Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 58, WATERS AND WATER SUPPLY

    Chapter 11:

      Section: 58:11-53: Enforcement by agencies; application by users; rules and regulations; inspection

           For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the municipalities, authorities, commissions, or any public bodies or agencies, owning, operating or controlling, separately or jointly, any public sewage treatment plant shall:

a. Require that any person, corporation, or municipality desiring to make any sewage connection or discharge or continue to discharge sewage which includes or consists of industrial wastes into such public sewage treatment plant make application therefor in writing on forms provided by said municipality, authority, commission, or other public body or agency;

b. Adopt rules and regulations setting forth the information required to be stated in the application aforesaid, in order to provide full information as to the quantity, character and composition of any sewage which may be discharged into the public sewage treatment plant, and establishing requirements and procedures for prompt amendment of said application in the event of significant changes in the quantity, character or composition of such sewage.

c. Make or cause to be made inspection of the discharging facilities of any person, corporation, or municipality who may be discharging sewage or permitting sewage to be discharged into sewerage systems under its jurisdiction, in order to determine compliance with the pretreatment standards set by the department.

L.1972, c. 42, s. 5, eff. June 1, 1972.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:57.

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