N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-22.3 - Activities for which a treatment works approval is required

(a) Except as provided in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.4, no person shall engage in any of the following activities except in conformance with a valid treatment works approval from the Department:

1. Building, installing, modifying, or operating any treatment works including, but not limited to, sewer extensions, sewer interceptors, domestic and industrial wastewater treatment systems, holding tanks, equalization tanks and wastewater treatment and recycling systems.

2. Building, installing, modifying or operating any sewer line, pumping station or force main which serves more than two buildings or will convey 8,000 gallons per day or more of flow to a treatment works.

i. Increasing the projected flow in an existing sewer line by 8,000 gallons per day or more shall require a treatment works approval permit, irrespective or whether or not additional sewer line construction is involved;

3. Building, installing, operating or modifying any residuals treatment units, including, but not limited to, facilities for composting, heat drying, thickening, digestion, air drying, thermal reduction, dewatering and storage of sludge;

4. Building, installing, operating or modifying any domestic or industrial treatment works that discharges directly to the surface water or groundwater of the State;

5. Building, installing, operating or modifying any individual subsurface sewage disposal system if required pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:9A-3.9;

6. Building, installing, operating or modifying any industrial treatment works located in any area of the State where the Department is the control authority (non-delegated area) for an industrial pre-treatment program pursuant to 40 CFR 403 and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-19; or

7. Building, installing, operating or modifying any process unit, storage unit or conveyance facilities that treat and/or convey RWBR. Projects utilizing RWBR shall be authorized under a NJPDES discharge permit.

(b) Industrial treatment works approval applications submitted pursuant to (a)4 and 5 above will generally be processed within 30 days of receipt of a complete application in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.6.

(c) Projects for which flow is the determining factor for the requirement of a treatment works approval pursuant to this section, the projected flow criteria specified in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3 shall be used.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-22.3

Amended by R.1997 d.107, effective 5/5/1997.
See: 28 N.J.R. 380(a), 28 N.J.R. 2779(a), 28 N.J.R. 3494(a), 28 N.J.R. 3858(a), 28 N.J.R. 4697(a), 28 N.J.R. 5028(a), 29 N.J.R. 1704(a).
Amended by R.2009 d.7, effective 1/5/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1478(a), 41 N.J.R. 142(a).
In (a)4, substituted "; or" for ", with the exception of individual subsurface disposal systems exempted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.4(a)3."; added new (a)5 and (a)7; recodified former (a)5 as (a)6; and in (a)6, substituted "; or" for a period at the end.
Notice of readoption with technical changes.
See: 47 N.J.R. 3027(a).