New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 7 - COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT RULES
Subchapter 2 - APPLICABILITY AND ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH A PERMIT IS REQUIRED
Section 7:7-2.3 - Coastal wetlands
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:7-2.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) Coastal wetlands permits are required for all activities in coastal wetlands delineated and mapped pursuant to the Wetlands Act of 1970 including, but not limited to:
1. The cultivation and harvesting of
naturally occurring agricultural or horticultural products. This provision
shall not apply to the continued production of commercial salt hay or other
agricultural crops on lands utilized for these purposes on or before April 13,
1972;
2. The excavation of an
individual mooring slip;
3. The
maintenance or repair of bridges, roads, highways, railroad beds or the
facilities of any utility or municipality. This provision shall not apply to
emergency repairs necessitated by a natural disaster or a sudden and unexpected
mechanical, electrical or structural failure. Written notification of such
repairs shall be provided to the Program within seven days after their
initiation;
4. The construction of
catwalks, piers, docks, landings, footbridges and observation decks;
5. The installation of utilities;
6. Excavation of boat channels and mooring
basins;
7. The construction of
impoundments;
8. The construction
of sea walls;
9. The diversion or
appropriative use of water;
10. The
use of pesticides, except those applied to the skin or clothing for personal
use;
11. Driving or causing to pass
over or upon wetlands, any mechanical conveyance which may alter or impair the
natural contour of the wetlands or the natural vegetation; and
12. Filling, excavation or the construction
of any structure.
(b) The following activities are prohibited on regulated wetlands:
1. Placing, depositing or dumping any solid
waste, garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish or debris;
2. Dumping or discharging treated or
untreated domestic sewage or industrial wastes, either solid or
liquid;
3. Applying any pesticide
on areas containing significant stands of high vigor Spartina
alterniflora (Saltmarsh cordgrass), Zizania aquatica
(Wildrice), Typha sp. (Cattail), and Scirpus
americanus (common threesquare) as shown generally on wetlands maps;
4. The storage or disposal of
pesticides;
5. The application of
persistent pesticides.
(c) These rules shall be applicable only in those areas shown waterward of the upper wetland boundary on the coastal wetlands maps (base map photography dated 1971, 1972) listed in chapter Appendix D and incorporated herein by reference.
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