N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.23

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 7:15-5.23 - Schedule for submission of wastewater management plans

(a) Each wastewater management planning agency shall prepare and submit a wastewater management plan update every six years from the date of last adoption unless an alternate schedule is established pursuant to (e) or (f) below as a request to revise the applicable areawide WQM plan under 7:15-3.5. Where no wastewater management plan has ever been adopted or a wastewater management plan has been adopted prior to July 7, 2002, the wastewater management plan is not current and is not in compliance with this section.

(b) If a wastewater management plan in compliance with the schedule in (a) above is not in place on July 7, 2008, the WMP agency shall submit a WMP or WMP update by April 7, 2009. If a municipality accepts wastewater management plan responsibility through alternative assignment under 7:15-5.13, the municipality shall submit a wastewater management plan by July 7, 2009 or in accordance with the schedule established in (e) below.

(c) If the wastewater management planning agency fails to comply with the schedule in (a) or (b) above or an alternative schedule established under (e) or (f) below, the general service areas for wastewater facilities with planning flows of less than 20,000 gallons per day which discharge to ground water, the general service area for wastewater facilities with planning flows of less than 2,000 gallons per day which discharge to ground water, and sewer service areas shall be withdrawn in accordance with 7:15-8.1.

(d) Each municipal wastewater management plan chapter established through alternative assignment of WMP responsibility under 7:15-5.13 and adopted in accordance with the schedule established at (e) or (f) below shall be current for a period of six years unless the WMP chapter becomes part of a county-wide WMP. Where a municipal WMP chapter is incorporated into a county-wide WMP, the municipal WMP chapter shall assume the same six-year WMP update schedule as the county-wide WMP in accordance with the schedule at (a) above.

(e) Each WQM plan revision that makes or changes alternative assignments of wastewater management plan responsibility under 7:15-5.13 shall include a schedule for submission of the corresponding wastewater management plan.

(f) Alternative schedules for submission of wastewater management plans, different from those set forth under (a) through (e) above, shall be established and subsequently changed only if such alternative schedules or changes thereto are adopted as revisions to WQM plans. Reasons that may justify the establishment or changing of alternative schedules include, but are not limited to:

1. Coordination of wastewater management plans with the preparation of municipal or county master plans under 40:55D-28 or 40:27-2, or with reexaminations under 40:55D-89;

2. Coordination between adjacent wastewater management plan areas;

3. The need for additional time to perform specific examinations required under 7:15-5.18(a)2 or 5.25(a) through (g);

4. Coordination of wastewater management plans with the schedules of the NJPDES programs or of financial assistance programs under N.J.A.C. 7:22; and

5. The need to stagger the submission of wastewater management plans so that the Department can better manage its corresponding workload under 7:15-3.4.

(g) The Department may at any time request a wastewater management planning agency to submit written reports on the progress that such agency is making in meeting its wastewater management plan responsibility. Such agency shall submit such reports to the DWM within 30 calendar days of receiving such requests.

(h) Each wastewater management plan that updates one or more already existing wastewater management plan shall comply with 7:15-5.20 and include:

1. Updated maps and descriptions of the then existing wastewater jurisdictions, wastewater service areas, and facilities under 7:15-5.16;

2. Updated maps of features under 7:15-5.17;

3. Updated maps and descriptions of future wastewater jurisdictions, wastewater service areas, and facilities under 7:15-5.18, with due regard to changes in factors discussed in that section, such as adoption of new or amended zoning ordinances; and

4. A demonstration of compliance with the criteria at 7:15-5.24 and 5.25(a) through (g).

(i) A wastewater management planning agency may submit a wastewater management plan at any time prior to the period when such submission is required under (a) through (f) above. The establishment of an alternative schedule under (f) above is not required for such early submission.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.23