N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.17

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:15-5.17 - Mapping features requirements

(a) Each wastewater management plan shall include mapping of each of the following features in the wastewater management plan area, and in any additional wastewater service area identified in that wastewater management plan under N.J.A.C. 7:15-5.18(c)4, 5.24, or 5.25:

1. Coastal wetlands that have been mapped by the Department under the Wetlands Act of 1970, N.J.S.A. 13:9A-1 et seq.;

2. Other freshwater and estuarine wetlands, based on maps prepared by the Department under the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-25c;

3. Flood prone areas, based on the following information sources in order of preference:

i. Delineations of flood hazard areas made by the Department under the Flood Hazard Area Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:16A-50 et seq., where such delineations exist;

ii. Delineations of flood hazard areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the National Flood Insurance Program, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4001- 4128;

4. Public open space and recreation areas that include at least 10 acres of undeveloped land, including:

i. National recreation areas, wildlife refuges, and historical parks administered by the United States Department of the Interior;

ii. State and interstate parks, forests, wildlife management areas, natural areas, and recreation areas administered by the Department or the Palisades Interstate Park Commission; and

iii. County and municipal parks, reservations, preserves, and other conservation or recreation areas;

5. River areas designated under the New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, N.J.S.A. 13:8-45 et seq., or the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1278 et seq.;

6. Category One waters, trout production waters, and trout maintenance waters designated in the Department's Surface Water Quality Standards, N.J.A.C. 7:9B, based on the Department's maps of such waters; and

7. Surface waters, as mapped on the Department's geographic information systems (GIS) hydrography coverage;

8. Suitable habitat for endangered and threatened species as identified on the Department's Landscape Maps of Habitat for Endangered, Threatened and Other Priority Wildlife as Rank 3, 4 and 5;

9. Natural Heritage Priority Sites;

10. Riparian zones;

11. Steep slopes, if available;

12. Current composite or municipal zoning;

13. Municipal parcel mapping, if available;

14. All undeveloped and underdeveloped property, which could support additional or new sewage generating development, under current zoning;

15. All existing water service areas as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:10-11.5(c)6; and

16. All areas where sanitary or combined sewer collection and conveyance systems exist.

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