NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<\/b>
\nLand Use Management
\nWater Monitoring and Standards<\/p>\n
Notice of Rule Proposal<\/strong> Public Notice<\/b> The Department is proposing to amend the SWQS at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.15(c) The proposal will be published in the New Jersey Register dated Comments should be submitted by February 18, 2005 to:
\nSurface Water Quality Standards N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.15, Classification
\nand Antidegradation Upgrade of Shark River<\/p>\n
\nTake notice that the New Jersey Department of Environmental
\nProtection (Department) is proposing amendments of the Surface
\nWater Quality Standards (SWQS), N.J.A.C. 7:9B. The SWQS govern
\nthe protection and enhancement of surface water quality and
\nresources of the State of New Jersey. The rules include stream
\nclassifications (comprised of a use classification and an antidegradation
\ndesignation), policies (including antidegradation policies),
\nand water quality criteria for conventional and toxic pollutants
\napplicable to all of the surface waters of the State. The SWQS
\nare intended to aid the Department’s implementation of the New
\nJersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules
\nat N.J.A.C. 7:14A, Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act rules
\nat N.J.A.C. 7:7A, Flood Hazard Area Control Act at N.J.A.C.
\n7:13-4, Stormwater Management rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8, and Water
\nQuality Management Planning rules at N.J.A.C. 7:15.<\/p>\n
\nto segment the non-tidal portion of Shark River from its source
\nto Remsen Mill Road and rename this segment as Shark River Brook.
\nIn addition, the Department is proposing to upgrade the antidegradation
\ndesignation of the Shark River Brook and its named and unnamed
\ntributaries from Category Two to Category One based on “exceptional
\nwater supply significance.” In addition, the Department
\nis proposing to delete the twofold fresh and saline use classifications,
\nFW2-TM\/SE1 and FW2-NT\/SE1 applicable to portions of the Shark
\nRiver Brook and Shark River based on the monitoring data available
\non the levels of salinity. As a result, the non tidal portion
\nof Shark River Brook from Route 33 to Remsen Mill Road is being
\nproposed for reclassification as freshwater (FW2) and the tidal
\nportion of the Shark River from Remsen Mill road to Atlantic
\nOcean is being proposed for reclassification as saline estuarine
\n(SE1). However, the use classifications based on the trout status
\n(FW2-TM and FW2-NT) applicable to the freshwater portion of
\nthe Shark River Brook remain the same.<\/p>\n
\nDecember 20, 2004. View the proposal<\/a> on the Water Monitoring and Standards
\nweb site.<\/p>\n
\nLeslie W. Ledogar, Esq.
\nAttn. DEP Docket Number 32-04-11\/432
\nNJDEP Office of Legal Affairs
\nP.O. Box 402
\nTrenton, NJ 08625-0402<\/p><\/blockquote>\n