N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-23.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 7:14A-23.2 - Scope

(a) These rules apply to individuals, sewerage authorities, municipalities, governmental agencies, private firms and all persons who propose to design, construct and/or operate any treatment works for the collection, conveyance or treatment of domestic or industrial wastes in the State of New Jersey, and for which a treatment works approval from the Department is required pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.

(b) These rules establish specific criteria and standards for the construction and operation of treatment works. In promulgating these requirements, the Department recognizes that, at times, deviations from these requirements may be necessary to address specific circumstances. The Department will consider deviations from these design criteria provided that appropriate documentation addressing the need for deviation and justification for the proposed design is submitted with the treatment works approval applications and includes a signed and sealed statement from the design engineer attesting to the treatment works ability to meet the purposes intended.

(c) These rules do not specify any technical standards explicitly for the construction of industrial treatment works due to the high degree of variability of the wastestreams, and treatment process options available to deal with the various pollutants that may be present at an industrial facility. Because of this variability, it would not be prudent to impose specific technical standards on facilities where such standards may not be appropriate. It is the responsibility of the design engineer to design industrial treatment works to meet all applicable Federal, State or local limitations, conditions, and/or requirements, including, but not limited to, the requirements of a facility's NJPDES or NPDES permit. When appropriate, the general technical standards specified in this subchapter for domestic waste treatment and conveyance systems may be used.

(d) The technical standards for those subsurface disposal systems that require a treatment works approval pursuant to 7:14A-22.3(a)5 are established in N.J.A.C. 7:9A. The Department will consider deviations from the design criteria in N.J.A.C. 7:9A provided that appropriate documentation addressing the need for deviation and justification for the proposed design are submitted with the treatment works approval application and includes a signed and sealed statement from the design engineer attesting to the adequate design of the treatment works to meet the purposes intended.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-23.2

Amended by R.2009 d.7, effective 1/5/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1478(a), 41 N.J.R. 142(a).
Added (d).