New Jersey § 58:10a-7

§ 58:10a-7.

After December 31, 1991, the department may not issue a permit to any private, commercial,

or industrial applicant for the discharge of any solid, semi-solid, or liquid wastes

into the ocean waters of the State, the provisions of any other law, or rule or regulation

to the contrary notwithstanding. Any permit issued by the department for the discharge of any such waste prior to

January 1, 1992 shall expire on January 1, 1992, the provisions of any such permit

to the contrary notwithstanding. The provisions of P.L.1989, c. 119 shall not apply to permits applied for, or issued to, municipal treatment works , seafood processing facilities , public water supply desalinization plants, or aquaculture activities . As used in this act, “ ocean waters ” means those waters of the open seas lying seaward of the base line from which the

territorial sea is measured, as provided for in the Convention on the Territorial

Sea and the Contiguous Zone (15 UST 1606; TIAS 5639). As used in this section, “ aquaculture ” means the propagation, rearing, and subsequent harvesting of aquatic organisms in

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

marketing, and shall include, but need not be limited to, activities such as stocking,

intervention in the rearing process to increase production, feeding, transplanting,

and providing for protection from predators and shall not include the construction

of facilities and appurtenant structures that might otherwise be regulated pursuant

to any State or federal law or regulation, and “ 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.