N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-25.3 - Assignment of municipalities to Tier A or Tier B

(a) All municipalities are assigned either to Tier A or to Tier B as follows:

1. An entire municipality is assigned to Tier A if that municipality:

i. Is located entirely or partially within an urbanized area as determined by the 2000 Decennial Census by the Bureau of the Census or a subsequent and superseding Decennial Census, and has a population of at least 1,000 within an urbanized area as determined by that Census;

ii. Has a population density of at least 1,000 per square mile, and a population of at least 10,000 as determined by that Census;

iii. Has a stormwater sewer system discharging directly into the salt waters of Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, or Cape May counties (using the N.J.A.C. 7:22A-1.4definitions of "stormwater sewer system" and "salt waters"). A municipality is deemed to have such a system if that municipality is one of the "Affected Municipalities" listed in N.J.A.C. 7:22A Appendix A, unless it is determined in response to a petition under N.J.A.C. 7:22A-3.2(b) or 4.9(b) that N.J.A.C. 7:22A Appendix A erroneously includes or omits the municipality;

iv. Requests Tier A assignment from the Department; or

v. Operates a stormwater discharge(s) identified under N.J.A.C. 7:14A-25.2(a)4 (special designations), provided that the Department determines that such identification warrants assignment of the municipality to Tier A. In making this determination, the Department may consider the following with respect to the identified stormwater discharge(s) and to other stormwater discharge(s) from small MS4(s), if any, operated by the municipality: the location or size of the discharge from the small MS4(s), the quantity and nature of pollutants reaching the water of the State, the quality of the receiving waters, or other relevant factors.

2. Every municipality not assigned to Tier A is assigned to Tier B.

3. The Department shall publish in the New Jersey Register a notice of administrative change revising the list of Tier A and Tier B municipalities in the table below, and shall mail notice of such revision to the affected municipality(ies) and county(ies). Each notice under this paragraph shall identify the reason for the revision. The list in this table is for informational purposes only. Any person may obtain the most current list of such municipalities from the Department's Division of Water Quality, Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control at PO Box 029, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, or from the Division's website (http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq).

Tier A Municipalities	Tier B Municipalities
Atlantic County
All municipalities not	Estell Manor City
listed under Tier B	Hammonton Town
Mullica Township
Bergen County
All municipalities not	Ridgefield Park Village
listed under Tier B	Rockleigh Borough
Teterboro Borough
Burlington County	All municipalities not	Bass River Township
listed under Tier B	Chesterfield Township
Fieldsboro Borough
New Hanover Township
North Hanover Township
Springfield Township
Washington Township
Woodland Township
Wrightstown Borough
Camden County
All municipalities	Pine Valley Borough
not listed under Tier B	Tavistock Borough
Cape May County
All municipalities not	Woodbine Borough
listed under Tier B
Cumberland County
Bridgeton City	All municipalities not
Millville City	listed under Tier A
Vineland City
Essex County
All municipalities	None
Gloucester County
All municipalities not	Elk Township
listed under Tier B	South Harrison Township
Woolwich Township
Hudson County
All municipalities not	Hoboken City
listed under Tier B
Hunterdon County
Clinton Town	All municipalities not
Clinton Township	listed under Tier A
Flemington Borough
High Bridge Borough
Lebanon Borough
Raritan Township
Readington Township
Mercer County
All municipalities not	Hopewell Borough
listed under Tier B
Middlesex County	All municipalities	None
Monmouth County	All municipalities not	Interlaken Borough
listed under Tier B	Roosevelt Borough
Upper Freehold Township
Morris County
All municipalities not	Harding Township
listed under Tier B
Ocean County
All municipalities not	Plumsted Township
listed under Tier B
Passaic County
All municipalities	None
Salem County
Carneys Point Township	All municipalities not
Penns Grove Borough	listed under Tier A
Pennsville Township
Pittsgrove Township
Somerset County
All municipalities not	Far Hills Borough
listed under Tier B	Millstone Borough
Rocky Hill Borough
Sussex County
Andover Township	All municipalities not
Byram Township	listed under Tier A
Hopatcong Borough
Newton Town
Sparta Township
Stanhope Borough
Union County
All municipalities	None
Warren County
Alpha Borough	All municipalities not
Greenwich Township	listed under Tier A
Hackettstown Town
IndependenceTownship
Lopatcong Township
Mansfield Township
Phillipsburg Town
Pohatcong Township

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-25.3

Administrative change.
See: 36 N.J.R. 2419(a), 4133(a).
Administrative change.
See: 38 N.J.R. 5152(a).