N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.22

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 7:15-5.22 - Consultation and consent for wastewater management plans

(a) Every wastewater management planning agency that prepares a wastewater management plan or wastewater management plan update, and every governmental unit or other person that prepares an amendment to a wastewater management plan, shall, during such preparation, notify and seek comments from and offer to confer with:

1. All governmental units that have regulatory or planning jurisdiction over wastewater, water supply, or land use in that wastewater management plan area, or in any additional sewer service area identified or being considered for identification under 7:15-5.16(a)6, 5.18(c)4, 5.24 or 5.25. Such governmental units shall include, but not be limited to: designated planning agencies, wastewater management planning agencies, county planning boards, municipal governing bodies and planning boards, sewerage authorities, municipal authorities, joint meetings, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, water purveyors, the Pinelands Commission, the Highlands Council, and the Delaware River Basin Commission, as appropriate.

2. All governmental units and public utilities, and all vendors of wastewater treatment systems or services under the "New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Privatization Act", 58:27-1 et seq., that:

i. Own, lease, operate, or maintain DTW that receive wastewater that arises within, or that is conveyed into or through, that wastewater management plan area, or in any additional sewer service area identified or being considered for identification under 7:15-5.16(a)6, 5.18(c)4, 5.24 or 5.25;

ii. Are parties to contracts for such DTW;

iii. Are permittees or co-permittees under N.J.A.C. 7:14A for such DTW; or

iv. Are projected in a draft or previously adopted wastewater management plan for that wastewater management plan area to perform activities listed in (a)2 i, ii or iii above.

3. The criteria in (a)2 i through iv above are exclusive of collection facilities for sewage that arises only on nonresidential property owned or leased by the governmental unit, public utility, or vendor.

(b) Under 7:15-3.4(d)3 and (g)4, written statements of consent for wastewater management plans shall generally be requested from, at a minimum, the governing bodies of each of the governmental entities and sewerage agencies that are required to be notified under (a) above.

(c) Wastewater management plans relating to the New Jersey Coastal Zone, the Hackensack Meadowlands District, the Pinelands Area, or the Pinelands National Reserve are also subject to the requirements of 7:15-3.6, 3.7 or 3.10 as appropriate.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.22