New Jersey § 58:1a-3

§ 58:1a-3.

As used in the provisions of P.L.1981, c. 262 ( C.58:1A-1 et seq. ) , P.L.1993, c. 202 ( C.58:1A-7.3 et al.) and P.L.2003, c. 251 ( C.58:1A-13 et al.) : a. “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection or the commissioner's designated representative; b. “ Consumptive use ” means any use of water diverted from surface or ground waters other than a nonconsumptive

use as defined in this section ; c. “ Department ” means the Department of Environmental Protection; d. “ Diversion ” means the taking or impoundment of water from a river, stream, lake, pond, aquifer,

well, other underground source, or other water body, whether or not the water is returned

thereto, consumed, made to flow into another stream or basin, or discharged elsewhere; e. “ Nonconsumptive use ” means the use of water diverted from surface or ground waters in such a manner that

it is returned to the surface or ground water at or near the point from which it was

taken without substantial diminution in quantity or substantial impairment of quality; f. “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, owner

or operator of a water supply facility, political subdivision of the State and any

state, or interstate agency or Federal agency; g. “ Waters ” or “ waters of the State ” means all surface waters and ground waters in the State; h. “ Safe or dependable yield ” or “ safe yield ” means that maintainable yield of water from a surface or ground water source or

sources which is available continuously during projected future conditions, including

a repetition of the most severe drought of record, without creating undesirable effects,

as determined by the department; i. “ Aquaculture ” means the propagation, rearing and subsequent harvesting of aquatic species in controlled

or selected environments, and the subsequent processing, packaging and marketing,

and shall include, but need not be limited to, activities to intervene in the rearing

process to increase production such as stocking, feeding, transplanting, and providing

for protection from predators. “Aquaculture” shall not include the construction of facilities and appurtenant structures

that might otherwise be regulated pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation; j. “ Aquatic organism ” means and includes, but need not be limited to, finfish, mollusks, crustaceans,

and aquatic plants which are the property of a person engaged in aquaculture ; k. “ Six Mile Run Reservoir Site ” means the land acquired by the State for development of the Six Mile Run Reservoir

in Franklin Township, Somerset County, as identified by the Eastern Raritan Feasibility

Study and the New Jersey Statewide Water Supply Plan prepared and adopted by the department

pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1981, c. 262 ( C.58:1A-13 ) .