N.J. Admin. Code § 7:1L-1.2
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Applicant" means the person in whose name a permit is to be issued.
"Completed application" means an application containing all of the information designated on the checklist adopted by the Department under 13:1D-101, for the class or category of permit for which an application is made.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Final action" means a decision to issue a permit, deny a permit, or conditionally issue a permit.
"License or certification fee" means any fee, assessment or other charge imposed by the Department in connection with the licensing or certification of any member of a regulated profession or occupation, or any person seeking to become a member of a regulated profession or occupation.
"Member of a regulated profession or occupation" means any person subject to regulation by licensure or certification by the Department pursuant to any law of this State.
"Permit" means any permit, registration or license issued by the Department, establishing the regulatory and management requirements for an ongoing regulated activity as authorized by federal law or the following State laws, as such laws are amended and supplemented:
1. The laws governing waterfront and harbor facilities, 12:5-1 through 11;
2. The Solid Waste Management Act, 13:1E-1 et seq., including without limitation 13:1E-5 and 26;
3. The Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act, 13:1E-48.1 through 48.25;
4. The laws governing leaf composting facilities, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.2 1a through 99.21f;
5. The Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.1 1 through 99.39, including without limitation 13:1E-99.21a through 99.21f;
6. The Pesticide Control Act of 1971, 13:1F-1 through 18;
7. The Industrial Site Recovery Act, 13:1K-6 through 13;
8. The Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act, 13:1K-19 through 32;
9. The Wetlands Act of 1970, 13:9A-1 through 10;
10. The Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, 13:9B-1 through 30;
11. The Coastal Area Facility Review Act, 13:19-1 through 21;
12. The Air Pollution Control Act, 26:2C-1 through 19.5;
13. The Water Supply Management Act, 58:1A-1 through 17;
14. The laws governing well drillers and pump installers, 58:4A-5 through 28;
15. The Water Pollution Control Act, 58:10A-1 through 14.6;
16. The laws governing the underground storage of hazardous substances, 58:10A-21 through 37;
17. The Safe Drinking Water Act; 58:12A-1 through 25; and
18. The Flood Hazard Area Control Act, 58:16A-50 through 66.
"Permit application fee" or "fee" means any fee, assessment or other charge imposed by the Department for a permit.
"Person" means any individual or entity.
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:1L-1.2