Title 58, Title 58: WATERS AND WATER SUPPLY

58:10A-54. Educational materials The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Education and citizen, educational and environmental groups, shall prepare educational materials concerning the deleterious effects of plastics and other forms of p…

58:10A-55. Distribution to school districts The Department of Education shall distribute the educational materials prepared by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 3 of this act to each school district in the State. Local school boards are encouraged to …

58:10A-56. Sewage discharge prohibited No person may discharge sewage from a watercraft into any coastal water area designated as a "no discharge" area by the Administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to an application filed by the Department of Enviro…

58:10A-57. Sewage pumpout devices, portable toilet emptying receptacles a. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall conduct a study of the availability and location of, and demand or need for, sewage pumpout devices for Ty…

58:10A-58. Submittal of assessment study, recommendations Not later than May 1, 1989, the department shall submit to the Assembly Environmental Quality Committee and the Senate Energy and Environment Committee the assessment study required pursuant to section 2 of this act, along…

58:10A-59. Penalties for violation A person who violates the provisions of section 1 of this act, or who violates the provisions of any rule and regulation adopted by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act, shall be subject to the penalty provisions of section 10 of P.L…

58:10A-6 Permits; issuance; exemptions; prohibitions; requirements. 6. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant, except as provided pursuant to subsections d. and p. of this section, or when the discharge conforms with a valid New Jersey Pollutant Dischar…

58:10A-6.1. Schedule of compliance; administrative consent order; public hearing a. Every schedule of compliance shall require the permittee to demonstrate to the commissioner the financial assurance, including the posting of a bond or other security approved by the commissioner,…

58:10A-6.2. Findings, declarations, determinations 3. The Legislature finds and declares that to enhance and improve the quality of the environment and to protect and foster the public health of the citizens of New Jersey it is altogether fitting and proper to allow private entit…

58:10A-6.3. Installation, etc. of water pollution control facilities during pendency of permit application 4. Except where specifically prohibited under the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972" (33 U.S.C. s.1251 et seq.) or any other such federal requirement, …

58:10A-6.4 Definitions relative to certain hazardous discharge sites. 1. As used in P.L.2003, c.196 (C.58:10A-6.4 et seq.): "Discharge" means an intentional or unintentional action or omission resulting in the releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or…

58:10A-6.5 Discharge of untreated, pre-treated wastewater, prohibited in certain municipalities. 2. a. The operator of a hazardous discharge site in the State that is: (1) situated within a municipality of the second class which is located within a county of the second class with…

58:10A-6.6 Regulations relative to handling of radionuclides. 4. If there are radionuclides in or about the waters at or near a former landfill that is situated within a municipality of the second class which is located within a county of the second class with a population densit…

58:10A-60. Application for approval The department shall apply, within six months of the effective date of this act, to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for such approval as is necessary to implement the provisions of section 1 of this act. P.L. 1988, c. 117, s. …

58:10A-61 Definitions relative to the application, sale, use of fertilizer. 1. As used in sections 1 through 9 of this act: "Commercial farm" means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-3). "Department" means the Department of Environmen…

58:10A-62 Actions prohibited when applying fertilizer. 2. a. No person shall: (1) apply fertilizer to turf when a heavy rainfall, as shall be defined by the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist at Rutgers, the State University, is occurring or predicted or when soils are …

58:10A-63 Additional requirements. 3. a. In addition to the requirements set forth in section 2 of this act, no person, other than a professional fertilizer applicator, shall: (1) apply fertilizer to turf in an amount that is more than an annual total of 3.2 pounds of total nitro…

58:10A-64 Fertilizer application certification program. 4. a. The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers, the State University, shall, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, establish a fertilizer application certification program. The cer…

58:10A-65 Violations, penalties. 5. a. Any professional fertilizer applicator who violates this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 for the first offense and up to $1,000 for the second and each subsequent offense, …

58:10A-66 Program of public education. 6. a. The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station shall, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, develop a program of public education which shall include but need not be limited to the dissemination of informatio…

58:10A-67 Preemption of existing ordinances, resolutions. 7. The provisions of this act, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall preempt any ordinance or resolution of a municipality, county or local health agency concerning the application of fertilizer to …

58:10A-68 Inapplicability to commercial farms. 8. Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall not apply to the application of fertilizer to commercial farms. L.2010, c.112, s.8.

58:10A-69 Rules, regulations. 9. The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to implement sections 1 through …

58:10A-7. Term of permit; modification, suspension or revocation; causes; notice; contested cases a. All permits issued under this act shall be for fixed terms not to exceed five years. Any permittee who wishes to continue discharging after the expiration date of his permit must …

58:10A-7.1 Discharging waste in ocean waters prohibited after Dec. 31, 1991; "aquaculture" defined. 2. After December 31, 1991, the department may not issue a permit to any private, commercial, or industrial applicant for the discharge of any solid, semi-solid, or liquid wastes i…

58:10A-7.2 Groundwater remedial action; contents of application for permit, requiest for consent; definitions. 1. a. An application for a permit issued by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.) for the discharge of groundwater t…

58:10A-70 Definitions relative to personal care products containing microbeads. 1. As used in this act: "Over the counter drug" means a drug that contains a label which identifies the product as a drug, as required by 21 CFR s.201.66. The label shall include: (1) a "Drug Facts" p…

58:10A-71 Production, manufacture of personal care product containing synthetic plastic microbeads; prohibited, exceptions. 2. a. On or after January 1, 2018, no person shall produce or manufacture in the State a personal care product containing synthetic plastic microbeads, exce…

58:10A-72 Violations, penalties. 3. a. A person or entity who violates this act shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $500 for each offense, to be collected by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the "Penalty Enfor…

58:10A-73 Preemption of ordinance, resolution of local government entity. 4. The provisions of this act shall preempt any ordinance or resolution of a municipality, county or any other local government entity concerning synthetic plastic microbeads. L.2015, c.28, s.4.

58:10A-8. Establishment of more stringent effluent limitations for point source or group of point sources Whenever the commissioner finds that discharges from a point source or a group of point sources with the application of the effluent limitations authorized in this act, which…

58:10A-9. Applications for permits; fees; public notice; public inspection; hearing; employees to administer act Applications for permits shall be submitted within such times, on such forms, and with such signatures as may be prescribed by the commissioner and shall contain such …