N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26E-3.14

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

Section 7:26E-3.14 - Preliminary assessment and site investigation regulatory timeframes

(a) If no contaminated areas of concern are identified during the site investigation, no further remediation is required at the site, except that the person responsible for conducting the remediation shall submit to the Department:

1. A preliminary assessment report and a site investigation report, prepared pursuant to this subchapter, and a form found on the Department's website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms,, no later than one year after the applicable requirement to remediate pursuant to 7:26C-2.2 for sites being remediated pursuant to the Industrial Site Recovery Act, 13:1K-6 et seq., and the Industrial Site Recovery Act rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26B;

2. A site investigation report, prepared pursuant to this subchapter, and a form found on the Department's website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms,, no later than one year after the applicable requirement to remediate pursuant to 7:26C-2.2 for sites being remediated pursuant to the Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances Act, 58:10A-21 et seq., and Underground Storage Tank rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14B;

3. A preliminary assessment report and a site investigation report, prepared pursuant to this subchapter, and a form found on the Department's website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms, for sites when:

i. The person wants a final remediation document for the entire site;

ii. The person responsible for conducting the remediation is remediating a site or portion of a site for use as a child care center, or for use as a public school, private school or charter school;

iii. A person is conducting an evaluation of a child care center pursuant to Department of Community of Affairs Act, 52:27D-130.4, and the Manual of Requirements for Child Care Centers, at 10:122-5.2(i), as part of the license application or renewal for the child care center; or

iv. A person is ordered by a court or the Department; or

4. A site investigation report, prepared pursuant to this subchapter, and a form found on the Department's website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms, for all other sites when:

i. The person wants final remediation document for the area of concern; or

ii. A person is ordered by a court or the Department.

(b) If a contaminated area of concern is identified during the site investigation, the person responsible for conducting the remediation shall conduct a remedial investigation pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26E-4, and shall submit to the Department:

1. A preliminary assessment report and a site investigation report, prepared pursuant to this subchapter, and forms found on the Department's website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms, no later than one year after the applicable requirement to remediate pursuant to 7:26C-2.2 for sites being remediated pursuant to the Industrial Site Recovery Act, 13:1K-6 et seq., and the Industrial Site Recovery Act rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26B; or

2. A site investigation report, prepared pursuant to this subchapter, and form found on the Department's website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms, no later than one year after the applicable requirement to remediate pursuant to 7:26C-2.2 for sites being remediated pursuant to or the Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances Act, 58:10A-21 et seq., and Underground Storage Tank rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14B.

(c) The person responsible for conducting the remediation may request an extension of the applicable regulatory timeframe in (a) and (b) above, pursuant to the procedure outlined in the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, at 7:26C-3.2.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26E-3.14