Title 58, Title 58: WATERS AND WATER SUPPLY

58:4A-14. Permit required, application; fees 10. a. (1) Except in the case of an emergency or a general permit, no well requiring a permit shall be constructed until a permit has been issued therefor by the department. Application for a permit shall be made upon forms prescribed …

58:4A-14.1. Expedited permit processing service, account established 15. a. The department shall establish an expedited permit processing service for well permit applications. This service shall accept properly completed permit applications by electronic media, including but not …

58:4A-16. Licensing without examination 12. The department may license without examination, upon payment of the required license fee, applicants who are duly licensed under the laws of any other state having requirements deemed by the department to be at least equivalent to those…

58:4A-17. Expiration of license 13. Every license issued under the authority of P.L.1947, c.377 (C.58:4A-5 et seq.), unless sooner revoked, shall expire on the thirtieth day of June three years following the date of issuance of such license, except that any license issued prior t…

58:4A-18 Renewal of license. 14. a. No license shall be renewed unless the renewal applicant submits satisfactory evidence to the board that the renewal applicant has successfully completed the continuing education requirements established by the department pursuant to section 7 …

58:4A-19 Fee schedule. 15. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2005, c.134). b. The department shall adopt, and may periodically amend, by regulation, a fee schedule setting forth reasonable fees for license applications and examinations, and for issuance and renewal of any license in …

58:4A-20. Powers, rights of department 16. The department shall have the power to make such inspections and take such samples as may be deemed necessary for the investigation of the construction, sealing, and repair of wells throughout the State. The department shall also have th…

58:4A-20.1. Authority of master well driller 16. A master well driller shall have the authority to certify that the well, including well pumping equipment and appurtenances thereto, has been constructed to meet the standards promulgated pursuant to P.L.1954, c.199 (C.58:11-23 et …

58:4A-23. Definitions relative to well drilling 19. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. "Well" means a hole or excavation larger than a minimum diameter and depth established by department regulations pursuant to section 1 of P.…

58:4A-24. Violations, penalties 20. a. Any person who shall engage in the trade, business, or calling of a well driller, or who shall operate a well drilling machine without having a New Jersey license, except in the presence and under the immediate on-site supervision of a New J…

58:4A-27. Partial invalidity If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act shall be held unconstitutional or void for any reason, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. L.1947, c. 377, p. 1199, s. 23.

58:4A-28. Effective date This act shall take effect immediately, except that section twenty shall be inoperative until ninety days thereafter. L.1947, c. 377, p. 1199, s. 24.

58:4A-29. Rules, regulations 24. Within 18 months of the effective date of P.L.1995, c.312 (C.58:4A-4.2a et al.), the department shall adopt, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement …

58:4A-4.1. Responsibilities of well owner, drilling contractors, violations 2. The owner of any well shall be responsible for having the well sealed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department if the well is not in use or if it endangers or threatens the subsur…

58:4A-4.2. Sealing of abandoned borehole, well 3. The department shall have the power to direct the sealing of any abandoned borehole or well not in use, or any well when, in its judgment, the condition of the well endangers or threatens the subsurface or percolating waters by th…

58:4A-4.2a. Departmental discretion to seal borehole well; treble damages 4. If a well is not in use, or if a well is found by the department to endanger or threaten the subsurface or percolating waters by the intrusion of salt water or from any other cause, or if it endangers li…

58:4A-4.2b. "Well sealing fund" established 5. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a nonlapsing, revolving fund, to be known as the "well sealing fund." All penalties collected by the department for violations of sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1951, c.193 …

58:4A-5. Rules, regulations 1. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L.1947, c.377 (C.58:4A-5 et seq.), including construction …

58:4A-6. Requirements for well drilling, pump installation 2. a. No person, partnership or corporation shall engage in well drilling or pump installation in this State, except as provided in section 20 of P.L.1947, c.377 (C.58:4A-24), unless that individual, if a person, or membe…

58:4A-7. Board of well driller and pump installer examiners created 3. A board of nine well driller and pump installer examiners is created, to be appointed by the commissioner, which shall function as an examining board of well drillers and pump installers, and as an advisory bo…

58:4A-8. "State Well Drillers and Pump Installers Examining and Advisory Board" 4. The board so appointed shall be designated and known as the "State Well Drillers and Pump Installers Examining and Advisory Board." Each member of the board, except those who are employees of the d…

58:4A-9. Meetings of examining board The board shall meet on the call of the commissioner within 30 days after its members are first appointed and thereafter shall hold at least one meeting each year. A special meeting of the board shall be called by the commissioner, or his duly…