[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:11-23 et seq., including N.J.S.A. 58:11-36,
there is hereby adopted N.J.A.C. 7:10-12.1 et seq., Standards for
the Construction of Public Noncommunity Water Systems and Nonpublic
Water Systems.
No person or corporation shall locate, construct, or alter any
public noncommunity or nonpublic water systems without the prior approval
of the Health Department.
A. Action on application. The Health
Department shall examine all applications for permits and approve
or deny in whole or in part the application within 20 business days.
If the application is denied in whole or in part the Health Department
shall set forth the reason therefor in writing. If the Health Department
fails to grant in whole or in part or deny an application within 20
days, such failure shall be deemed a denial of the application for
the purposes of an appeal as provided by law, unless such period of
time has been extended with the consent of the applicant.
B. Suspension of permit. Any permit
issued shall become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced
within nine months after the issuance of the permit. The Health Department
may consider an extension beyond the one-year period, on written application,
explaining the reason for the delay. Said extension, if granted, shall
not exceed three months commencing from the original date of termination.
C. Approved plans. The Department
of Health shall stamp or endorse in writing the approved plans. One
set of approved plans shall be retained by the Department of Health
and the other set shall be kept on the construction site open to inspection
to the Health Department or its authorized representative at all reasonable
times.
D. Revocation of permit. The Health
Department may revoke a permit or approval issued under the provision
of this article in case of any false statement or misrepresentation
of fact in the application or in the plans on which the permit or
approval was based.
E. Posting of permit. A true copy
of the permit shall be kept on the site of operations open to inspection
at all times until the work is completed.
F. Notice of start. At least 24
hours' notice of start of work under a water system permit shall be
given to the Health Department.
G. Conditions of permit. The issuance
of the water system permit shall be conditioned upon the following:
(1) The payment of appropriate
fees.
(2) That work will conform to
the approved application, plans and specifications for which the permit
has been issued, including prior approvals and any amendments thereto.
(3) That the permit is a license
to proceed with the work and shall not be construed as authority to
violate, cancel or amend any of the provisions of the regulations.
(4) That the owner, his agent,
contractor or other employees will assist the enforcing agency in
its inspection work, if requested.
There shall be a fee established as follows:
A. For the filing of an application and plans for a permit to locate, construct, or alter a public noncommunity or nonpublic water system, a fee as provided in Chapter
152, Fees, shall be charged.
B. For each reinspection of a public noncommunity or nonpublic water system or part thereof caused by the failure of the permittee to locate, construct, or alter the same in accordance with the terms of the permit issued or the terms of the code adopted by this article, an inspection fee as provided in Chapter
152, Fees, shall be charged.
New public noncommunity or nonpublic water systems shall not
be placed in operation, nor shall new dwellings or buildings or additions
thereto be sold or occupied which must rely on such a system for potable
water, until the Health Department shall have issued a certificate
indicating that such water system has been located and constructed
in compliance with the terms of the permit issued and the requirements
of the code adopted by this article. Issuance of such certificate
shall be required for alterations to an existing public noncommunity
or nonpublic water system.
No person shall own or operate a public noncommunity or nonpublic
water system which is designed, constructed, operated, or maintained
in a manner that will not provide potable water as defined in this
article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Board of Health shall have the right to order all further
work in and about any water supply system which is being erected or
installed in violation of this article to be stopped forthwith, except
such work as shall be necessary to remedy such violation, and thereafter
to continue such work without any violation of any of the provisions
of this article, and after the issuance of any such order and the
service of a copy thereof upon any person connected with or working
in and about the erection or installation of any such water supply
system, or any part thereof, no further work shall be done thereon
except as aforesaid, and any person or corporation who or which, after
having been served with a copy of such an order, shall do any work
or cause or permit any work to be done in or about the same, except
such as is hereinbefore provided, shall be liable to a penalty of
$200 for each offense and an additional penalty of $25 for each day
of continuance of violation after notice of the violation shall have
been given by the Board of Health, to be collected and enforced by
summary proceedings for the collection of penalties pursuant to the
Penalty Enforcement Law, N.J.S.A. 2A:58-10 et seq.