N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-6.9

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

Section 7:14A-6.9 - Signatory requirements for MRSF and BR

(a) The MRSF and the BRs shall be signed by the highest ranking official having day-to-day managerial and operational responsibilities for the discharging facility as explained below:

1. For private entities this will usually be a person identified in 7:14A-4.9(a)1; and

2. For local agencies (such as a sewerage entity, school board, or State agency), the highest ranking licensed operator having day-to-day managerial and operational responsibilities, including the responsibility to authorize capital expenditures and hire personnel for the discharging facility, shall sign the MRSF.

i. If the highest ranking licensed operator having day-to-day managerial and operational responsibilities for the discharging facility does not have the responsibility to authorize capital expenditures and hire personnel, he or she may sign the form. However, the person having those responsibilities shall also certify that he or she has received and reviewed the MRF by signing the MRSF.

3. In those instances where a local agency has contracted with another entity to operate the treatment works, the highest ranking official who signs the MRSF shall be an employee of the contract operator and not of the local agency.

i. If the highest ranking official of the contracted entity does not have the responsibility to authorize capital expenditures and hire personnel, he or she may sign the form. However, the person having those responsibilities at the local agency shall also certify that he or she has received and reviewed the MRF by signing the MRSF.

(b) The following certification shall be made by the above described official and shall accompany the report:

"I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this document and all attachments, and that, based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately responsible for obtaining the information, I believe that the information is true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and/or imprisonment."

(c) The above described official may authorize another responsible high ranking official to sign the MRSF in his or her absence. Authorizations for other individuals to sign in accordance with this subsection shall be made in accordance with 7:14A-4.9(b).

(d) The highest ranking official shall be liable in all instances for the accuracy of all of the information provided in the report. However, the highest ranking official may file within seven days of his or her return, amendments to the report to which he or she was not a signatory. The filing of amendments to a monitoring report in accordance with this subsection shall not be considered a late filing of a report for the purposes of 7:14A-6.8, or for the purposes of determining a significant noncomplier.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-6.9

Amended by R.2009 d.7, effective 1/5/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1478(a), 41 N.J.R. 142(a).
Section was "Signatory requirements for DMR and BR". In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "The MRSF" for "All DMRs" and "as explained below:" for ", whose responsibilities usually include authorizing capital expenditures and/or hiring personnel."; rewrote the introductory paragraph of (a)2; added (a)2i and (a)3; and in (c), substituted "MRSF" for "DMR".