make available for public inspection the current areawide WQM plans including adopted revisions or amendments to the plans;

4. Propose and process revisions or amendments to areawide WQM plans in accordance with this chapter;

5. Consider pertinent planning documents while developing or reviewing proposed revisions or amendments to areawide WQM plans. Pertinent planning documents include, but are not limited to, municipal, county, regional, State, and interstate land use plans and adopted components of the areawide WQM plans, such as WMPs and TMDLs;

6. Coordinate and direct the activities of designated planning agencies in accordance with the CPP and this chapter;

7. To the maximum extent feasible, act as a resource for designated planning agencies, county planning boards, county boards of chosen freeholders, and municipalities providing them with technical assistance, and information on best management practices and pollution control technologies;

8. Provide existing flow data from discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) for each permitted DTW and industrial treatment works to respective WMP agencies for WMP development;

9. Annually update and post at the Department's website at http://www.nj.gov/dep/wrm/ the inventory of wastewater treatment facilities, their existing and permitted flows, and the wastewater management needs associated with each facility as identified pursuant to 7:15-4.5;

10. Maintain a current Wastewater Service Area Map for the entire State on the Department's website at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis;

11. Exercise its delegated authority from the Governor to adopt water quality management plan amendments and revisions;

12. Post adopted revisions and amendments to the areawide plans on the Department's website at http://www.nj.gov/dep/wrm/;

13. Delegate aspects and responsibilities of the CPP to other State, Federal, interstate, county, or local agencies, and also withdraw or transfer such delegations as necessary;

14. Identify water quality limited waters;

15. Prepare an Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report, and other water quality related reports;

16. Establish total maximum daily loads, wasteload allocations, load allocations, and water quality based effluent limitations;

17. Review projects and activities affecting water quality pursuant to the Act;

18. In areas of the State not served by designated planning agencies, perform the designated WQM planning agency functions;

19. Make recommendations to the Governor regarding new or amended designations of planning agencies and planning areas; and

20. Process amendments or revision on its own initiative. 7:15-2.5 Role of designated planning agencies

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-2.4

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 2244(a), effective 11/7/2016