Title 58, Title 58: WATERS AND WATER SUPPLY

58:22-4. Acquisition of water supply facilities; expenditures; duties of department The department shall, through the division or otherwise (a) Plan, design, develop, acquire, construct, and place in operation and maintain the following water supply facilities and may expend or c…

58:22-5. Expenditure of uncommitted funds The department may expend or commit any remaining funds unexpended or uncommitted as hereinabove authorized for any project, as defined herein, as shall be authorized specifically by law. L.1958, c. 34, p. 101, s. 5.

58:22-6. Reimbursement of state from proceeds of Water Bond Act of 1958 Any funds of the State heretofore authorized by law to be expended for any of the specific purposes authorized by this act and which have been or shall be so expended, shall be refunded to the State General F…

58:22-7 Restrictions on pumping water from south branch of Raritan river, release into Prescott brook, Round Valley reservoir. 7. No water shall be pumped from the south branch of the Raritan river into the Round Valley reservoir whenever the flow in the Raritan river is less tha…

58:22-8 Release of water into south branch of Raritan river from Spruce Run, Round Valley reservoirs. 8. a. Whenever the flow of water in the south branch of the Raritan river is less than 40 million gallons daily at the United States Geological Survey stream gauging station at S…

58:22-8.1 Continuous monitoring for compliance with C.58:12A-1 et seq.; altering of releases. 8. a. In order to ensure that safe yield is maintained and the drinking water quality standards adopted pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.) ar…

58:22-9. Use and disposition of water; application; hearing; notice; objections; expense of hearing (a) The department shall have jurisdiction and control, subject to the provisions hereof, over the use and disposition of all additional water made available for use pursuant to th…

58:24-1. Inspection of beds and shellfish The Department of Environmental Protection shall inspect as often as it may deem necessary, the various places within the jurisdiction of the State from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are taken to be distributed or sold for use a…

58:24-10. Vessel, vehicle or equipment used in violations; confiscation and forfeiture; disposal 10. Any vessel, vehicle, or equipment used in violation of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation, order or permit issued or adopted pursuant thereto may be confi…

58:24-10.1. Additional penalties 6. a. In addition to the penalties prescribed in sections 9 and 10 of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-9 and 58:24-10), a person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.), or any rule, regulation, order or permit …

58:24-13. "Monmouth County Clam Depuration and Relay Program Fund," established 3. a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a nonlapsing fund to be known as the "Monmouth County Clam Depuration and Relay Program Fund," hereinafter referred to as "the …

58:24-14. Act not to affect other authority 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect or supersede the authority of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference to establish the guidelines or procedures of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, or to affect in any…

58:24-2. Condemnation of beds dangerous to health The department shall immediately condemn any oyster or clam bed or other place from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are or may be taken upon discovering that such place is subject to pollution or to any other condition whi…

58:24-3. Condemned beds; prohibition of taking; distribution, sale or possession; permit; fee The department shall prohibit the taking of oysters, clams or other shellfish from a place which has been condemned by the department pursuant to this act, and shall also prohibit the di…

58:24-4. Distribution, sale or possession of shellfish; prima facie evidence of intent for use as food 4. For the purposes of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.), the distribution, sale, offering for sale, or having in possession with intent to distribute or sell, any oysters, cl…

58:24-5. Prohibition of discharge of polluting matter No excremental or other polluting matter shall be discharged into or placed in the waters or placed or suffered to remain upon the banks of any stream or tributary thereof or body of water in which oysters, clams or other shel…

58:24-6. Order on growing, handling of shellfish, disposal of polluting matter 6. The department may make such specific orders regarding the growing and handling of oysters, clams or other shellfish and the disposal of polluting matter which may affect the purity of oysters, clam…

58:24-7. Inspection of places and samples of shellfish The department shall have free access to all oyster or clam beds, places of business, buildings and all other places where oysters, clams or other shellfish are grown, kept, stored, held in possession with intent to distribut…

58:24-8. Employees; supplies; leases The department may employ such persons; purchase and maintain such apparatus and supplies, including suitable boats; and, lease appropriate lands or buildings, when it deems it necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and as may be wi…

58:24-9. Violations; penalties 9. A person who violates any of the provisions of P.L.1979, c.321 (C.58:24-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation, order or permit adopted or issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense and a person convicted of a subsequent …

58:25-1. Short title The State aid program created by sections 11 through 20 of this act shall be known as the "Sewerage Facilities Aid Program." L.1979, c. 321, s. 11, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.

58:25-10. Procedures for applications for grants; rules and regulations The commissioner shall prescribe the procedures for applying for the grants authorized by sections 11 through 20 of this act and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provi…

58:25-11. Clean water council; continuance, transfer and constitution; members; appointment; term; reimbursement of expenses; chairman and vice-chairman a. The Clean Water Council as created by P.L.1967, c. 109 and as continued, transferred and constituted the Clean Water Council…

58:25-12. Duties The Clean Water Council shall: a. Request from the commissioner such information concerning the Water Pollution Control Program as it may deem necessary; b. Consider any matter relating to the preservation and improvement of the Water Pollution Control Program an…

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…