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application deficiencies

	Treatment Works Approvals (TWAs)
	Surface Water Discharges-Industrial
	Surface Water Discharges-Municipal
	Groundwater Discharges
	Significant Indirect User (SIU)

Administrative Deficiencies

• The applicant listed on the TWA-1 Form is incorrect. The applicant should be the entity that will eventually own and operate the proposed treatment works.

• Signatures on the TWA-1, WQM-003, and WQM-006 forms are older than 1 year and/or are not original.

• The application fee is not included with the application or is calculated incorrectly.

• Notifications to the Local Planning Board and Environmental Commission are not included (certified mail - return receipt requested).

• Engineering documents are not signed and sealed.

Technical Deficiencies

• Gravity sewer lines are designed below minimum slope requirements or are oversized to circumvent the need for a pump station and force main.

• The Engineer's Report (Form WQM-006) and the final construction plans are inconsistent.

• The site plan is incomplete (for example, plans do not show existing sanitary sewer lines, water mains, storm sewers, stream crossings, etc.).

• The design flow calculation is inconsistent with Department requirements and/or greater than the amount of flow approved by the owner of the receiving wastewater treatment facility.

• The engineering design deviates from the Department's requirements and adequate justification is not provided.

Treatment Works Approvals are issued by the Bureau of Financing and Construction Permits at (609) 984-6840, and by the Bureau of Permit Management (609) 984-4428.

• A statement of Consent (WQM-003) is not obtained from the affected local authorities.

• Signatures on the NJPDES-001/Form L are not dated and original.

• An accurate process flow diagram with water balance (line drawing) as required under item 3. of NJPDES-001/Form L is missing.

• Production information (if required under item 7 on NJPDES-001/Form L) is not accurate or does not reflect any planned future activities at the facility.

• Data for all required pollutants is not listed under items 10A, 10B, 10C, and 10D on NJPDES-001/Form L.

• Required attachments under items 11, 12, and 13 of NJPDES-001/Form L are not included.

• Applicable Federal Categorical Pretreatment standards are not identified.

• A Sewer Use Ordinance, identifying local effluent limits or agreements with the receiving local authority, is not included.

Program Contacts: Nil Naik and Gary Torres, Bureau of Pretreatment and Residuals - (609) 633-3823

• Items requested on the application forms are left blank. All information requested should be provided. If a particular item does not apply, please indicate "not applicable."

• All signatures on forms are not dated.

• The design flow should be listed under item 8a, NJPDES Form A, not the metered effluent flows which are entered in 8b & 8c.

• Data for all pollutants are not listed on NJDEP Form C.

• Plot plans don't clearly show all of the facility's outfalls.

Questions regarding the submission of Surface Water Discharge Permits should be directed to the Bureaus of Point Source Permitting 1 at (609) 633-3869 or 2 at (609) 292-4860.

• The applicant listed on the NJPDES-1 Form is incorrect. The applicant should be the entity that will eventually own and operate the wastewater treatment system and disposal area.

• Signatures on the NJPDES-1 and WQM-003 are older than one year and/or are not original.

• Proof that the proposed project is consistent with the applicable Water Quality Management Plan is missing. Consistency Determinations are issued by the Office of Land and Water Planning (609-633-1179).

• The soil borings are not advanced to the required minimum depth of 20 feet or to bedrock, whichever is shallower.

• Permeability determinations for each disposal area are inadequate. (Some applicants fail to document the methodology, field notes and results of permeability tests conducted on-site.)

• The ground water mounding analysis is deficient or missing. The model must be run assuming peak flow during seasonal high water table conditions. The applicant must submit the method and supporting documents for a model which demonstrates adequate hydraulic performance of the proposed disposal areas.

• The applicant is not planning to achieve ground water quality standards prior to discharge, and has not provided an adequate dilution model. The model must quantify the characteristics and delineate the boundaries of the wastewater plume, while accounting for initial piezometric conditions and background water quality. All pertinent hydrogeologic characteristics of the site should also be submitted.

NJPDES-DGW Permits for facilities which have an operational discharge of sanitary or industrial wastewater are issued by the Bureau of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control which can be reached at (609) 292-0407.

If you have or need a DGW permit, the table below will direct your inquiries to the appropriate department group.