N.J.A.C. 7:14A — NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (Subchapter 1 to 25)

(a) The following conditions apply to all indirect users: 1. The prohibitions, as set forth in 40 CFR Part 403.5, against the introduction into a local agency's treatment works of any of the following: i. Any pollutant(s) which causes pass through or interference; ii. Any polluta…

(a) Within 60 days after the effective date of a pretreatment standard for a subcategory under which an indirect user may be included, the indirect user may request that the control authority provide written determination on whether the indirect user falls within that particular …

(a) When the categorical pretreatment standards are expressed in terms of production, equivalent effluent limitations shall be calculated as follows: 1. When the limits in a categorical pretreatment standard are expressed only in terms of mass of pollutant per unit of production,…

(a) Any interested person believing that factors relating to an indirect user are fundamentally different from the factors considered during development of a categorical pretreatment standard applicable to that indirect user and that the existence of those factors justifies a dif…

(a) An indirect user may allow any bypass to occur which does not cause pretreatment standards to be violated, but only if such bypass is for essential maintenance to ensure efficient operation. Such bypasses are not subject to (b) and (c) below. (b) Notice of bypass shall be as …

Any indirect user which meets the SIU definition in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2 and discharges or plans to discharge to a delegated local agency's treatment works shall obtain an IPP permit from that delegated local agency unless exempted by the delegated local agency as an NSCIU in accor…

An indirect user which meets the SIU definition in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2 and discharges or plans to discharge to a local agency which is not a delegated local agency as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2 shall obtain an individual NJPDES-SIU permit from the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C…

(a) An indirect user authorized to discharge by the local agency is exempt from the requirement to obtain an individual NJPDES-SIU permit from the Department if: 1. The indirect user does not meet the SIU definition; 2. The indirect user discharges to a delegated local agency's t…

(a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to:1. Establish when a treatment works approval permit is required from the Department; 2. Establish the administrative requirements for treatment works approval applications; 3. Establish the criteria for the imposition of sewer connectio…

(a) No person shall operate a treatment works for which a treatment works approval from the Department is required except in conformance with the provisions of this subchapter. (b) For treatment works approvals that have been issued concurrently as stage II and stage III approval…

(a) The Department may modify, suspend or revoke a treatment works approval in whole or in part for cause, including, but not limited to: 1. Violation of any term or condition of the treatment works approval; 2. Obtaining a treatment works approval by misrepresentation or failure…

(a) Stage II treatment works approvals are valid for an initial period of two years, unless otherwise stated in the approval document. A stage II approval will expire unless building, installing or modifying of the treatment works has begun within the initial approval period stat…

(a) Wastewater holding tanks for temporary use may be approved by the Department in the following circumstances:1. Simultaneous or subsequent to the issuance of a Stage II "dry/construct only" treatment works approval issued by the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.9(a), f…

(a) Wastewater hauling is the removal and transportation of a permitted quantity of wastewater from the headworks of a facility and prior to treatment, by a licensed waste hauler, from a treatment facility which is subject to a sewer ban, to a treatment facility which is not subj…

(a) The use of flow equalization tanks located at the head of treatment plants, regional pumping stations or pre-treatment facilities for the purpose of improving the treatment process is encouraged by the Department, and will be approved providing that all administrative and tec…

(a) If the average flow over 12 consecutive months, as reported in DMRs by the permittee of a treatment plant, reaches or exceeds 95 percent of the permitted flow of that treatment plant, the permittee, in coordination with participating municipalities and sewage authorities, sha…

(a) A sewer connection ban shall be imposed in accordance with this subchapter, when any one of the following events occurs: 1. The downstream sewerage facilities do not have adequate conveyance capacity as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2; i. If the cause of inadequate conveyance c…

(a) Within 20 days of the treatment works becoming subject to a ban pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.17, the owner/operator of the subject treatment works shall: 1. Adopt a resolution imposing the sewer connection ban; 2. Cease the further approval of sewer connections to the subjec…

(a) Each affected sewage authority, or municipality that owns a treatment works, upon the institution of a connection ban, shall adopt exemption criteria at least as stringent as those included in this subchapter in order to provide relief to persons who qualify for such relief. …

(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:10A-6, no person shall build, install, modify or operate any facility (including any sewer extension as defined in this chapter) for the collection, conveyance, treatment or discharge of any industrial or domestic wastewater except in conformance with …

(a) Any project which has proceeded in accordance with a valid stage II and stage III treatment works approval from the Department for the construction and operation of treatment works will not require a sewer ban exemption from the Department provided that construction of the fa…

(a) The sewerage authority or municipality imposing the ban shall provide the applicant with the following:1. A copy of the ban exemption regulations contained in N.J.A.C. 7:14-22.18 through 22.22; 2. The Department's ban exemption application form, WFR001, entitled: "Application…

(a) A sewer ban exemption may be granted for projects that meet any one of the following criteria: 1. If the proposed project will have a total projected flow of 600 gallons per day or less, calculated in accordance with the Department's flow criteria contained in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-…

