New Jersey Legislature

“ If the State Commissioner of Health determines at any time that air pollution, in any county, locality, place or other area in the State constitutes an unreasonable and emergency risk to the health of those present within said area of the State, such determination shall be communicated in writing, with the factual findings on which such determination is based, to the Governor; the commissioner may delegate in writing to any employee of the department the power to make such determination and deliver the same to the Governor in the absence of the commissioner from the State. ”

“ The Legislature finds and declares that air pollution may at certain times and in certain places so seriously affect the health of the public and so directly threaten the lives of large portions of the population as to warrant the provision of emergency powers as in this act provided to prevent or minimize disasters of unforseeable proportions. ”

“ Any aggrieved person, firm or corporation or other entity upon application to the commissioner shall be granted a public hearing on the question of whether or not the continuance of any such order in whole or in part is unreasonable in the light of the then prevailing conditions of air pollution, the contribution to the same of any particular activity, and the purposes of this act. ”