New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
Subchapter 7 - REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES TO GROUNDWATER (DGW)
Section 7:14A-7.8 - Required response to contravention of ground water quality standards

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14A-7.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) To address any contravention of the ground water quality standards that occurs while a discharge to ground water permit is in effect, each permit shall specify the following measures for the permittee to undertake as appropriate:

1. That the permittee shall notify the Department as provided in the permit, including the nature and extent of the contravention, followed by confirmation in writing, by certified mail within a time frame set forth in the permit, after the Department receives information obtained according to 7:14A-7.6(b)4;

2. That the permittee shall install additional wells at additional locations to determine the extent of the ground water contamination attributable to the regulated discharge;

3. That the permittee shall provide additional pretreatment of the discharge to improve its quality by decreasing pollutant concentration;

4. That the permittee shall expand disposal areas onto additional land areas to reduce or minimize the impact of the discharge;

5. That the permittee shall take any other action necessary to comply with the ground water quality standards;

6. That the permittee shall reduce or cease the discharge; and

7. That the permittee shall implement the responses within the time frame required by the permit.

(b) In addition to the requirements of (a) above, any person responsible for a discharge that contravenes the Ground Water Quality Standards as specified in the discharge to ground water permit may be subject to the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:26C.

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