Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) All permit applications shall be submitted on
forms provided by the Department obtained from the address noted below and
containing the information specified in (b) below. The permit application shall be
accurately completed, signed, dated, and returned to the address at
N.J.A.C. 7:14B-2.2(b)
.
(b) Any owner and operator of
an existing or proposed underground storage tank system which requires a Department
issued permit shall:
1. Submit with the permit
application one copy of the plans and specifications for the proposed installation,
modification or upgrade of the underground storage tank system, signed and sealed by
a New Jersey professional engineer, drawn to scale and depicting the top, front, and
side views of the proposed or existing underground storage tank system. Plans
submitted shall show all information and details necessary to indicate compliance
with this chapter and shall include a certification in accordance with
N.J.A.C.
7:14B-1.7(b);
2. Submit a copy of the scaled site diagram
showing the size and location of all underground storage tank systems, all existing
structures on the site, and distances from lot lines;
3. Submit information documenting soil
permeability as required pursuant to
7:14B-6.5(a)5 and
6;
4. Submit documentation of the depth
to ground water as required pursuant to
7:14B-6.5(a)6;
5. Submit all corrosion system designs required
pursuant to 7:14B-4.1(a) or 4.2.
The design of all field installed cathodic protection systems shall be certified in
the manner described in (b)1 above by a cathodic protection specialist certified by
the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14B-13;
6. Submit a detailed description of the upgrade,
installation, or repair to be performed;
7. Submit documentation demonstrating the
precision of the performance of the release detection monitoring method chosen
pursuant to 7:14B-6.1, 6.2 and 6.3;
8. Submit a scaled site diagram which accurately
indicates the location of all sampling and monitoring points in relation to all
underground storage tank systems at the facility;
9. Submit a certification in accordance with
N.J.A.C. 7:14B-1.7(c)
signed by a licensed site remediation
professional, that the number and locations of all vapor or product monitoring
points is sufficient to monitor the underground storage tank system should this
method of monitoring be chosen; and
10.
Submit all fees in accordance with
7:14B-3.5.
(c) The Department shall make an administrative
review of each application as follows:
1. If the
application does not contain all documents and information required pursuant to (a)
and (b) above, the Department shall within 30 working days of receipt of the
application, either return the application or advise the applicant in writing as to
the additional information required to make the application administratively
complete and the date by which the additional information must be received by the
Department. If an application is returned, the applicant shall be advised in writing
as to the additional information required to make the application
complete.
2. If the application contains
all documents and information required pursuant to (a) and (b) above and is
determined to be administratively complete, the Department, within 30 working days
of receipt of the application, shall so advise the applicant in writing.
(d) The Department shall make a
technical review of each application within 60 working days after it declares the
application administratively complete as follows:
1. If the application does not contain sufficient
technical information as required pursuant to (b) above or if the technical
information requires clarification, the Department shall so advise the applicant in
writing and establish a date by which additional or clarifying information must be
received by the Department. If additional or clarifying information is not received
by the specified date, the Department may:
i.
Return the application;
ii. Extend the
date by which the applicant must provide the additional or clarifying information;
or
iii. Deny the application pursuant to
7:14B-10.8.
(e) The Department shall perform a
detailed analysis of the technically complete application and shall develop a staff
recommendation to issue the permit or deny the application. The staff recommendation
shall include any conditions to be attached to the permit if the recommendation is
to issue the permit, or an explanation of the reasons for denial if the
recommendation is to deny the application.
(f) The Department shall issue a permit, with any
conditions deemed appropriate or the Department shall deny the application in
writing with an explanation of the reasons for denial pursuant to the criteria
contained in 7:14B-10.8.
