New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 10 - SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
Subchapter 5 - STATE PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
Section 7:10-5.7 - Remediation requirements and procedures

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:10-5.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Except as provided pursuant to (b) below, the supplier of water that analyzes and reports pursuant to this subchapter any violation of a promulgated MCL for any of the contaminants regulated pursuant to this subchapter shall, within one year after receipt of the results of the tests conducted pursuant to the National Regulations and 7:10-5.2 that demonstrate an exceedance that constitutes a violation, take any action necessary to bring the water into compliance with the applicable MCL.

(b) The Department may require by administrative order that the supplier of water take prompt action to bring the water into compliance with the applicable MCL upon a determination that such action is necessary to abate an immediate public health threat.

(c) The Department may extend the deadline by which the supplier of water must achieve compliance with the applicable MCL after a public hearing and its determination that the extension shall not pose an imminent threat to public health, if new construction of a treatment plant is required.

(d) If the supplier of water fails to take action to bring the water into compliance with the applicable MCL pursuant to (a) above, the Department may take one or more of the following actions:

1. Seek to enjoin the supplier of water from continuing to supply water to the public;

2. Establish a program to bring the public water system into compliance;

3. Provide the customers of the public water system with an alternate potable water supply; and/or

4. Seek penalties in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:10-3.

(e) If a supplier of water installs a treatment device or process to bring the water into compliance with any applicable MCL, the supplier of water shall at all times maintain the treatment device or process in good working order and operate the treatment device or process to ensure full compliance with the MCL. Failure to do so may result in penalties in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:10-3.

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