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Bureau of Environmental Analysis, Restoration and Standards
Technical Support and Archived Documents (by program)
Below are links to various technical support and
other documents related to the development and administration of the Surface
Water Quality Standards Program, the Ground
Water Quality Standards Program, and Water
Quality Assessment Program, and Nonpoint Source/319(h) Grant Program. Technical support documents related
to New Jersey's Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) are available
through the New Jersey TMDL link at https://www.state.nj.us/dep/wms/bears/tmdls.html.
Surface Water Quality Standards
- An
Evaluation of NJDEP’s Category One Antidegradation Designation
Process (NJDEP, 2012)
- 2010
Nutrient Criteria Enhancement Plan Progress Report (NJDEP,
2011)
- Basis
and Background for Ammonia Criteria (December 2000)
- Biological
Condition Gradient for Tiered Aquatic Life Uses in New
Jersey (USEPA, 2005)
- Biological
Nutrient Removal Processes and Costs (USEPA, 2007)
- Derivation
of New Jersey-Specific Wildlife Values as Surface Water
Quality Criteria (USEPA,
2001)
Final
Nutrient Criteria Enhancement Plan (NJDEP, 2009)
- List
of References on Riparian Zones
- Nutrient
Control Design Manual State of Technology Review
Report (Cadmus Group for USEPA, 2009)
- Proposed Revision of the New Jersey Water Quality
Standards for Cyanide in Saltwater (PVSC, 2007)
- Revised
Methodology for Deriving Health-Based Ambient Water Quality
Criteria (USEPA, 2000)
Statewide
Nutrient Removal Cost Impact Study (CH2M Hill for Utah Division of Water Quality, 2010)
- Technical
Information Related to Developing a Saltwater Nickel Addendum
to the Ambient Water Quality Criteria Document (BCUA, 2003)
- Technological Feasibility of Proposed Water Quality
Criteria for New Jersey (USEPA, 2005)
- Development of Site-specific Copper Criteria for the NY/NJ Harbor Complex Using the Indicator Species Procedure (USEPA, 1994)
- Use
Attainability Analysis of The New York Harbor Complex (NJDEP,
June 1985)
- USFWS
Biological Opinion Document (USFWS, 1996)
- General
Counsel Opinion: Certification and Permitting of Dischargers
Located on Waters Forming Boundaries Between States (1978)
Links to unofficial versions of proposed and adopted rule amendments
from 2002 through the present are provided in the table below.
These include several amendments to upgrade waters to Category
One designation. Information about obtaining an official copy of these documents as printed in the New Jersey Register is available at http://www.nj.gov/dep/legal/get_rule.htm.
Proposed |
Adopted/Effective Date |
Description |
Map |
November
18, 2002 |
May
19, 2003 |
Category One Upgrades* |
View
Map |
January
6, 2003 |
November
3, 2003 |
Trout Water Reclassification |
View
Map |
November
3, 2003 |
August
2, 2004 |
Category One Upgrades* |
View
Map |
December
20, 2004 |
June
20, 2005 |
Category One Upgrades* |
View
Map |
September
19, 2005 |
October
16, 2006 |
Rule Amendments |
View
Map |
May 21, 2007 |
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Category One Upgrades* |
View Map |
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Readoption with Amendments** |
n/a |
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Amended Nutrient Policies and Criteria |
n/a |
n/a |
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Administrative Corrections |
n/a |
n/a |
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Readoption without change via administrative notice |
n/a |
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*In 1985, the Department amended the Surface
Water Quality Standards (SWQS) at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.15 to
upgrade certain surface waters of the State to Category One.
While most of New Jersey's Category One waters were designated
under these amendments, no specific basis for these upgrades
was documented. Between 1985 and 2002, the Department
designated more surface waters of the State as Category One.
