THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE …

1 THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT S rules ARE COMPILED IN TITLE 7 OF THE NEW jersey ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 7:9A 1 7:9A STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS Statutory authority: 13:1D-1 et seq.; 26:3A2-21 et seq.; 58:10A-1 et seq., including 58:10A-16 ; 58:11-23 et seq. Date last amended: April 2, 2012 For regulatory history and effective dates see the New jersey Administrative Code THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT S rules ARE COMPILED IN TITLE 7 OF THE NEW jersey ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 7:9A 2 7:9A STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS Table of Contents SUBCHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 6 7 PURPOSE .. 6 7 SCOPE .. 6 7 CONSTRUCTION OF 6 7 PRACTICE WHERE rules DO NOT GOVERN .. 6 7 SEVERABILITY .. 6 7 GENERAL PROHIBITIONS.

2 6 7 PENALTIES .. 8 7 LIMITATIONS .. 8 SUBCHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS .. 8 7 DEFINITIONS .. 8 SUBCHAPTER 3. ADMINISTRATION .. 21 7 ORDINANCES .. 21 7 NEW SYSTEM DESIGN APPROVALS .. 22 7 EXISTING SYSTEMS .. 22 7 NONCOMPLIANT SYSTEMS .. 23 7 PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT OR ALTER .. 25 7 WITNESSING OF SOIL EVALUATION AND TESTING .. 27 7 MODIFICATION OF PLANS .. 27 7 PINELANDS AREA APPROVALS .. 27 7 TREATMENT WORKS APPROVAL .. 27 7 NJPDES PERMITS .. 28 7 EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS .. 29 7 HOLDING TANKS .. 29 7 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE .. 29 7 NOTIFICATION OF PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES .. 30 7 RECORDS .. 31 7 OTHER SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL UNITS .. 31 7 SYSTEM PROFESSIONALS .. 32 7 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION OF SEWERAGE FACILITIES SERVING SUBDIVISIONS INVOLVING 50 OR MORE REALTY IMPROVEMENTS.

3 33 7 ENTRY AND INSPECTION .. 34 7 HEARING PROCEDURES .. 35 SUBCHAPTER 4 SITE EVALUATION AND SYSTEM LOCATION .. 35 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SITE EVALUATION AND SYSTEM 35 THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT S rules ARE COMPILED IN TITLE 7 OF THE NEW jersey ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 7:9A 3 7 LOCATION GENERALLY .. 35 7 DISTANCES .. 36 7 SLOPE .. 37 7 SURFACE DRAINAGE .. 37 7 SURFACE 38 7 FRESHWATER WETLANDS .. 39 7 AREA RESERVED FOR SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL .. 41 SUBCHAPTER 5. DETERMINATION OF SOIL SUITABILITY .. 41 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SOIL SUITABILITY .. 41 7 REQUIREMENTS FOR SOIL PROFILE PITS AND BORINGS .. 41 7 TERMINOLOGY REQUIRED FOR SOIL LOGS .. 43 7 CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF SOIL SUITABILITY CLASSES .. 45 7 ROCK SUBSTRATA .. 45 7 EXCESSIVELY COARSE HORIZONS AND SUBSTRATA.

4 46 7 HYDRAULICALLY RESTRICTIVE HORIZONS AND SUBSTRATA .. 46 7 CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION OF ZONES OF SATURATION .. 47 7 HYDRAULIC HEAD TEST .. 48 7 DISTURBED GROUND .. 49 SUBCHAPTER 6. PERMEABILITY TESTING .. 51 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR PERMEABILITY TESTING .. 51 7 TUBE PERMEAMETER TEST .. 54 7 SOIL PERMEABILITY CLASS RATING .. 58 7 PERCOLATION TEST .. 60 7 PIT-BAILING TEST .. 62 7 PIEZOMETER TEST .. 64 7 BASIN FLOODING TEST .. 66 SUBCHAPTER 7. GENERAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 67 7 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS .. 67 7 CONSTRUCTION .. 67 7 TYPE OF 67 7 VOLUME OF SANITARY SEWAGE .. 68 7 SEPARATE DISPOSAL OF GREYWATER AND BLACKWATER .. 71 7 TYPE OF SYSTEM .. 71 7 BUILDING SEWER .. 72 SUBCHAPTER 8. PRETREATMENT UNITS .. 72 7 GREASE REMOVAL AND HIGH STRENGTH WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT COMPONENTS .. 72 7 SEPTIC TANKS.

