58:10A-8 - Establishment of more stringent effluent limitations for point source or group of point sources - New Jersey Statutes

58:10A-8.  Establishment of more stringent effluent limitations for point source or group of point sources
    Whenever the commissioner finds that discharges from a point source or a group of point sources with the application of the effluent limitations authorized in this act, which effluent limitations are as stringent as the best  available technology economically achievable as provided for in the Federal Act  or State law, would interfere with the attainment and maintenance of applicable  water quality standards, the commissioner may establish more stringent effluent  limitations for each such point source or group of point sources, which  effluent limitations can reasonably be expected to contribute to the attainment  and maintenance of the applicable water quality standards. Prior to the  establishment of any more stringent effluent limitations under this section,  the commissioner shall publish a notice of his intent to establish such  limitations and, upon request of a person affected by any such limitations, the  commissioner shall hold a public hearing to determine if there is a reasonable  relationship between the economic and social costs of achieving such  limitations, including any economic or social dislocation in the affected  community or communities, and the social and environmental benefits to be  obtained, including the objective of restoring and maintaining the water  quality of the State, and to determine whether such effluent limitations can be  implemented with available technology or with other control strategies.  If a  person affected by any such limitations demonstrates at the hearing that there  is no reasonable relationship between the economic and social costs of compliance and the benefits to be obtained, the commissioner shall modify any  such limitations as they may apply to that person.

     L.1977, c. 74, s. 8.