Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each domestic
treatment works in Category 1 through 4 (see
7:14C-1.5) shall, for each calendar
year (January 1 through December 31), submit to the Department by March 1 of the
year following the monitoring year a WCR form containing the following information:
1. The total quantity of domestic wastewater
sludge removed for use or disposal on a wet basis in gallons per year, cubic yards
per year, and/or metric tons per year;
2. The total quantity of domestic wastewater
sludge removed for use or disposal on a dry weight basis in metric tons per year;
and
3. The total solids content (percent
by weight) for each form of domestic wastewater sludge removed for use or
disposal.
(b) Each domestic
treatment works in Category 1 through 4 (see
7:14C-1.5) shall submit to the
Department a RTR form containing the information required pursuant to either (b)1 or
2 below.
1. Each domestic treatment works in
Category 1 (see 7:14C-1.5) shall, for each calendar
year, submit an RTR to the Department by March 1 of the year following the
monitoring year. The Category 1 domestic treatment works shall enter the quantity of
domestic wastewater sludge removed to each ultimate sludge management alternative on
a wet basis in gallons per year, cubic yards per year, and/or metric tons per year.
The domestic treatment works shall include on the RTR form the New Jersey facility
identification number under the Department's New Jersey Environmental Management
System (NJEMS) for each ultimate sludge management alternative. If an ultimate
sludge management alternative is located in New Jersey but has not been assigned an
NJEMS facility identification number, the domestic treatment works shall include on
the RTR form the name of the ultimate sludge management alternative and the
applicable New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES), Air Pollution
Control, or Solid Waste permit number. If an ultimate sludge management alternative
is not located in New Jersey and has not been assigned an NJEMS facility
identification number, the domestic treatment works shall include on the RTR form
the name and location of the out-of-State sludge management alternative, and the
full address and telephone number of the appropriate permitting authority.
2. Each domestic treatment works in Category 2, 3
and 4 (see 7:14C-1.5) shall, for each calendar
month (beginning the first day of the calendar month and ending on the last day of
the calendar month), submit an RTR form to the Department on or before the first day
of the third month following the last day of the monitoring month. The Category 2, 3
and 4 domestic treatment works shall enter the quantity of domestic wastewater
sludge removed to each ultimate sludge management alternative on a wet basis in
gallons per month, cubic yards per month, and/or metric tons per month. The domestic
treatment works shall include on the RTR form the New Jersey facility identification
number under the Department's New Jersey Environmental Management System (NJEMS) for
each ultimate sludge management alternative. If an ultimate sludge management
alternative is located in New Jersey but has not been assigned an NJEMS facility
identification number, the domestic treatment works shall include on the RTR form
the name of the ultimate sludge management alternative and the applicable New Jersey
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES), Air Pollution Control, or Solid
Waste permit number. If an ultimate sludge management alternative is not located in
New Jersey and has not been assigned an NJEMS facility identification number, the
domestic treatment works shall include on the RTR form the name and location of the
out-of-State sludge management alternative, and the full address and telephone
number of the appropriate permitting authority.
(c) In accordance with the schedule in (c)1
through 4 below, each domestic treatment works in the specified categories shall
analyze the domestic wastewater sludge removed for use or disposal for the metals
and other selected chemical parameters listed in the Appendix, Table I. The domestic
treatment works shall submit the results of the analyses to the Department on DMR
forms on or before the first day of the third month following the last day of the
monitoring month. For purposes of this subsection, a monitoring month begins on the
first day of the calendar month and ends on the last day of the calendar month.
1. For domestic treatment works in Category 1, the
monitoring month is any one calendar month of the year;
2. For domestic treatment works in Category 2, the
monitoring month is any one calendar month in each six-month period;
3. For domestic treatment works in Category 3, the
monitoring month is any one calendar month in each three-month period; and
4. For domestic treatment works in Category 4, the
monitoring month is each calendar month of the year.
(d) Each domestic treatment works in Category 3 or
4 shall analyze the domestic wastewater sludge removed for use or disposal for the
parameters listed in the Appendix, Tables II through VI once per year. The domestic
treatment works shall submit the results of the analyses to the Department on a WCR
form by March 1 of the year following the year in which the monitoring
occurs.
