Section 58:10A-6.5 - Discharge of untreated, pre-treated wastewater, prohibited in certain municipalities.

NJ Rev Stat § 58:10A-6.5 (2019) (N/A)
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58:10A-6.5 Discharge of untreated, pre-treated wastewater, prohibited in certain municipalities.

2. a. The operator of a hazardous discharge site in the State that is: (1) situated within a municipality of the second class which is located within a county of the second class with a population density of 2,289.4 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census; (2) a former landfill; and (3) that is included on the National Priorities List of hazardous discharge sites adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," Pub.L.96-510 (42 U.S.C. s.9601 et seq.) shall not discharge any untreated or pre-treated wastewater into a publicly owned municipal treatment works for treatment and subsequent release into the waters of the State or into any municipal utility sewer line or storm drain line for subsequent release into the waters of the State.

b. The owner or operator of a publicly owned municipal treatment works or municipal utility sewer line or storm drain line shall not accept any untreated or pre-treated wastewater discharged from a former landfill in the State that is situated within a municipality of the second class which is located within a county of the second class with a population density of 2,289.4 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census and that is a hazardous discharge site included on the National Priorities List of hazardous discharge sites adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," Pub.L.96-510 (42 U.S.C. s.9601 et seq.).

L.2003,c.196,s.2.