New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 7A - FRESHWATER WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT RULES
Subchapter 10 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL FRESHWATER WETLANDS AND OPEN WATER FILL PERMITS
Section 7:7A-10.6 - Additional application requirements for an individual freshwater wetlands or open water fill permit

1. The basic project purpose of the proposed activity, including whether it is water-dependent, as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:7A-1.4;

2. A line delineation LOI issued under N.J.A.C. 7:7A-3.3, or a line verification LOI issued under N.J.A.C. 7:7A-3.4, if an LOI of either type has been issued. A presence/absence LOI issued under N.J.A.C. 7:7A-3.2 is not sufficient. If no LOI has been issued for the site, or if only a presence/absence LOI has been issued, the application checklist shall require all information required for an application for a line delineation LOI or line verification LOI. In addition, the application checklist shall require the total area of wetlands and State open waters, in acres, on the site before the regulated activity is performed, and the total area, in acres, of wetlands and State open waters on the site that will remain after the regulated activity is performed. The total area of wetlands and State open waters on the site can be approximated using a planimeter or other mapping technique;

3. Information regarding whether other approvals are required for the activities by Federal, interstate, State and local agencies for the activity; information regarding whether any such approvals or denials have been received; and information regarding whether the proposed activities are consistent with the rules, plans, or policies of other Federal, interstate, State and local agencies; and

4. If a site is known or suspected to be contaminated with toxic substances, and if the Department requests it, a laboratory analysis of representative samples of the sediment on the site.

5. A copy of the deed and/or other legal documents pertaining to the site;

6. Information regarding special aquatic sites, public lands, critical habitat, and other relevant environmental features of the site; and

7. An alternatives analysis that meets the requirements at (b) below.

1. A description of all alternatives considered, including offsite alternatives as well as onsite alternatives that could minimize environmental impacts on the site, and the reasons for rejecting each alternative;

2. Information regarding the history of the property as a whole, as necessary to evaluate the cost to the property owner of various alternatives. Such information may include:

3. Documentation of the environmental impacts of the proposed project, and of ways to minimize those impacts.