The Division of Water Quality is requesting the development of a new RSP service that allows new/existing regulated entities to electronically submit NJPDES permit applications (for both individual and general permits) and other related forms to the Department. The project is, in part, driven by the requirements of the Federal NJPDES E-Reporting Rule (40 CFR Parts 9, 122, 123, 124, 127, 403, 501, and 503). In addition, this project is driven by the mission, vision, and goals identified in the FY2021-2023 IT Strategic Plan.

This project would involve the development of a new RSP service that allows new/existing regulated entities to electronically submit NJPDES permit applications (for both individual and general permits and other related forms to the Department. This new service should provide (1) an interactive interface for regulated entities to complete, certify, and submit the necessary NJPDES application information, (2) the ability for permittees to pay any necessary application fees (where appropriate), and (3) a module allowing NJDEP to conduct administrative review of the application information prior to data being migrated to NJEMS/PEGA. For some types of permits, this service would lead to the automatic issuance of final permit actions (e.g. 5G3, etc…). The service should provide automatically generated emails to applicants regarding the status of applications and, potentially, automated emails to program staff regarding the submission of applications.

Types of activities to be addressed through the service include, but are not limited to:

a. Applications for individual NJPDES permits, and requests for authorization under NJPDES general permits, for the following activity types: New, Renewal, Modification, Revoke and Reissue, and Revocation.
b. Stormwater Non-applicability Applications (e.g. Permanent No Exposure, Exemptions within CSO areas, etc…)
c. Permit application decisions (e.g. administrative completeness/incompleteness, etc…)
d. Permit Transfers Requests
e. Administrative Update Requests (i.e. NJPDES-2 Contact Information Update Form)

This RSP service must account for the many different types of permits for which applications are submitted (approximately 53 different types of NJPDES permits), as well as the different forms that are submitted based on the type of NJPDES permit. The RSP service should provide the necessary validations on the necessary forms, and information contained within those forms, to ensure that complete applications are submitted to the Department.

In addition, this project will entail the modernization of NJEMS/PEGA to accommodate the display/storage of any additional data elements and enhance the ICIS-NPDES Data Maintenance software to accommodate flow of the applicable information into ICIS.

A service that the Land Use Program has created may be leveraged as a starting point for this requested service.

This project DOES NOT involve the storage or access to Personal Identifiable Information (PII).

Deliverables of this project should include…

1. JAD notes (draft and final)

2. design document (draft and final)

3. development of RSP service

4. development of enhancements to NJEMS/PEGA (if needed)

5. development of enhancements to ICIS-NPDES data flow (if needed)

6. UAT event

7. Production RSP software package

8. Development of User Guides and training materials