1.Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall provide each applicant, or prospective applicant, for a permit to engage in a regulated activity, with a checklist of all submissions required to be made as part of a filing of a permit application with the department. A checklist shall be prepared by the department, after consultations with interested parties for each permit subject to the provisions of this act, or the department may consolidate the requirements for two or more related approvals into a single checklist. A checklist shall, with particularity, identify: the application form or forms required by the department for a completed application; any documents or other written submissions required to be filed with the application;
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1. Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall provide each applicant, or prospective applicant, for a permit to engage in a regulated activity, with a checklist of all submissions required to be made as part of a filing of a permit application with the department. A checklist shall be prepared by the department, after consultations with interested parties for each permit subject to the provisions of this act, or the department may consolidate the requirements for two or more related approvals into a single checklist. A checklist shall, with particularity, identify: the application form or forms required by the department for a completed application; any documents or other written submissions required to be filed with the application; any filing, notice, hearing or other requirement that is a precondition for review of an application by the department, including any certification of compliance therewith required by the department; and the technical manual for the permit prepared by the department pursuant to P.L.1991, c.422 (C.13:1D-111 to 13:1D-113). Checklists shall not be subject to the notice and publication requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). Checklists shall be reviewed at least annually, and shall be updated as often as necessary. As used in this act: "Permit" means any permit, registration or license issued by the Department of Environmental Protection establishing the regulatory and management requirements for an ongoing regulated activity as authorized by federal law or the following State enactments: R.S.12:5-1 et seq.; P.L.1975, c.232 (C.13:1D-29 et seq.); the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.); section 17 of P.L.1975, c.326 (C.13:1E-26); the "Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act," P.L.1989, c.34 (C.13:1E-48.1 et al.); P.L.1989, c.151 (C.13:1E-99.21a et al.); the "New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act," P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.11 et al.); the "Pesticide Control Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.); the "Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act," P.L.1983, c.330 (C.13:1K-6 et seq.); the "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act," P.L.1985, c.403 (C.13:1K-19 et seq.); "The Wetlands Act of 1970," P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.); the "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act," P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.); the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.); the "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.); the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et seq.); P.L.1947, c.377 (C.58:4A-5 et seq.); the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.); P.L.1986, c.102 (C.58:10A-21 et seq.); the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.); the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act," P.L.1962, c.19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.). L.1991,c.421,s.1.