Title 58, Title 58: WATERS AND WATER SUPPLY

58:25-13. Clean water scholarship intern program a. There is hereby established a Clean Water Scholarship Intern Program. b. The commissioner may provide for the payment of room, board, tuition and fees for eligible persons to attend any accredited college or university authorize…

58:25-14. Program of graduate study The commissioner, subject to available appropriations and grants from other sources, may provide within the Department of Environmental Protection for a program of graduate study for eligible persons to attend any accredited graduate program at…

58:25-15. Establishment There is hereby established a Summer Intern Program in Water Pollution Control. L.1979, c. 321, s. 25, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.

58:25-16. Administration The Summer Intern Program shall be administered by the Director of the Division of Water Resources in the Department of Environmental Protection. The director may delegate day-to-day supervision of one or more interns to any officer of the Division of Wat…

58:25-17. Projects; assignment Interns shall be assigned to projects such as a. making surveys of all places where polluting materials are entering streams, b. providing water sampling and monitoring activities as directed, c. desnagging and removing debris, bushes, boards, tires…

58:25-18. Eligibility Any resident of New Jersey who is enrolled full-time as an undergraduate or graduate in any college or university and plans to continue his education after the internship may apply as an intern. An applicant must have completed his freshman year before begin…

58:25-19. Interview of applicants The director or a member of his staff delegated by him shall interview each student to corroborate the student's intentions and to verify his prospective capabilities. L.1979, c. 321, s. 29, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.

58:25-2. Public policy It is hereby declared to be public policy of the State of New Jersey to encourage and support, as hereinafter provided, the promotion, planning, development and construction of public sanitary sewerage facilities, including sewage collection, transmission, …

58:25-20. Evaluation of prospective supervisor The director or a member of his staff delegated by him shall evaluate any prospective supervisor of an intern to determine if he is a competent professional who will seriously plan the internship and utilize the intern to help reduce…

58:25-21. Choice of interns from and assignment to work in every county Interns shall be chosen from every county and shall be assigned to work on water pollution control projects in every county. L.1979, c. 321, s. 31, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.

58:25-22. Compensation Interns shall be paid by the department, based on the regular civil service pay scale for student assistants. L.1979, c. 321, s. 32, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.

58:25-23. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sewage Infrastructure Improvement Act." L. 1988, c. 90, s. 1.

58:25-24. Findings, declarations The Legislature finds and declares that nonpoint sources of pollution represent a significant environmental problem by contributing greatly to the biological and chemical degradation of coastal and other surface waters of the State; that nonpoint …

58:25-25. Standards, maps a. Within six months after enactment of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop standards for the inventory and mapping of stormwater sewers and sanitary sewage lines and, within that period, shall provide these standards to an…

58:25-26. Monitoring of water quality 4. a. A municipality, upon completion of the map required pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1988, c.90 (C.58:25-25), shall provide for the monitoring of the water quality at the outfall lines for any stormwater sewers discharging into salt waters …

58:25-27. Unpermitted interconnections A municipality subject to the provisions of section 3 of this act shall eliminate or cause to be eliminated any unpermitted interconnections of stormwater sewer systems and sanitary sewage systems within the municipality. Any unpermitted int…

58:25-28. Abatement measures Within 30 months after enactment of this act, any public entity operating a combined stormwater sewer and sanitary sewage system shall provide abatement measures approved by the department at any combined sewer overflow point for which a permit is req…

58:25-29. Abatement assistance fund a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a non-lapsing fund, to be known as the "Municipal Stormwater Management and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Assistance Fund." There shall be deposited in the fund, moneys a…

58:25-3. Definitions For the purposes of sections 11 through 20 of this act unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: a. "Local governmental unit" shall mean and include a county, municipality or any public agency established by the State as a regional agency or au…

58:25-30. 90% State funding Any municipality or other public entity eligible for a grant pursuant to section 7 may apply to the department for up to 90% of the total inventory, mapping, planning, and design costs to be incurred thereby, as applicable. The municipality or other pu…

58:25-31. Priority systems a. The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop a priority system for stormwater sewer system pollution elimination and abatement construction projects and shall establish the ranking criteria and future funding policies …

58:25-32. Rules, regulations The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate for the implementation o…

58:25-33. Stormwater collection systems Any stormwater collection system constructed by the Department of Transportation or any other state agency that may discharge stormwater into surface waters, shall be designed to abate, to the greatest extent practicable and feasible, any a…

58:25-4. Grants for feasibility studies and reports a. The commissioner may make grants to any two or more local governmental units, acting together on a joint basis; applying therefor: (1) For the preparation of a feasibility study and report for the future collection, treatment…

58:25-5. Loans to local government units a. Upon application therefor, the commissioner may make loans from the State Sewerage Facilities Loan Fund to any local governmental unit or units which would have been eligible for a grant under the provisions of section 14 of this act fo…

58:25-6. State sewerage facilities loan fund There is hereby established a State Sewerage Facilities Loan Fund which shall be administered by the State Treasurer. All funds appropriated or otherwise made available for this purpose, including funds received from the repayment of l…

58:25-7. Procedures for applications for loans and grants; rules and regulations The commissioner shall prescribe the procedures for applying for the grants and loans authorized by sections 11 through 20 of this act and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to …

58:25-8. Grants for water pollution control projects as qualify for federal aid and assistance a. The commissioner is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of funds, to make grants to any county or municipality, or any combination or agency thereof, or to any State or in…

58:25-9. Municipal collector system inoperable due to unavailable interceptor system; state aid for interest and debt service costs Whenever any local governmental unit, pursuant to an order or in the case of a municipality in a county of the first class, pursuant to an order or …