N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.16

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:15-5.16 - Existing jurisdictions, wastewater service areas, and treatment works

(a) Each wastewater management plan shall include maps of existing wastewater jurisdictions, existing wastewater service areas, and any existing treatment works in the categories specified in (a)3 or 5 below. These maps shall depict the following information:

1. The existing boundaries of the wastewater management plan area;

2. The boundaries, within the wastewater management plan area, of the following:

i. Any existing districts, franchise areas, and water or sewer service areas of any public utilities; and

ii. Any areas within the Hackensack Meadowlands District defined at N.J.S.A. 13:17-4, the Pinelands Area defined at N.J.S.A. 13:18A-11, the Pinelands National Reserve defined at 16 U.S.C. § 471i(c), the Highlands preservation area, the Highlands planning area defined at N.J.S.A. 13:20-3, or the "coastal area" described in N.J.S.A. 13:19-4.

3. The location, within or outside the wastewater management plan area, of each existing treatment works, if any, that is not a sewer or a pumping station, but that receives wastewater that arises within or is conveyed into or through the wastewater management plan area, if such treatment works is:

i. A DTW that directly discharges to surface waters, or onto the land surface (for example, spray irrigation or overland flow facilities);

ii. A DTW that has a design capacity of greater than 2,000 gallons per day, and stores or disposes of sewage by any means; or

iii. An industrial treatment works that requires a NJPDES discharge permit and that handles process waste water or sanitary sewage.

4. The location of each existing discharge to surface or ground water from each treatment works mapped within the wastewater management plan area under (a)3 above, and the location of any overflow discharges of sewage within the wastewater management plan area;

5. The location of each existing pumping station and major interceptor and trunk sewer, if any, within the wastewater management plan area;

6. The present sewer service area, within or outside the wastewater management plan area, for each:

i. DTW mapped within the wastewater management plan area under (a)3 above, distinguishing the separate area served by each DTW; and

ii. Industrial treatment works that is mapped within the wastewater management plan area under (a)3 above including property other than the property on which the industrial treatment works is located, distinguishing the separate area served by each industrial treatment works.

7. The present sewer service area, within the wastewater management plan area, for each:

i. DTW mapped outside the wastewater management plan area under (a)3 above, distinguishing the separate area served by each DTW; and

ii. Industrial treatment works that is mapped outside the wastewater management plan area under (a)3 above including property other than the property on which the industrial treatment works is located, distinguishing the separate area served by each industrial treatment works; and

8. Any areas within the wastewater management plan area that, as regards DTW, are presently served only by either or both of the following:

i. Individual subsurface sewage disposal systems for individual residences; or

ii. Other DTW that have a design capacity of less than 2,000 gallons per day, use either subsurface sewage disposal systems or other sewage disposal systems that have no direct discharge to surface water or onto the land surface.

(b) Each wastewater management plan shall provide the following information, in narrative, outline, or tabular form, for each existing treatment works or each existing DTW, as appropriate, mapped within the wastewater management plan area under (a)3 above:

1. Name and owner of the treatment works;

2. Name of any other governmental unit or corporation, if any, responsible for operating the DTW;

3. Location of the treatment works within municipality, county, and WQM planning area, and within any district;

4. NJPDES discharge permit number, if any, for any discharges from the treatment works;

5. Name of NJPDES permittee and any co-permittee under N.J.A.C. 7:14A for any discharges from the DTW;

6. Name and classification, under N.J.A.C. 7:9B and 7:9C, of any surface and ground waters receiving any discharges from the treatment works;

7. Estimate of existing residential population served by the treatment works within and outside the wastewater management plan area, disaggregated by municipality and including any major seasonal fluctuations;

8. Actual flow of wastewater received by the treatment works, in millions of gallons per day (MGD), expressed as total flow, as estimated flow arising within and outside the wastewater management plan area, and as estimated flow, disaggregated by municipality and attributed to each of the following sources: residential, commercial, industrial, and infiltration/inflow; and

9. Existing permitted flow of the DTW.

(c) Each wastewater management plan shall include the following information, in narrative, outline, or tabular form, for each existing treatment works mapped outside the wastewater management plan area under (a)3 above:

1. Name and owner of the treatment works;

2. Estimate of existing residential population served by the treatment works within the wastewater management plan area, disaggregated by municipality and including any major seasonal fluctuations; and

3. Estimated average flow of wastewater conveyed to the treatment works from the wastewater management plan area, in millions of gallons per day, disaggregated by municipality and expressed as total flow and as estimated flow attributed to each of the following sources: residential, commercial, industrial, and infiltration/inflow.

(d) For a particular treatment works, the Department may waive the disaggregation of flow by municipality or land use under (b)8 and (c)3 above, if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Department that such disaggregation would require data not readily available for that treatment works.

(e) Each wastewater management plan shall state whether or not there are combined sewers in the wastewater management plan area.

(f) For purposes of (a), (b) and (c) above, "existing" or "present" means permitted and/or constructed at the time the particular wastewater management plan is being prepared or updated, as the case may be.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.16