(a) A permit
application shall be signed by the person or persons specified below:
1. For a corporation, by a principal
executive officer of at least the level of vice president;
2. For a partnership or sole proprietorship,
by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
3. For a municipality, State, Federal, or
other public entity, by either a principal executive officer or ranking elected
official; or
4. For an entity not
covered at (a)1 through 3 above, by all individual owners of record.
(b) All reports required by
permits and other information requested by the Department shall be signed by a
person described in (a) above, or by a duly authorized representative of that
person. A person is a duly authorized representative only if:
1. The authorization is made in writing by a
person described in (a) above;
2.
The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having overall
responsibility for the construction and/or completion of the regulated project
or activity, such as the position of contractor, construction site supervisor,
or position of equivalent responsibility. A duly authorized representative may,
thus, be either a named individual or any individual occupying a named
position; and
3. The written
authorization is submitted with the application to the Department.
(c) If an authorization under (b)
above is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has
overall responsibility for the construction and/or completion of the regulated
facility or activity, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of (b)
above must be submitted to the Department prior to or together with any
reports, information, or applications to be signed by an authorized
representative.
(d) If an
application, report, survey, environmental impact statement, or other document
required under this chapter is prepared for an applicant by a professional such
as a consultant, engineer, architect, surveyor, attorney, or scientist, the
document shall include the certification required under (e) below, signed by
the professional responsible for preparing the document. This certification
shall be in addition to the certification signed by the applicant.
(e) Any person signing a document under (a)
or (b) above shall make the following certification:
"I certify under penalty of law that I have personally
examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this document and
all attachments and that, based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately
responsible for obtaining and preparing the information, I believe that the
information is true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false information, including the
possibility of fine and imprisonment."
(f) Any survey submitted under this chapter
shall be performed by a surveyor licensed in New Jersey. In addition, the
Department may in some cases require that other documents be submitted, signed,
sealed, and/or certified by a person with relevant qualifications such as a
license or certification.
