New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 19 - WATER SUPPLY ALLOCATION PERMITS
Subchapter 8 - AREAS OF CRITICAL WATER SUPPLY CONCERN
Section 7:19-8.6 - Base allocation transfers
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Within areas of critical water supply concern, a permittee may transfer base allocations with the Department's approval, in order to facilitate the transfer of water to areas of anticipated growth or areas where alternative supplies of water are not available.
(b) The base allocation from the sending party, the permittee from which the base allocation is transferred, shall be transferred to the receiving party, the permittee to which the base allocation is transferred. Upon transfer of all or a portion of the base allocation by the sending party, the diversion privileges for that permittee shall be reduced by the Department, by an amount equal to the transferred base allocation and the diversion privileges of the receiving party shall be increased by an amount equal to the transferred base allocation.
(c) A permittee proposing to permanently transfer a portion of its base allocation to another permittee may do so either in a direct transaction between the two parties or through the auspices of a county water credit exchange established pursuant to 7:19-8.5(e). The Department shall review and approve such a permanent transfer in accordance with 7:19-8.7.
(d) The Department does not consider the leasing of base allocations a viable long term water supply alternative but may consider it to be an acceptable short term alternative until a dependable long term alternative water supply is available.
(e) The permittee proposing to transfer all or part of its base allocation diversion privileges must be the applicant for approval of the transfer of base allocation pursuant to 7:19-8.7.
