{"id":1622,"date":"2021-12-06T15:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T20:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/?page_id=1622"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:19:21","slug":"090506a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/notice-of-rule-proposal-archive\/090506a\/","title":{"rendered":"090506a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<br \/>\n<\/b>Environmental Regulation<br \/>\nDivision of Water Quality<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice of Rule Proposal<\/strong><br \/>\nNew Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System \u2013 N.J.A.C.<br \/>\n7:14A<\/p>\n<p><b>Public Notice<\/b><br \/>\nTake notice that the NJ Department of Environmental<br \/>\nProtection is proposing new rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-21, Requirements<br \/>\nfor Indirect Users.\u00a0 The proposed new rules are intended<br \/>\nto significantly reduce mercury released to the environment<br \/>\nby dental facilities.\u00a0 The proposed new rules would, under<br \/>\nmost circumstances, exempt a dental facility from the requirement<br \/>\nto obtain an individual permit for its discharge to a POTW,<br \/>\nif it (i) implements best management practices (BMPs) for the<br \/>\nhandling of dental amalgam waste, and (ii) installs and properly<br \/>\noperates an amalgam separator.\u00a0 These measures are expected<br \/>\nto prevent 99 percent of the mercury wastes from being sent<br \/>\nto the POTW.\u00a0 The facility would have one year from the<br \/>\neffective date of the rule to implement the BMPs, and two years<br \/>\nto install the separator.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated September<br \/>\n5, 2006.\u00a0 A <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/090506a.pdf\">copy of the proposal is available<br \/>\nfrom the DEP web site<\/a><span class=\"specialNote\">(PDF)<\/span> or<br \/>\nby contacting Mr. James Murphy, rule manager, at NJ Department of Environmental<br \/>\nProtection, Division of Water Quality-Bureau of Pretreatment and Residuals, 401<br \/>\nEast State Street, P.O. Box 029, Trenton, NJ 08625-0029 or by telephone at (609)<br \/>\n633-3823.\u00a0 An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official copy<br \/>\nmay also be obtained from LexisNexis Customer Service<\/a> at (800) 223-1944. \u00a0Be<br \/>\nadvised that there may be a fee for obtaining a copy of the proposal from some<br \/>\nsources.<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing(s) concerning the proposal is scheduled as<br \/>\nfollows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>October<br \/>\n11, 2006 at 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM<br \/>\n(or<br \/>\nuntil the end of comments, whichever comes first)<br \/>\nNJ<br \/>\nDepartment of Environmental Protection<br \/>\n1st<br \/>\nFloor Public Hearing Room<br \/>\n401<br \/>\nEast State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Written comments may be submitted by November 4, 2006 to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>NJ<br \/>\nDepartment of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nAlice<br \/>\nA. Previte, Esq.<br \/>\nATTN:<br \/>\nDEP Docket No. 11-06-08\/563<br \/>\nOffice<br \/>\nof Legal Affairs<br \/>\nPO<br \/>\nBox 402<br \/>\nTrenton,<br \/>\nNew Jersey 08625<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Environmental Regulation Division of Water Quality Notice of Rule Proposal New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System \u2013 N.J.A.C. 7:14A Public Notice Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing new rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-21, Requirements for Indirect Users.\u00a0 The proposed new rules are intended to significantly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1622","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4070,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1622\/revisions\/4070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}