{"id":1714,"date":"2021-12-09T08:42:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/?page_id=1714"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:58:34","slug":"070708b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/notice-of-rule-proposal-archive\/070708b\/","title":{"rendered":"070708b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<\/b><br \/>\nENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION<br \/>\nDivision of Water Quality<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice of Rule Proposal <\/strong><br \/>\nLicensing of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Operators &#8211; N.J.A.C. 7:10A<\/p>\n<p><b>Public Notice<\/b><br \/>\nTake notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is proposing to readopt with amendments the Licensing of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Operators rules, N.J.A.C. 7:10A. \u00a0The Department also proposes related amendments to the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.12. \u00a0The amendments to the rules pertain to requirements for training contact hours (TCH) for operator license renewal; the requirements for testing; the extension of time for license renewal to active duty military personnel and licensed operators who are undergoing a hardship; the duties and responsibilities of licensed operators; a new provision stating that Very Small Water System (VSWS) licensed operators wishing to operate more than 10 systems must submit a written request to the Department for approval; and changes in the fee schedule for application fees, initial license fees, annual license fees and late renewal fees.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is scheduled to be published in the July 7, 2008 New Jersey Register.\u00a0 A <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/070708b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">copy of the proposal<\/a> <span class=\"specialNote\">(PDF) <\/span>is available on the Department\u2019s web site, by contacting Gautam R. Patel, Rule Manager at (609) 984-6840, or LexisNexis Customer Service at (800) 223-1944 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Be advised that there may be a fee for obtaining a copy of the proposal from some sources.<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing concerning the proposal is scheduled as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 10:00 am until close of testimony<br \/>\nNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection<br \/>\n401 East Street<br \/>\n1st Floor Hearing Room<br \/>\nTrenton, NJ 08625<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Written comments may be submitted until September 5, 2008 to:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nAlice A. Previte, Esq.<br \/>\nATTN: DEP Docket No. 06-08-05\/621<br \/>\nOffice of Legal Affairs<br \/>\nPO Box 402<br \/>\n401 East State Street \u2013 4th Floor<br \/>\nTrenton, New Jersey 08625<\/p>\n<\/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 Licensing of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Operators &#8211; N.J.A.C. 7:10A Public Notice Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is proposing to readopt with amendments the Licensing of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Operators rules, [&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-1714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714","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=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4047,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714\/revisions\/4047"}],"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=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}