New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
Subchapter 22 - TREATMENT WORKS APPROVALS, SEWER BANS, SEWER BAN EXEMPTIONS
Section 7:14A-22.2 - Scope
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Pursuant to 58:10A-6, no person shall build, install, modify or operate any facility (including any sewer extension as defined in this chapter) for the collection, conveyance, treatment or discharge of any industrial or domestic wastewater except in conformance with this subchapter.
(b) In a sewer connection ban area, any project involving the construction, operation or modification of a connection, including the modification of a building's projected flow, may not be undertaken except in conformance with this subchapter.
(c) In addition to any action expressly authorized by this chapter, the Department shall have the authority to pursue other remedial actions and may take enforcement actions under the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act, 58:10A-1 et seq., and impose fines or penalties in accordance with the Civil Administrative Penalty Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14-8, or other applicable statute for failure to comply with the terms, conditions, and requirements of this subchapter.
(d) These rules shall be liberally construed to permit the Department and its various agencies to administer their statutory functions.
(e) The Department may, upon notice to all parties and in the public interest, delegate, in accordance with 7:14A-22.23, the application of these rules.
(f) The technical standards for the design and construction of treatment works are contained in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.
(g) When a treatment works is not required to obtain an approval from the Department pursuant to this subchapter, the treatment works is nonetheless required to conform with any applicable requirements of this subchapter and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23, Technical Requirements for Treatment Works Approvals.
(h) The Department shall determine within 20 working days of the issuance of a final NJPDES permit or NJPDES permit modification, whether the discharger shall be required to obtain approval in accordance with the subchapter.
(i) No person shall permit, approve or otherwise allow the construction, installation, modification or operation of any facility or activity that violates the terms, conditions and requirements of this subchapter.