These upgrades were based on their value as trout production
(FW2-TP) waters. Since 2002, the Department has promulgated
several more amendments to the SWQS to upgrade the stream
classification and antidegradation designations of additional
waters of the State based on exceptional ecological
significance or exceptional water supply significance. More
information on Category
One upgrades is available on the Department's Web site,
along with maps of the stream classifications corresponding to
each change to the stream classifications. Additional
information on the Category
One rulemaking actions, including the process for changing
stream classifications is also available on the Web site. |
Click here for information about obtaining an official copy of the SWQS rules. |
Ground Water Quality Standards
Links to unofficial versions of proposed and adopted rule amendments, basis and background documents,
and administrative changes from 1992 through the present are provided in the table
below. Information about obtaining an official copy of these documents as printed in the New Jersey Register is available at http://www.nj.gov/dep/legal/get_rule.htm.
Proposed |
Adopted/Promulgated |
Description |
Basis and Background |
January 21, 1992 (see 24 NJ.R. 181) |
January 7, 1993
(see 25 N.J.R, 464) |
Adopted Repeal and New Rules: N.J.A.C. 7:9-6 |
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Readoption and Recodification with Amendments |
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n/a |
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Administrative Change |
n/a |
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Amendments to Antidegradation
Provisions |
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n/a |
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Special Adoption of Amendments via Site Remediation Program rules |
n/a |
n/a |
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Administrative Corrections via Site Remediation Program rules |
n/a |
n/a |
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Readoption without change via administrative notice |
n/a |
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Amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:9C-1.7 and Appendix Table 1 |
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n/a |
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Administrative Change |
n/a |
*The 2008 GWQS rule amendments were adopted as a companion to the 2008 Water Quality
Management Planning (WQMP) Rule amendments at N.J.A.C. 7:15. The basis
and background document is a technical support
document for the WQMP rules, entitled "Nitrate
as a Surrogate for Assessing Impact of Development Using
Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems on Ground Water
Quality" (NJDEP, 2007). This document provides the
scientific basis for the Department's proposal to establish
nitrate as a surrogate for the large number of constituents in
wastewater effluent discharged to ground water, which can
occur in variable concentrations and are subject to numerous
fate/transport responses after discharge, and the
establishment of 2 mg/L as the statewide average existing
ambient concentration of nitrate in ground water. |
Interim Specific Ground Water Quality Criteria, PQLs, and GWQS for Class II Ground Water
Interim specific ground water quality criteria (ISGWQC), interim practical quantitation levels (IPQLs), and interim specific ground water quality standards (ISGWQS) were established by the Department between 2005 and 2015 for constituents not listed in Appendix Table 1 but for which sufficient information was available to determine the human health risk and derive an appropriate toxicity factor. These ISGWQC were established to assure that public health and the environment were protected in the most expeditious fashion once a concern was identified, usually in response to cleanup of a contaminated site. Interim practical quantitation levels (PQLs) were derived that represent the lowest concentration of a constituent that could be reliably achieved among certified laboratories within specified limits of precision and accuracy during routine laboratory operating conditions (i.e., the lowest quantifiable concentration). The higher of the interim ground water quality criterion and the interim PQL served as the constituent standard for each of these constituents in Class II until they were replaced with specific ground water quality standards in the adopted amendments published on January 16, 2018. All constituent standards for Class II ground water are as shown in Appendix Table 1 and Appendix Table 2 of the Ground Water Quality Standards.
