New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 9C - GROUND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Subchapter 1 - GROUND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Section 7:9C-1.2 - Policies
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) It is the policy of this State to restore, enhance and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of its waters, to protect public health, to safeguard fish and aquatic life and scenic and ecological values, and to enhance the domestic, municipal, recreational, industrial and other uses of water.
(b) Discharges to ground water that subsequently discharge into surface waters shall not be permitted by the applicable regulatory program if such discharges would cause a contravention of surface water quality standards applicable to those surface waters. That is, those discharges must achieve compliance with both these standards and the surface water quality standards (N.J.A.C. 7:9B).
(c) When existing ground water quality does not meet the constituent standards determined pursuant to 7:9C-1.7, 1.8 and 1.9, due to human activities, the Department shall, after a review of relevant and available scientific and technical data, determine in the context of the applicable regulatory programs the management actions necessary (including, but not limited to, the requirement of remedial actions) to restore or enhance ground water quality pursuant to the policies of this chapter.
(d) The Department shall not approve discharges or activities posing a significant risk of discharges, within the jurisdiction of and subject to regulation by the Pinelands Commission, that would contravene the rules of the Pinelands Commission with regard to the protection of ground water or surface water quality.
