New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 15 - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANNING
Subchapter 2 - PLANS, PLANNING ENTITIES, AND PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 7:15-2.3 - Areawide water quality management plans
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Areawide WQM plans identify and address selected water quality and wastewater management issues for a particular jurisdictional area, including strategies to address both point and nonpoint source pollution. The areawide WQM plan is the basis by which the Department and the designated planning agencies (DPAs) conduct selected water quality management planning activities for a particular area of the State.
(b) There are 12 areawide WQM plans which together cover the entire State of New Jersey that were established pursuant to Sections 208 and 303 of the Clean Water Act and the Act. The areawide WQM planning areas and their respective DPAs are listed in Table 1.1 below. This list is for informational purposes only.
Table 1.1
| Areawide WQM Planning Area | Designated Planning Agency |
| Atlantic County | Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| Cape May County | Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| Lower Delaware | Department |
| Lower Raritan/Middlesex County | Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| Mercer County | Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| Monmouth County | Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| Northeast New Jersey | Department |
| Ocean County | Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| Sussex County | Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| Tri-County | Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission |
| Upper Delaware | Department |
| Upper Raritan | Department |
(c) Areawide WQM plans include the WMPs, TMDLs, and other water quality improvement and wastewater related plans as determined appropriate by the DPA and the Department.
