N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-6.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:14A-6.2 - General conditions applicable to all permittees

(a) The following conditions apply to all NJPDES permits issued by the Department unless specifically exempted in the permit:

1. A permittee shall comply with all the conditions of the NJPDES permit;

2. The discharge of any pollutant not specifically regulated in the NJPDES permit or listed and quantified in the NJPDES application or request for authorization shall constitute a violation of the permit, unless the permittee can prove by clear and convincing evidence that the discharge of the unauthorized pollutant did not result from any of the permittee's activities which contribute to the generation of its wastewater.

3. A permittee shall not attain any concentration limitation by dilution. (For example, no permittee shall increase the use of process water or cooling water or otherwise attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to attain permit limitations or water quality standards).

4. Even if the permit has not yet been modified to incorporate the requirement, a permittee shall comply with the following within the time provided in the specified regulations that establish the following:

i. Applicable effluent standards or prohibitions established under Section 307(a) and (c) of the Federal Act for toxic pollutants; and

ii. Standards for sewage sludge use or disposal established under Section 405(d) of the Federal Act and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20.

5. A permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize or prevent any activity in violation of its permit which has a reasonable likelihood of adversely affecting human health or the environment.

6. A permit shall not convey any property rights of any sort or any exclusive privilege.

7. A permit shall not authorize any injury to persons or property or invasion of other private rights, or any infringement of Federal, State or local law or regulations;

8. A permit is not transferable to any person except after written notice in accordance with 7:14A-16.2.

9. All permittees with discharges that flow through an outfall pipe, unless such outfall pipe is completely and continuously submerged, or is not assigned a Discharge Serial Number (DSN), shall notify the Department that a tag to mark the location of the pipe has been or will be installed on the pipe by the effective date of the permit, or by May 5, 1998, whichever is sooner.

i. The outfall tag shall be:

(1) Legible;

(2) Located as near to the end of the outfall pipe as possible;

(3) Made of a durable material such as metal; and

(4) Maintained on a regular basis, such as cleaned and inspected to ensure that the tag is properly attached.

ii. The outfall tag shall display, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) The name of the facility where the discharge originates;

(2) The NJPDES permit number;

(3) The NJDEP Hotline phone number; and

(4) The Discharge Serial Number for that particular outfall;

10. When the Department reopens the permit by modification or revocation and reissuance, it shall do so, at a minimum, for the following:

i. Any discharger within a primary industrial category, as listed in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4 Appendix A, Table 1, if an applicable standard or limitation is promulgated under Sections 301(b)(2) (C) and (D), 302, 304(b)(2), or 307(a)(2), (b), (c) or (d) of the Federal Act and that effluent standard or limitation is more stringent than any effluent limitation in the permit or controls a pollutant or pollutant parameter not limited in the permit;

ii. Any permit issued to a treatment works treating domestic sewage or residual-only facilities, to incorporate any applicable standard for residual use or disposal promulgated under section 405 (d) of the Federal Act or N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20, and the standard for residual use or disposal is more stringent than any requirements for residual use or disposal in the permit, or controls a pollutant or practice not limited in the permit;

iii. All dischargers, to incorporate any applicable effluent standard or any effluent limitation, including any effluent standards or effluent limitations to control the discharge of any toxic pollutants or pollutant parameters such as acute or chronic whole effluent toxicity, or chemical specific toxic parameters, requirements related to toxicity reduction or to implement a TMDL or watershed management plan adopted in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:15-7, when the effluent standard or limitation is more stringent than any effluent limitation in the permit or controls a pollutant or pollutant parameter not limited in the permit; and

iv. DTWs, to incorporate the applicable pretreatment program conditions as approved by the Department;

11. The permittee shall take such corrective actions as required under the Federal and State Acts, and other relevant provisions of law, including, at a minimum, accelerated and/or additional types of monitoring, temporary repairs, ceasing discharge, or where ceasing discharge is not possible, other measures to mitigate the effects of violating its NJPDES permit;

12. If a permittee wishes to continue an activity regulated by a NJPDES permit after the expiration date of the permit, the permittee must comply with the reapplication procedures listed in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4;

13. All permittees must comply with the noncompliance reporting requirements of 7:14A-6.10 for any noncomplying discharge listed in 7:14A-6.10(a); and

14. A permittee shall furnish to the Department, within a reasonable timeframe specified by the Department, any information which the Department may request to determine whether cause exists for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, or revoking a discharge permit, or to determine compliance with a NJPDES permit. The permittee shall also furnish to the Department, upon request, copies of records required to be kept by the permit.

(b) When applicable, NJPDES-DSW permits shall include the following conditions:

1. Implementation of best management practices to control or abate the discharge of pollutants, when:

i. Authorized under Section 304(e) of the Federal Act ( 33 U.S.C. § 1314(e) ) for the control of toxic pollutants and hazardous substances from ancillary industrial activities;

ii. Authorized under Section 402(p) of the Federal Act ( 33 U.S.C. § 1342(p) ) or under the State Act for the control of stormwater discharges;

iii. Numeric effluent limitations are infeasible; or

iv. The practices are reasonably necessary to achieve effluent limitations and standards or to carry out the purposes and intent of the State and Federal Acts;

2. For existing manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silvicultural discharges and reserach facilities, a notification level different from the notification level of 7:14A-11.3(a)1, upon a petition from the permittee or on the Department's initiative. A notification level established pursuant to this paragraph will not exceed the level which can be achieved by the technology-based treatment requirements appropriate to the permittee under 40 CFR 125.3(c); and

3. Any conditions imposed in grants or loans made to DTWs by the Administrator under Sections 201 and 204 of the Federal Act or by the Department which are reasonably necessary for the achievement of any conditions of the permit.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-6.2

Administrative correction.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3822(a).
In (a)9, changed "May 5, 1997" to "May 5, 1998".
Amended by R.2004 d.47, effective 2/2/2004.
See: 35 N.J.R. 169(a), 35 N.J.R. 1331(a), 36 N.J.R. 813(a).
Rewrote (b)1i; inserted new (b)1ii; recodified existing (b)1ii and (b)1iii as (b)1iii and (b)1iv.