New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 19 - WATER SUPPLY ALLOCATION PERMITS
Subchapter 6 - WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT ACT RULES
Section 7:19-6.1 - Scope and authority

(a) The Statewide Water Supply Master Plan represents the planning mechanism by which the State approaches its water needs. Inclusion of a project in the Master Plan is a prerequisite for the expenditure of funds under the Water Supply Bond Act of 1981.

(b) This subchapter is intended to provide administrative mechanisms through which some of the objectives of the Water Supply Management Act and more specific goals of the Water Supply Master Plan may be accomplished.

(c) The specific provisions mandated by this subchapter are subject to modification by administrative order by the Department. The provisions of this subchapter shall not supersede the provisions of administrative orders issued by the Department prior to the effective date of this subchapter.

(d) This subchapter includes administrative procedures and policies to carry out specified management responsibilities of the Department. These requirements supplement other rules adopted by the Department, such as the water allocation procedures for agricultural and non-agricultural uses of water (see N.J.A.C. 7:19 et seq.).

(e) To avoid the imposition of needless administrative burdens on water purveyors and users, only a limited number of specified requirements in this subchapter apply throughout New Jersey. Other requirements are only applicable within designated areas of critical water supply concern, where special situations require a greater degree of control to be exercised by the Department.