(a) Except as stated in (g) below, the Department may delegate its authority to approve or disapprove sewer ban exemption applications, to a municipality or sewerage authority in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. (b) Any municipality or sewerage authority, which …

(a) Subject to the limitations of (d) below, a person may request an adjudicatory hearing to contest the issuance or denial of a treatment works approval and/or the approval or denial of a sewer ban exemption request. (b) A request for an adjudicatory hearing shall:1. Be in writi…

(a) Fees charged for treatment works approvals shall be calculated as follows: 1. Applicants for a treatment works approval shall be categorized based on the construction costs of their projects as follows: i. Category 1 includes projects where the construction costs are greater …

(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 limite…

(a) A treatment works approval from the Department is not required for the following activities: 1. Building, installing, modifying or operating any sewer lateral (whether forced or by gravity), which will convey less than 8,000 gallons per day of projected flow; 2. Building, ins…

(a) A treatment works approval consists of the following three stages: 1. Stage I is an optional preliminary or conceptual review of treatment works as prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.7. The Department recommends that a stage I review and approval be obtained for any new sewage t…

(a) Industrial treatment works not exempt pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.4 shall submit the following information as an application for a General Industrial Treatment Works Approval to the address at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.8(d): 1. The Departments' Treatment Works Approval application …

(a) Stage I approvals are optional but are recommended for new or expanded treatment plants and for projects involving new or innovative technologies or designs. (b) Applications submitted for stage I review shall contain the following: 1. A letter of request for a Stage I review…

(a) Persons who propose to build, install, or modify treatment works that require the Department's approval pursuant to this subchapter, shall submit the following information and documents in the manner prescribed in this subchapter: 1. The Department's Treatment Works Approval …

(a) "Dry/construct only" treatment works approvals are stage II approvals, for which operation may not occur until the Department issues a formal stage III approval in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. Generally, the Department will consider applications for "dry…

The purpose of this subchapter is to establish technical requirements for the approval of the design, construction and operation of domestic and industrial treatment works so that wastes are properly collected, conveyed and treated before discharge to the waters of the State. Not…

(a) Raw sewage pumping stations shall conform to the following requirements: 1. Sewage shall be screened before pumping. Comminutors may be approved in lieu of screens, however, the requirement for screening raw sewage may be waived, at the Department's discretion, for individual…

(a) In addition to the requirements specified at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.10, submersible wastewater pumps shall meet the following additional requirements: 1. Submersible pumps and motors shall be designed specifically for raw sewage use, including total submersion during a portion of …

(a) The construction of dry wells and wet wells for sewage pumping stations shall meet the following requirements:1. Dry and wet wells shall be completely separated and have adequate ventilation and drainage; 2. Dry wells and wet wells shall have a means of entrance and exit, pre…

(a) Adequate treatment shall be provided for all wastewater before discharge into the waters of the State. 1. The minimum level of sewage treatment shall be as specified by the Department in the applicable NJPDES permit. 2. The design of the proposed treatment system shall be ade…

(a) At treatment plants, a means for continuous measuring, indicating and recording of the sewage flows shall be installed. (b) Meters shall be installed in such a manner and location so as to provide a true indication of actual flow. (c) All wastewater treatment plant designs sh…

(a) All sewage treatment plants shall be provided with a means for screening or comminuting coarse material in the sewage. Except in small plants with a design capacity of less than 150,000 gallons per day, screening equipment shall be of the mechanical type. (b) Operation of mec…

(a) Except in small sewage treatment plants with a design flow of less than 150,000 gallons per day, mechanical grit removal devices shall be provided. (b) Grit chamber channels and flumes shall be designed to produce velocities of not less than 0.5 foot per second and not greate…

(a) Multiple units or independent compartments shall be provided except in small installations of less than 150,000 gpd design flows. (b) Channels shall be designed to maintain a velocity of one foot per second at 50 percent of design flow. (c) Baffling shall be provided to dissi…

(a) This method of sewage treatment is considered to be a degree of treatment intermediate between sedimentation, and sedimentation plus oxidation. Chemical coagulation will not be considered as a substitute for oxidation. (b) Coagulants shall be applied to the sewage in a suitab…

(a) Trickling filters of the "standard rate" or "high rate" type may be used for the treatment of sewage amenable to treatment by a biological process. (b) Filters shall be preceded by effective preliminary treatment and shall be followed by individually controlled and mechanical…

(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…

(a) Rotating biological contactors (RBC) process may be used when wastewater is amenable to biological treatment. (b) RBCs shall be preceded by properly designed settling facilities. Efficient grease and scum removal devices shall be provided. (c) At least four stages shall be pr…

(a) The activated sludge process may be used when wastewater is amenable to biological treatment. (b) The design data outlined in this section are presumed to achieve a removal of 90 percent or more of the B.O.D. and suspended solids susceptible to treatment from sewage of normal…