New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
Subchapter 8 - CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND REQUESTS FOR ADJUDICATORY HEARINGS
Section 7:14-8.8 - Civil administrative penalty for conducting unapproved activities
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14-8.8
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) The Department may assess a civil administrative penalty pursuant to this section against each violator who approves, endorses, allows construction or operation to commence or proceed, builds, modifies, installs, replaces, expands or operates a facility or treatment works, as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:14A, without the proper authorization or in violation of any rule, administrative order, sewer connection ban, or permit issued or imposed pursuant to the Water Pollution Control Act.
(b) The Department shall determine the amount of the civil administrative penalty for violations described in this section based on the seriousness of the violation and conduct of the violator based on the following:
1. For any unauthorized approval, endorsement
or allowance to commence or proceed to build, modify, install, replace, expand
or operate a facility or treatment works, the civil administrative penalty
shall be in an amount determined as follows: civil administrative penalty =
(seriousness) x (conduct) x ($ 1.00)
i. The
seriousness factor shall be equal to one-half of the design flow (in gallons
per day) indicated in the permit application for that facility or project, or
if there is no permit application, then from the Projected Flow table in
N.J.A.C.
7:14A-23.3; and
ii. The conduct factor is either:
(1) 1.00 if the conduct is intentional,
deliberate, purposeful, knowing or willful; or
(2) 0.75 for any other conduct.
iii. Each approval, endorsement or
allowance to commence or proceed shall be considered an additional, separate
and distinct violation;
2. For building, installation, modification,
replacement or expansion of a facility or treatment works without the required
Department approval, the civil administrative penalty shall be in an amount
determined as follows: civil administrative penalty = (seriousness) x (conduct)
x ($ 1.00)
i. The seriousness factor shall be
equal to one-half of the design flow (in gallons per day) as determined from
the permit application for that facility or project, or if there is no permit
application or if the design flow is not indicated on the permit application,
then from the Projected Flow table in
N.J.A.C.
7:14A-23.3.
ii. The conduct factor is either:
(1) 1.00 if the conduct is intentional,
deliberate, purposeful, knowing or willful; or
(2) 0.75 for any other conduct.
iii. Each day or part thereof that
the construction of the facility or treatment works continues without the
required Department approval shall be considered an additional, separate and
distinct violation.
3.
For the operation of any facility or treatment works, the civil administrative
penalty shall be in an amount equal to, at the sole discretion of the
Department, either:
i. Twice the total
penalty for the illegal building, installation, modification, replacement or
expansion of a facility of treatment works calculated pursuant to (b)2 above;
or
ii. Equal to the product of the
following equation: civil administrative penalty = (seriousness) x (conduct) x
($ 1.00)
(1) The seriousness factor shall be
equal to the total design flow (in gallons per day) as determined from the
permit application for that facility or project, or if there is no permit
application or if the design flow is not indicated on the permit application,
then from the Projected Flow table in
N.J.A.C.
7:14A-23.3.
(2) The conduct factor shall be either:
(A) 1.00 if the conduct is intentional,
deliberate, purposeful, knowing or willful; or
(B) 0.75 for any other conduct.
(3) Each day or part thereof that
the operation of the facility or treatment works continues without the required
Department approval shall be considered an additional, separate and distinct
violation.
(c) A violation under this section is non-minor and, therefore, not subject to a grace period.
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