N.J. Admin. Code § 8:26-8.9

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

Section 8:26-8.9 - Recordkeeping

(a) Accurate and complete records shall be maintained and kept on the premises and shall be immediately available upon request by the health authority. Such records shall be kept for a minimum of three years, except those records related to deaths, injuries to the head, neck and spinal cord, and any injury rendering a person unconscious which shall be kept for 10 years, and shall include:

1. Water analyses results;

2. Sanitary survey records;

3. Daily number of bathers;

4. Copies of all necessary credentials of personnel associated with the public recreational bathing operation(s);

5. Accidents requiring external emergency services. The record shall include the victim's name, the date and time of accident, description of occurrence, action taken in response to the accident, and name of person on duty supervising the facility;

6. Deaths and/or drownings. The record shall include the name of the person, the date and time of the accident, a description of the occurrence, and action taken in response to the accident;

7. Inspection logs of recreational equipment;

8. Notifications to health authorities of water quality samples that did not meet microbiological, chemical, or physical water quality standards, and of public recreational bathing area closings and reopenings;

9. Non-microbiological water contamination events;

10. Floatable debris wash-up events; and

11. Checklist for Public Recreational Bathing Facilities, found at N.J.A.C. 8:26 Appendix E, incorporated herein by reference.

12. Requirements found at N.J.A.C. 8:26 Appendices C and D.

(b) The geometric mean shall be calculated as follows:

1. The Department of Environmental Protection calculates the geometric mean of the microbiological water quality for recreational bathing beaches that are sampled as part of the CCMP.

2. For bathing beaches that are not part of the CCMP program, the local health authority shall calculate the 30-day rolling geometric mean of the microbiological water quality samples taken during the season.

i. The geometric mean shall be calculated using the method codified at 40 CFR Part 131, incorporated herein by reference.

ii. The geometric mean shall be transmitted electronically, in a format specified by the Department, to the Department and the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department weekly at the end of the first 30-day period and weekly thereafter until the end of the season.

3. If the geometric mean indicates there is a chronic water quality problem at the bathing beach (defined as a geometric mean for ocean and bay waters of greater than 30 colony forming units (CFU) of enterococcus), or the bathing beach is closed after every rainfall, the local health authority shall conduct a sanitary survey to determine the source of the pollution.

4. If the geometric mean indicates there is a chronic water quality problem at the bathing beach (defined as a geometric mean for fresh water of greater than 100 colony forming units (CFU) of Escherichia coli), or the bathing beach is closed after every rainfall, the local health authority shall conduct a sanitary survey to determine the source of the pollution.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:26-8.9

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 481(b), effective 1/16/2018