by the Government of New Jersey

“ In those instances where the highest ranking official having day-to-day managerial and operational responsibilities for a discharging facility of a local agency does not have the responsibility to authorize capital expenditures and hire personnel, a person having that responsibility, or a person designated by that person, shall submit to the department, along with the discharge monitoring report, a certification that that person has received and reviewed the discharge monitoring report. ”

“ Where a person is liable for cleanup and removal costs as provided in this paragraph, any expenditures made by the administrator for that cleanup and removal shall constitute a debt of that person to the fund. The debt shall constitute a lien on all property owned by that person when a notice of lien identifying the nature of the discharge and the amount of the cleanup, removal and related costs expended from the fund is duly filed with the clerk of the Superior Court. ”

“ A site investigation shall be developed based upon the information collected pursuant to the preliminary assessment;
"Unrestricted use remedial action" means any remedial action that does not require the continued use of engineering or institutional controls in order to meet the established health risk or environmental standards;
"Voluntarily perform a remediation" means performing a remediation without having been ordered or directed to do so by the department or by a court and without being compelled to perform a remediation pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330 (C.13:1K-6 et al.) . ”

“ Any federal, State, or local governmental entity which acquires ownership of real property through bankruptcy, tax delinquency, abandonment, escheat, eminent domain, condemnation or any circumstance in which the governmental entity involuntarily acquires title by virtue of its function as sovereign, or where the governmental entity acquires the property by any means for the purpose of promoting the redevelopment of that property, shall not be liable, pursuant to subsection c. ”

“ The commissioner may consider the size, contents and the location of the underground storage tanks in establishing these fees. The fee that may be imposed upon the owner or operator of a facility which comprises only two or more tanks used to store heating oil for on-site consumption in a residential building, where no individual tank has a capacity of more than 2,000 gallons, may not exceed $ 100 for that facility for an initial registration or a renewal thereof. These fees shall be deposited in the General Fund. ”

“ The commissioner and a local agency shall have a right of entry to all premises in which a discharge source is or might be located or in which monitoring equipment or records required by a permit are kept, for purposes of inspection, sampling, copying or photographing. ”

“ Within ten days after acquisition of the property, or within 30 days after the expiration of the period or periods allowed for the right of redemption pursuant to tax foreclosure law, the person agrees in writing to provide access to the State for remediation and related activities, as determined by the State. The provisions of this subsection shall not relieve any person of any liability: (1) for a discharge that occurs at that property after the person acquired the property ”

“ To report to the department or delegated local agency, as appropriate, any exceedance of an effluent limitation that causes injury to persons, or damage to the environment, or poses a threat to human health or the environment, within two hours of its occurrence, or of the permittee becoming aware of the occurrence. ”

“ No interest shall accrue prior to the entry of judgment against a public entity or public employee. b. No judgment shall be granted against a public entity or public employee on the basis of strict liability, implied warranty or products liability. c. No punitive or exemplary damages shall be awarded against a public entity. d. No damages shall be awarded against a public entity or public employee for pain and suffering resulting from any injury ”

“ The general permits issued pursuant to this subsection shall give priority to meeting best management practices rather than attaining numeric pollutant discharge parameter levels. If the commissioner determines that a permittee cannot perform the best management practices in order to obtain a general permit or that the performance of best management practices will not be protective of water quality as required by P.L.1977, c.74, the commissioner may require the permittee to obtain an individual permit which may contain numeric pollutant parameter discharge limits. ”

“ A person who initiates a remediation of a contaminated site at least 180 days after the date of enactment of P.L.2009, c.60 (C.58:10C-1 et al.) shall: (1) hire a licensed site remediation professional to perform the remediation; (2) notify the department of the name and license information of the licensed site remediation professional who has been hired to perform the remediation; (3) conduct the remediation without the prior approval of the department, unless directed otherwise by the department ”

“ A person who performs a remedial action in the manner prescribed in the rules and regulations of the department, and who certifies this fact to the department, shall obtain a final remediation document for that particular remedial action. ”

“ Municipal solid waste may include, but need not be limited to, food and yard waste, paper, clothing, appliances, consumer product packaging, disposable diapers, office supplies, cosmetics, glass and metal food containers, elementary or secondary school science laboratory waste, and household hazardous waste. ”

“ Any person who purposely or knowingly violates an effluent limitation or other condition of a permit, or who discharges without a permit, and who knows at that time that he thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, as defined in subsection b. ”

“ The evaluation of historic information shall be conducted from 1932 to the present, except that the department may require the search for and evaluation of additional information relating to ownership and use of the site prior to 1932 if such information is available through diligent inquiry of the public records ”