Former Interim
Specific Ground Water Quality Criteria, PQLs, and GWQS for Constituents in Class II Ground Water
(in micrograms per liter (μg/L), which is equivalent to parts per billion (ppb))
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Fact
Sheet |
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caprolactam |
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3500 |
5000 |
5,000 |
2/11/08 |
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1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane |
75-68-3 |
100,000 |
500 |
100,000 |
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cobalt |
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100 |
0.5 |
100 |
2/11/08 |
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cresols (mixed
isomers) |
95-48-7
108-39-4
106-44-5 |
50 |
0.1 |
50 |
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1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane |
1717-00-6 |
500 |
30 |
500 |
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dichlormid |
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600 |
50 |
600 |
2/11/08 |
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4,6-dinitro-o-cresol |
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0.7 |
1 |
1 |
2/11/08 |
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1,4-dioxane |
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0.4 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
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diphenyl
ether |
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100 |
10 |
100 |
2/11/08 |
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2-ethyl-1-hexanol |
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200 |
0.5 |
200 |
2/11/08 |
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hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
(RDX) |
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0.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2/11/08 |
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2-hexanone |
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300 |
1 |
300 |
2/11/08 |
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metolachlor |
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100 |
0.5 |
100 |
2/11/08 |
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2-(2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy)
propionic acid (MCPP) |
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7 |
0.5 |
7 |
2/11/08 |
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2-methylnaphthalene |
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30 |
10 |
30 |
2/11/08 |
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perchlorate |
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2.7 |
5 |
3/26/07 |
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perfluorononanoic acid
(PFNA) |
375-95-1 |
0.01 |
0.003 |
0.01 |
11/25/15 |
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strontium |
7440-24-6 |
1500 |
5 |
2,000 |
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1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane
(Freon 113) |
76-13-1 |
20,000 |
0.3 |
20,000 |
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1,1,1-trifluoroethane |
420-46-2 |
5000 |
60 |
5,000 |
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2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) |
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1 |
0.3 |
1 |
2/11/08 |
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tricresyl phosphate (mixed
isomers) |
1330-78-5
563-04-2
78-32-0 |
3 |
0.1 |
3 |
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tri-ortho-cresyl
phosphate |
78-30-8 |
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Explanation of terms:
- CASRN stands for Chemical Abstract Services Registry Number (Chemical Abstract Services Registry website at http://www.cas.org/content/chemical-substances/faqs#q1)
- Effective date is the date that the ISGWQS became effective as a new/revised constituent standard.
- Fact Sheet: This column links to a fact sheet summarizing the scientific basis for the ISGWQC, the IPQL, and the ISGWQS, using standard methods (see N.J.A.C. 7:9C-1.7(c)4 and 1.9(c))
- Technical Support Documents: This column links to the technical documents (developed by the Department's Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health) that explain the scientific basis for the ISGWQC and the IPQL, as well as agency responses to public comments on any draft ISGWQCs and IPQLs published prior to being added to this table (i.e., those added since November 2015).
Water Quality Assessment
2016 Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
2014 Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
2012 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring
and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
2010 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring
and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
2008 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring
and Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
2006 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and
Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
2004 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and
Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
2002 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and
Assessment Report (Integrated Report)
- 2002 Integrated Report
- 2002 Integrated List
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2002 Methods Document
- USEPA
Guidance for 2002 Integrated Report
Older Water Quality Assessment Reports
The following historic reports are also available from New
Jersey's electronic digital library using the links provided:
TMDLs
- USEPA Approval Letter for the Raritan TMDL, May 9, 2016
- USEPA "Review of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Non-Tidal Raritan River Basin Addressing Total Phosphorus, Dissolved Oxygen, pH and Total Suspended Solids,
New Jersey", May 4, 2016
- Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load Report For the Non-Tidal Raritan River Basin Addressing Total Phosphorus, Dissolved Oxygen, pH and Total Suspended Solids Impairments, June 16, 2014
- Raritan TMDL Phase I Report
- 2013 Raritan TMDL Phase II Report V1
- 2013 Raritan TMDL Phase II Report V2
- 2013 Raritan TMDL Phase II Report V3
- Public Notice of Proposed Raritan River TMDL"Proposed Amendment to the Lower Raritan/Middlesex Water Quality Management Plan...to Establish 52 Total Maximum Daily Loads in the Raritan River Basin Addressing Phosphorus, Dissolved Oxygen, pH and Total Suspended Solids Impairments" June 16, 2014 (46 N.J.R. 1485(c))
- Also see Table of New Jersey TMDLs and Approval Status
- Click here for information about obtaining an official copy of the WQMP rules, which contain provisions regarding TMDLs.
Nonpoint Source Program
Watershed Based Plans
Water Quality Restoration/319(h) Grants for NPS Pollution
AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors
Go to http://www.state.nj.us/dep/wms/bears/americorps.htm
Community Water Monitoring
Go to http://www.state.nj.us/dep/wms/bears/comm_water_monitoring.htm
Watershed Education and Urban Fishing
Quality Control Information
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