The Department’s Division of Water Monitoring, Standards and Pesticide Control has scheduled a public stakeholder meeting via Microsoft Teams, on September 11, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to update stakeholders and solicit feedback on the anticipated rule proposal to amend the Surface Water Quality Standards (SWQS) at N.J.A.C. 7:9B. Previous stakeholder meetings on these anticipated amendments were held on May 2019, June 2022 and August 2023.

Discussion topics at this meeting will include anticipated amendments at N.J.A.C. 7:9B to

• Add new policies regarding significant figures and rounding;
• Revise definitions for “carcinogen” and “noncarcinogen”;
• Update human health criteria for 94 toxic substances at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.14(f)7 based on the Department’s review of USEPA’s 2015 304(a) recommended criteria;
• Add new freshwater criterion for 1,4-dioxane, PFNA, PFOA, and PFOS; and
• Update the NJPDES rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4 (Permit Application Requirements) to strengthen existing language that enables the Department to request quantitative data as part of an individual permit application.

The meeting agenda includes a review of changes from the August 2023 stakeholder meeting. The changes include revisions to fresh and/or saline criteria for 9 of the 94 toxic substances previously mentioned resulting from the significant figures policy. Additionally, the changes include updated freshwater criteria for PFNA, PFOA, and PFOS based on drinking water exposure.

Please RSVP through the link below. The Microsoft Teams link will be provided to registrants the day before the meeting.

Invitation (pdf)

Agenda (pdf)