Answer: Pollutants levels arriving from the land area that drains to the waterbody are too high and need to be reduced to a “healthy” quantity.
Answer: A TMDL Look-Up Tool is available that allows the user to quickly identify if an approved TMDL is associated with surface waters within or bordering their municipality.
To access the New Jersey TMDLs List and Reports, CLICK HERE. *To FIND a specific TMDL click Crtl+F (for pc) Apple+F (for mac).
Answer: A TMDL is "proposed" when the Department publishes the TMDL Report as a proposed Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) amendment in the New Jersey Register (NJR) for public review and comment. Following the public comment period, the Department prepares a response to comments and any required revisions to the TMDL. The revised document with response to comments is “established” upon submittal to EPA for review. Following EPA’s review and approval process, the TMDL is deemed “approved” and can then be “adopted” as an amendment to the WQMP.
Answer: When wasteload allocations are assigned to wastewater treatment plants, the permittee is assigned effluent limits that are consistent with the TMDL upon permit renewal. Non-regulatory measures include best practices for agricultural land use, riparian restoration, and promoting watershed stewardship activities such as rain gardens and rain barrels. For more information on nonpoint source pollutant reduction efforts visit the department’s Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control page. For information on water quality restoration grants aimed at nonpoint pollution, click here.
Answer: Public participation, by stakeholders, is a valuable part of TMDL development and can be beneficial at various stages throughout the process. For example, local knowledge of water quality conditions and/or potential pollutant sources can influence TMDL monitoring designs. In addition, local water monitoring data can assist in developing a more accurate water quality model. Stakeholder input during the TMDL publication phase can help refine the final report as well as identify appropriate fixes to improve and restore water quality.
303(d) — 303(d) List of Water Quality Limited Waters
As — Arsenic
BEARs — Bureau of Environmental Analysis, Restoration and Standards
BMP — Best Management Practice
CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
CWA — Clean Water Act
DO —Dissolved Oxygen
FC — Fecal Coliform
Hg — Mercury
HUC — Hydrologic Unit Code
HUC14 — NJ’s smallest delineated watershed/assessment unit. NJ has 958 HUC14s labeled using a 14-digit numbering system
LA — Load Allocation
MEG — Model Evaluation Group
MOS — Margin of Safety
MS4 — municipal separate storm sewer systems
Ni — Nickel
N.J.A.C. —New Jersey Administrative Code
NJPDES — New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NJR — New Jersey Register
NPS — Nonpoint Source
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PS — Point Source
QAPP — Quality Assurance Project Plan
RC — Reserve Capacity
SWQS — Surface Water Quality Standards
TC — Total Coliform
TMDL — Total Maximum Daily Load
TP — Total Phosphorus
TSS — Total Suspended Solids
USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
