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"National Primary Drinking Water Regulations" means the regulations promulgated by the USEPA at 40 CFR 141, together with all amendments and supplements.

"National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations" means the regulations promulgated by the USEPA at 40 CFR 143, together with all amendments and supplements.

"New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System rules" or "NJPDES rules" means the rules promulgated by the Department at N.J.A.C. 7:l4A, together with all amendments and supplements. The NJPDES rules govern the Department's system for issuing, modifying, suspending, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing discharge permits pursuant to the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act.

"New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act Regulations" means the regulations promulgated by the Department at N.J.A.C. 7:10, together with all amendments and supplements. The rules implement the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act, N.J.A.C. 58:12A-1 et seq.

"NIST" means the National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards.

"NJWPCA" or "New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act" means N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq., together with all amendments and supplements.

"nm" means nanometer, one millionth of a millimeter, in the Metric System.

"N.M.A.T. (no measurable acute toxicity) definitive toxicity test" means, for Acute Toxicity Testing, a short-term toxicity test designed to measure compliance with NJPDES permit limitations of "no measurable acute toxicity."

"Non-transient non-community water system" means a public water system that is not a community water system and that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons over 6 months per year.