“ Homeowner loans repaid by spill compensation claims Section 12A-23. Funding of study to determine extent water supplies contaminated with hazardous substances; allocation for loans to municipalities to provide alternate water supply for persons with contaminated water supply Section 12A-24. 5% limit on administration costs Section 12A-25. Loans to qualifying municipality or municipally-owned or privately-owned public water supply system for extension of public water supply system to residential area Section 12A-26. ”

“ As used in this paragraph, a significant adverse environmental effect exists when an action or omission of the defendant causes: serious harm or damage to wildlife, freshwater or saltwater fish, any other aquatic or marine life, water fowl, or to their habitats, or to livestock, or agricultural crops ”

“ Assessment against a violator of the actual amount of any economic benefits accruing to the violator from a violation. Economic benefits may include the amount of any savings realized from avoided capital or noncapital costs resulting from the violation ”

“ At all times, to maintain in good working order and operate as effectively as possible, any facilities or systems of control installed to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of the permit ”

“ Inspection of beds and shellfish Section 24-2. Condemnation of beds dangerous to health Section 24-3. Condemned beds; prohibition of taking; distribution, sale or possession; permit; fee Section 24-4. Distribution, sale or possession of shellfish; prima facie evidence of intent for use as food Section 24-5. Prohibition of discharge of polluting matter Section 24-6. Order on growing, handling of shellfish, disposal of polluting matter Section 24-7. Inspection of places and samples of shellfish Section 24-8. Employees; supplies ”

“ Establishment; members; officers; quorum; vote necessary; bonds; approval; veto of any action by Governor; official bond; reimbursement of expenses; dissolution Section 1B-5 Water supply facilities operated by authority, disposition of revenue. ”

“ Grants for water pollution control projects as qualify for federal aid and assistance Section 25-9. Municipal collector system inoperable due to unavailable interceptor system; state aid for interest and debt service costs Section 25-10. Procedures for applications for grants; rules and regulations Section 25-11. Clean water council; continuance, transfer and constitution; members; appointment; term; reimbursement of expenses; chairman and vice-chairman Section 25-12. Duties Section 25-13. Clean water scholarship intern program Section 25-14. ”

“ Contract provisions as to construction, repair and operation; purchase of lands Section 14-17. Items included in cost of construction Section 14-18. Items included in cost of maintenance, repairs and operation Section 14-19. Contracting municipalities to exercise powers of eminent domain Section 14-20. Commissioners may acquire and condemn lands; construction and operation of sewer Section 14-21. Location of sewer; entry upon and digging up of streets, etc. ”

“ Section 56 of L. 2009, c. 60 provides: "Sections 1 through 32 and section 50 of this act shall take effect immediately, and the remainder of this act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment." ”

“ The inspection shall include a random check of written summaries of test results, prepared by the certified laboratory providing the test results, for the immediately preceding 12-month period, signed by a responsible official of the certified laboratory, certifying the accuracy of the test results. ”

“ Section 10C-11 License required for site remediation professional. Section 10C-12 Temporary site remediation professional license program. Section 10C-13 Guidelines for procedures for issuance of temporary licenses. Section 10C-14 Certification of documents by site remediation professional. Section 10C-15 Use of certified subsurface evaluator prohibited. Section 10C-16 Protection of public health, safety, environment highest priority. ”

“ Any person who purposely, knowingly, or recklessly violates this act, and the violation causes a significant adverse environmental effect, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a crime of the second degree, and shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. ”

“ Contracting municipalities may borrow money and issue bonds; limit of indebtedness Section 14-24. Commissioners may borrow money; security Section 14-25. Contracts with certain municipalities and persons for use of sewers, etc. Section 14-26. Municipalities contracting under section 58:14-25 may borrow money Section 14-27. Contract with certain municipalities to pay their portion of cost of operation and maintenance Section 14-28. Contracts by municipalities with others for use of reserve sewer capacity Section 14-29. Annual statement of reserve sewer capacity Section 14-30. ”

“ Nothing in the amendatory provisions to this section adopted pursuant to P.L.1997, c.278 shall be construed to remove any defense to liability that a person may have had pursuant to subsection e. of this section that existed prior to the effective date of P.L.1997, c.278. h. ”

“ Section 30. Inspection authority Section 30.1. Underground storage tank inspection program, established Section 31. Rules, regulations Section 32. Penalties Section 33. Exemption Section 34. Other powers unaffected Section 35. Local laws superseded Section 37.1 Short title. Section 37.2 Definitions relative to upgrade, remediation, closure of underground storage tanks. Section 37.3 Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Remediation, Upgrade, and Closure Fund, establishment. Section 37.3a DEP notification to municipalities of fund. Section 37.4 Allocation of fund; priorities. ”