5 73 THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT S rules ARE COMPILED IN TITLE 7 OF THE NEW jersey ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 7:9A 4 7 ADVANCED WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT COMPONENTS .. 77 SUBCHAPTER 9. EFFLUENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS .. 79 7 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFLUENT DISTRIBUTION .. 79 7 DOSING TANKS .. 80 7 CONNECTING AND DELIVERY PIPES .. 83 7 DISTRIBUTION BOXES .. 84 7 LATERALS; GRAVITY DISTRIBUTION .. 85 7 PRESSURE DOSING NETWORKS .. 85 7 DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR PRESSURE DOSING SYSTEMS .. 86 7 PRODUCTS IN LIEU OF LATERALS AND/OR FILTER MATERIAL .. 88 SUBCHAPTER 10. DISPOSAL FIELDS .. 89 7 GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPOSAL FIELDS .. 89 7 DISPOSAL FIELD SIZING REQUIREMENTS .. 93 7 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR CONVENTIONAL DISPOSAL FIELD INSTALLATIONS .. 96 7 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR SOIL REPLACEMENT DISPOSAL FIELD INSTALLATIONS.

6 98 7 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MOUNDED DISPOSAL FIELD INSTALLATIONS .. 99 7 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MOUNDED SOIL REPLACEMENT DISPOSAL FIELD INSTALLATIONS 101 7 INTERCEPTOR DRAINS .. 101 7 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIP DISPERSAL .. 103 TABLE DRIP DISPERSAL AREA LOADING RATES .. 109 SUBCHAPTER 11. SEEPAGE PITS .. 109 7 SITE/SOIL REQUIREMENTS .. 109 7 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS .. 109 7 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS .. 110 SUBCHAPTER 12. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .. 111 7 SYSTEM 111 7 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE .. 111 7 MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR SYSTEMS INCORPORATING ADVANCED WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT DEVICES .. 112 7 [RESERVED] .. 113 7 [RESERVED] .. 113 7 SYSTEM INSPECTION PROTOCOL FOR INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED DURING REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER 113 7 SYSTEM TESTING .. 114 7 ABANDONED 114 SUBCHAPTER 13. CRITICAL AREAS.

7 115 7 IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL AREAS .. 115 7 ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITICAL AREAS .. 115 THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT S rules ARE COMPILED IN TITLE 7 OF THE NEW jersey ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 7:9A 5 APPENDIX A - FIGURES .. 117 APPENDIX B STANDARD FORMS FOR SUBMISSION OF SOILS/ENGINEERING DATA .. 143 APPENDIX C UNIFORM PLACEMENT OF PERCOLATION TESTS .. 153 APPENDIX D SOIL SUITABILITY CLASSIFICATION OF NEW jersey SOILS .. 156 APPENDIX E. SYSTEM INSPECTION PROTOCOL .. 166 APPENDIX F: INDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL INSPECTION REPORTING FORM 170 THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT S rules ARE COMPILED IN TITLE 7 OF THE NEW jersey ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 7:9A 6 Subchapter 1. General Provisions 7 Purpose (a) The purpose of this chapter is to: 1. Prevent pollution of the waters of the State that results from improper location, design, construction, installation, alteration, operation or maintenance of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems; 2.

8 Provide standards for the proper location, design, construction, installation, alteration, repair and operation of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems; 3. Protect the public health and safety and the environment; 4. Protect potable water supplies; and 5. Safeguard fish and aquatic life and ecological values. 7 Scope (a) This chapter prescribes standards for the location, design, construction, installation, alteration, repair and operation of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems. (b) Except as otherwise provided by 58:11-25 or in 7:14A, the following shall constitute the rules of the New jersey Department of Environmental Protection for all individual subsurface sewage disposal systems with an expected volume of sanitary sewage less than or equal to 2,000 gpd and shall be regarded as the minimum uniform standards, in force throughout the State, governing individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.

9 Different requirements or specifications for individual subsurface sewage disposal systems may be set forth in a treatment works approval, general NJPDES permit or individual NJPDES permit as provided at 7:14A. 7 Construction of rules (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed to permit the Department to discharge its statutory functions. (b) All appendices attached to this chapter are incorporated into this chapter and are made a part hereof. 7 Practice where rules do not govern The Commissioner, or any other appropriate management employee within the Department, shall exercise his or her discretion in respect to any matters not governed by this chapter. 7 Severability If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this chapter, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.

10 7 General prohibitions (a) A person shall not install, construct, alter or repair an individual subsurface sewage disposal system without first obtaining the necessary permits, approvals or certifications as required by this chapter. (b) An administrative authority shall not issue an approval, permit or certification for installation, construction, alteration, or repair of an individual subsurface sewage disposal system where such installation, construction, alteration or repair will violate or otherwise not be in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (c) The construction, installation or operation of a subsurface sewage disposal system to serve more than one property is prohibited unless a treatment works approval and/or a NJPDES permit has been issued by the Department. THIS IS A COURTESY COPY OF THIS RULE. ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT S rules ARE COMPILED IN TITLE 7 OF THE NEW jersey ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.