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| Chief: Mary Jo Aiello
Phone: (609) 633-3823
FAX: (609) 984-7938 |
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NJDEP-DWQ
Bureau of Pretreatment & Residuals
401 E. State St.
P.O. Box 029
Trenton, NJ 08625-0029 |
The Bureau of Pretreatment and Residuals (BPR) is responsible for the
following activities:
Pretreatment Programs
The Pretreatment Program is intended to protect local agency sewage treatment plants from non-domestic wastewater which may interfere with treatment processes, contaminate sewage sludge, or pass through sewage treatment plants. Pretreatment Programs are administered by the Department and by Delegated Local Agencies.
- Delegated Local Agency Service Areas: The Department was delegated the responsibility for the pretreatment program from EPA and has approved 24 local pretreatment programs. BPR oversees the implementation of pretreatment programs by delegated local agencies which issue SIU Permits to their users. The oversight function includes (i) conducting annual audits of the delegated local agency's pretreatment program, (ii) reviewing federal annual reports and state annual reports submitted by delegated local agencies, and (iii) providing technical assistance to delegated local agencies. The audit and the annual report include information on the local agency's treatment plant operations, NJPDES permit compliance, and sludge quality which allows the bureau to determine the pretreatment program's success.
- Non Delegated Areas: BPR itself issues NJPDES/SIU permits for discharges into publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) of local agencies that do not have approved pretreatment programs. This function was delegated to New Jersey by the EPA as a component of the state's pretreatment program. These permits take into consideration plant protection, local agency compliance with NJPDES permit(s), and sludge quality criteria.
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Residuals Management
Wastewater treatment plants receive untreated wastewater (influent) from the surrounding community and, through a series of physical, chemical and biological processes, 1) reclaim water for discharge back into surface or ground waters, and 2) generate residuals (often called sludge, sewage sludge or, when properly treated, biosolids).
The Bureau of Pretreatment and Residuals is responsible for regulating the residuals management activities of domestic and industrial treatment works. The Bureau also regulates certain entities that accept residuals from residuals generators for the purpose of transportation, storage, transfer processing and/or ultimate management. Bureau responsibilities include oversight of New Jersey's Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations, of the Standards for the Use or Disposal of Residuals, and of the Statewide Sludge Management Plan.
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Regulatory Citations
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