58:25-25. Standards, maps

a. Within six months after enactment of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop standards for the inventory and mapping of stormwater sewers and sanitary sewage lines and, within that period, shall provide these standards to any municipality required to adopt a map pursuant to subsection b. of this section. b. Within 18 months after enactment of this act, all municipalities with stormwater systems discharging into the salt waters of Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties shall adopt a stormwater sewer/sanitary sewage map in accordance with the provisions of this act. The map shall locate, list and number all stormwater sewer and sanitary sewage lines within the geographical boundaries of a municipality, which are part of any stormwater system that discharges into surface waters. The map shall also identify all cross-connections between stormwater and sanitary sewage systems, and indicate whether the cross-connections have received a permit from the Department of Environmental Protection. The governing body of any municipality required to adopt a map pursuant to this section may contract for the county health department or other county health agency to prepare the map or to monitor the stormwater sewer outfalls in accordance with section 4 of this act. As used in this act, "salt water" means surface saline waters as defined by the Department of Environmental Protection in regulations adopted pursuant to P.L. 1977, c. 74 (C. 58:10A-1 et seq.) and P.L. 1977, c. 75 (C. 58:11A-1 et seq.). L. 1988, c. 90, s. 3.