N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-25.1

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

Section 7:7-25.1 - Application fees

(a) This subchapter establishes the application fees for:

1. A written determination of exemption from CAFRA pursuant to 7:7-2.2(f), or from the Waterfront Development Law pursuant to 7:7-2.4(h);

2. An authorization under a general permit-by-certification, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7-3 and 5, except as provided at (b)4 below;

3. An authorization under a general permit, pursuant to 7:7-6.1 through 6.32, except for the general permit for habitat creation, restoration, enhancement, and living shoreline activities, 7:7-6.24;

4. An individual permit; and

5. A modification of an authorization under a general permit or an individual permit pursuant to 7:7-27.5.

(b) There is no application fee for:

1. An applicability determination pursuant to 7:7-2.5;

2. An emergency authorization pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7-21;

3. A permit-by-rule pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7-4;

4. An authorization under general permit-by-certification 1A for the installation of an elevated timber dune walkover at N.J.A.C. 7:7-5.3;

5. An authorization under the general permit for habitat creation, restoration, enhancement, and living shoreline activities, 7:7-7.24; or

6. An administrative modification of a permit, 7:7-27.5.

(c) Application fees shall be paid as follows:

1. For applications submitted electronically, application fees shall be paid through the online service by credit card or e-check, or for applications for general permits and individual permits, the applicant may elect to receive a bill that shall be payable directly to the New Jersey Department of the Treasury; or

2. For all other applications, application fees shall be paid by money order, check (personal, bank, certified, or attorney), or government purchase order made payable to the "Treasurer, State of New Jersey" and submitted to the Department at the address set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:7-1.6.

(d) Any fee required under this chapter that is subject to N.J.A.C. 7:1L, Payment Schedule for Permit Application Fees, shall be payable in installments in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:1L.

(e) The fee payable at the time of application for a CAFRA or waterfront development individual permit shall not exceed $ 30,000. If the fee for an individual permit application determined under (g) below exceeds $ 30,000, the Department will document its actual costs for review and processing of the application and the estimated cost of determining compliance with the conditions of the permit. The Department shall provide the applicant with documentation of such costs, and the applicant shall pay a supplemental fee in that amount.

(f) The application fee for a CAFRA individual permit or a waterfront development individual permit for a mixed residential and non-residential development shall be the sum of the applicable fees for residential development and non-residential development set forth at (g) below.

(g) The fees for applications under this chapter are set forth in Table A below:

Table A

APPLICATION FEES

Determination of exemption
Fee
Request for a written determination of exemption from CAFRA pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7- 2.2(f)	$ 500.00
Request for a written determination of exemption from the Waterfront Development Law pursuant to 7:7-2.4(h)	$ 500.00
Authorization under a general permit by certification $ 600.00
Authorization under a general permit pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7-6
Fee
General permit for habitat creation, restoration, enhancement, and living shoreline activities, N.J.A.C. 7:7- 6.24	No fee
Authorization under general permit-by-certification 1A for the installation of an elevated timber dune walkover pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7-5.3	No fee
Any other general permit	$ 1,000
CAFRA individual permit
Fee
CAFRA individual permit for the development of one single family home or duplex and/or accessory development, which is not being constructed as part of a residential subdivision or multi-unit development	$ 2,000
CAFRA individual permit for any other residential development	$ 3,000 per unit
CAFRA individual permit for a commercial, industrial, or public development	$ 3,000 per acre of the site (or fraction thereof)
Coastal wetlands individual permit
Fee
Coastal wetlands individual permit for the development of one single family home or duplex and/or accessory development, which is not being constructed as part of a residential subdivision or multi-unit development	$ 2,000
Coastal wetlands individual permit for any other development	$ 3,000 per acre of wetlands to be disturbed (or fraction thereof)
Waterfront development individual permit	Fee
Waterfront development individual permit for the development of one single-family home or duplex and/or accessory development located landward of the mean high water line, where the development is not being constructed as part of a residential subdivision or multi-unit development	$ 2,000
Waterfront development individual permit for any other residential development located landward of the mean high water line	$ 3,000 per unit
Waterfront development individual permit for a commercial, industrial, or public development located landward of the mean high water line	$ 3,000 per acre of the site (or fraction thereof)
Waterfront development individual permit for development located waterward of the mean high water line, such as a dock or bulkhead, at a single-family or duplex lot, where the development is not being constructed as part of a residential subdivision or multi-unit development	$ 2,000
Waterfront development individual permit for any other development located waterward of the mean high water line	$ 3,000 per acre of water area impacted by the development (or fraction thereof)
Request for a modification of a waterfront development, coastal wetlands, or CAFRA individual permit pursuant to 7:7-27.5
Administrative modification	No fee
Minor technical modification of a waterfront development, coastal wetlands, or CAFRA general permit authorization or individual permit	$ 500.00
Major technical modification of a waterfront development, coastal wetlands, or CAFRA general permit authorization or individual permit	30 percent of the original application fee or $ 500.00, whichever is greater
Request to extend a general permit authorization or an individual permit pursuant to 7:7-27.3
Fee
Request to extend a general permit authorization	$ 240.00
Request to extend a waterfront development individual permit for activities located waterward of the mean high water line	25 percent of the total original permit application fee up to a maximum of $ 3,000
Additional application fee for stormwater review if a project is a 'major development' pursuant to the Stormwater Management Rules (see N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2)
Fee
Base fee for any major development	$ 3,000
Additional application fee for stormwater review if a project is a 'major development' pursuant to the Stormwater Management Rules (see N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2)
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Additional fee for review of groundwater recharge calculations (see 7:8-5.4)	$ 250.00 per acre of land disturbed by the project (or fraction thereof)
Additional fee for review of runoff quantity calculations (see 7:8-5.4)	$ 250.00 per acre of land disturbed by the project (or fraction thereof)
Additional fee for review of water quality calculations (see 7:8-5.5)	$ 250.00 per acre of impervious surface subject to water quality review (or fraction thereof)
Modification of previously reviewed stormwater calculations	Thirty percent of the original stormwater fee

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-25.1

Adopted by 47 N.J.R. 1392(a), effective 7/6/2015

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 1067(a), effective 6/20/2016

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2246(a), effective 7/17/2017

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 361(a), effective 1/16/2018

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 514(b), effective 4/5/2021