New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
Subchapter 15 - PROCEDURES FOR DECISION MAKING-NJPDES PERMIT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS
Section 7:14A-15.14 - Reopening of the public comment period

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14A-15.14

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

(a) Upon its determination that any data, information or argument submitted during the comment period raises significant legal and/or factual issues that are likely to affect the final decision on the permit, the Department shall take one or more of the following actions:

1. Prepare a new draft permit, appropriately modified, pursuant to 7:14A-15.6;

2. Prepare a revised statement of basis under 7:14A-15.7, or a revised fact sheet pursuant to 7:14A-15.8, and reopen the comment period under (a)3 below; or

3. Reopen or extend the comment period to give a person the opportunity to comment on the data, information or arguments so submitted.

(b) Comments filed during the reopened or extended comment period shall be limited to the relevant legal and/or factual issues that prompted the reopening or extension of the comment period. The public notice under 7:14A-15.10 shall define the scope of the reopened or extended comment period.

(c) The Department shall publish public notice of any of the actions specified at (a) above in accordance with 7:14A-15.10, except when the comment period is reopened or extended for 15 days or less, in which case, the Department shall provide only the applicant and all persons who commented on the draft permit with oral or written notice of the reopened or extended public comment period.

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