N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.20

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

Section 7:15-5.20 - Specifications for text and graphics

(a) Wastewater management plans should be concise, using the minimum feasible narrative and mapping. All pages, tables, and figures in wastewater management plans shall be legible and numbered. The text of wastewater management plans, wastewater management plan updates, WQM plan amendments and revisions shall be submitted in hard copy and in an electronic format that is compatible with the Department's software capabilities. Information regarding the Department's software capabilities may be obtained by contacting the Department at New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Watershed Management, P.O. Box 418, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, (609) 984-6888. The applicant shall submit a minimum of five hard copies to the Department and, if the Department determines that more are needed based on the particulars of the proposal, the Department will notify the applicant.

(b) All maps in wastewater management plans, wastewater management plan updates, and WQM plan amendments and revisions shall be prepared and submitted in hard copy in a format which is consistent with the Department's mapping standards at N.J.A.C. 7:1D Appendix A and shall be in New Jersey State Plane Feet using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), use 1:24,000 scale United States Geological Survey quadrangle maps as a base and shall meet "United States National Map Accuracy Standards," incorporated herein by reference as amended or updated, for that scale. The United States National Map Accuracy Standards were issued by the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, Revised June 1, 1947, and can be obtained at http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/nmas.html. Other maps at other scales may be provided as supplements. Mapping information for wastewater management plans shall also be submitted in digital form compatible with mapping standards at N.J.A.C. 7:1D Appendix A. The digital maps shall be accurate, at a minimum, to a scale of 1:12,000. The Department recommends that the creation of new digital mapping information for wastewater management plans be prepared in a format that conforms to the "New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System Mapping and Digital Data Standards" guidance document, as amended or updated. Guidance related to the mapping and digital data standards is available at the Department's website at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis. Each wastewater management plan shall include the following main maps in hard copy and in digital form, except digital maps in (b)3 below already generated by the Department in GIS do not have to submitted to the Department:

1. A map depicting the existing boundaries of the wastewater management plan area and the existing treatment works and wastewater service areas identified under N.J.A.C. 7:15-5.16(a)3 through 8;

2. A map depicting future DTW and wastewater service areas identified at the end of the 20-year period for urbanized municipalities, or at build-out for all other municipalities, under N.J.A.C. 7:15-5.18(c)1 through 5. Wherever feasible, the boundaries of future wastewater service areas shall coincide with recognizable geographic, political or environmental features depicted in Department GIS coverages used for the wastewater management plan. The existing boundaries of the wastewater management plan area shall also be depicted on any map under this paragraph; and

3. One or more maps depicting the existing boundaries of the wastewater management plan area, and the features identified under N.J.A.C. 7:15-5.17. This map shall also state that development in areas mapped as wetlands, flood prone areas, 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, Natural Heritage Priority Sites, riparian zones, steep slopes, or designated river areas may be subject to special regulation under Federal or State statutes or rules, and that interested persons should check with the Department for the latest information. Depiction of environmental features shall be for general information purposes only, and shall not be construed to define the legal geographic jurisdiction of such statutes or rules.

(c) Any other mapping required by N.J.A.C. 7:15-5.16 through 5.18, 5.24 and 5.25 may be included on one or more of the main maps listed in (b) above if the information is legible, or on other 1:24,000 scale maps.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:15-5.20