N.J. Stat. § 13:9B-2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9B / Section 9B-2
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that freshwater wetlands protect and preserve drinking water supplies by serving to purify surface water and groundwater resources; that freshwater wetlands provide a natural means of flood and storm damage protection, and thereby prevent the loss of life and property through the absorption and storage of water during high runoff periods and the reduction of flood crests; that freshwater wetlands serve as a transition zone between dry land and water courses, thereby retarding soil erosion; that freshwater wetlands provide essential breeding, spawning, nesting, and wintering habitats for a major portion of the State's fish and wildlife, including migrating birds, endangered species, and commercially and recreationally important wildlife; and that freshwater wetlands maintain a critical baseflow to surface waters through the gradual release of stored flood waters and groundwater, particularly during drought periods. The Legislature further finds and declares that while the State has acted to protect coastal wetlands, it has not, except indirectly, taken equally vigorous action to protect the State's inland waterways and freshwater wetlands; that in order to advance the public interest in a just manner the rights of persons who own or possess real property affected by this act must be fairly recognized and balanced with environmental interests; and that the public benefits arising from the natural functions of freshwater wetlands, and the public harm from freshwater wetland losses, are distinct from and may exceed the private value of wetland areas. The Legislature therefore determines that in this State, where pressures for commercial and residential development define the pace and pattern of land use, it is in the public interest to establish a program for the systematic review of activities in and around freshwater wetland areas designed to provide predictability in the protection of freshwater wetlands; that it shall be the policy of the State to preserve the purity and integrity of freshwater wetlands from random, unnecessary or undesirable alteration or disturbance; and that to achieve these goals it is important that the State expeditiously assume the freshwater wetlands permit jurisdiction currently exercised by the United States Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to the Federal Act and implementing regulations. L. 1987, c. 156, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-153 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-153
40-year contracts authorized
Status: in_force

The provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, and as an alternative to any other procedure provided for by law or by order of the Board of Public Utilities, a contracting unit may enter into a contract with a vendor for the design, financing, construction, operation or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a resource recovery facility, or for the provision of resource recovery services, pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act. Any contracting unit intending to enter into a contract with a vendor pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act shall establish a contract file, which shall be open to members of the public for inspection at the offices of the contracting unit. Any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act may be awarded for a period not to exceed 40 years. L. 1985, c. 38, s. 18, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1I-2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1I / Section 1I-2
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and determines that the volume of solid and liquid waste is rapidly increasing, that the treatment and disposal of these wastes poses a threat to the quality of the environment, that the quality of New Jersey's environment is being threatened by the treatment and disposal of wastes generated or collected outside the State; and that this hazard can be reduced by the adoption of regulations governing this practice. L.1973, c. 39, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-11 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-11
Transfer of appropriations, grants and other moneys
Status: in_force

a. All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection, are hereby transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection established hereunder, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by State or Federal law. b. All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been hereto assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry or the Department of Institutions and Agencies are hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Institutions and Agencies, respectively, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by State or Federal law. L.1970, c. 33, s. 14, eff. April 22, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-9 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-9
Closing of park; removal of persons
Status: in_force

The department may close a State park or forest or may remove any person from a State park or forest without legal procedure if the department determines that it is in the interest of the State to do so. L.1983, c. 324, s. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-17.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-17.1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Shade Tree and Community Forestry Assistance Act." L.1996,c.135,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.87 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.87
Removal of mercury switches.
Status: in_force

6. a. Commencing 30 days after the approval or conditional approval of a mercury minimization plan pursuant to section 5 of this act, a vehicle recycler who sells, gives or otherwise conveys ownership of an end-of-life vehicle to a scrap recycling facility for recycling shall remove all mercury switches identified in the approved mercury minimization plan from the end-of-life vehicle prior to delivery to a scrap recycling facility, unless a mercury switch is inaccessible due to significant damage to the vehicle in the area surrounding the location of the mercury switch, in which case such damage shall be noted on the normal business records of the vehicle recycler who delivered the end-of-life vehicle to the scrap recycling facility. b. Notwithstanding subsection a. of this section, a scrap recycling facility may agree to accept an end-of-life vehicle, which has not been intentionally flattened, crushed or baled, containing mercury switches, in which case the scrap recycling facility shall be responsible for removing the mercury switches identified in the mercury minimization plan approved pursuant to section 5 of this act before the end-of-life vehicle is intentionally flattened, crushed, baled, or shredded. c. A vehicle recycler or scrap recycling facility who removes mercury switches pursuant to subsection a. or subsection b. of this section shall maintain records documenting the number of mercury switches collected, the number of end-of-life vehicles containing mercury switches, and the number of end-of-life vehicles processed for recycling. The records shall include the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of each vehicle from which one or more mercury switches were removed, and the number of mercury switches removed from that vehicle. These records shall be made available for review by the department upon the request of the department. d. No person shall represent that mercury switches have been removed from an end-of-life vehicle being sold, given or otherwise conveyed for recycling if that person has not removed the mercury switches, or arranged with another person to remove the mercury switches. e. Upon removal, mercury switches shall be collected, stored, transported, and otherwise handled in accordance with the mercury minimization plan approved pursuant to section 5 of this act. f. Upon removal, mercury switches shall be collected, stored, transported, and otherwise handled in accordance with the provisions of the rules and regulations concerning universal waste adopted by the department pursuant to the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and the "New Jersey Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act," P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.11 et al.), as applicable. L.2005,c.54,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-57 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-57
Enforcement of lien
Status: in_force

When any unpaid assessment, interest thereon or other charges for collection thereof, remains in arrears on July 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year when the same became in arrears, the appropriate officer of the commission shall enforce the lien by selling the property in the manner set forth in sections 54:5-19 to 54:5-129 of the Revised Statutes. L.1968, c. 404, s. 56.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13-12.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12.1
Canal to be used for industrial water supply and for recreational purposes
Status: in_force

The Delaware and Raritan canal and the feeder thereof and the appendages thereto and the works and improvements erected thereon, except the properties and facilities referred to in the proviso of section five of chapter one hundred thirty-nine of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four and except the existing vehicle bridges over the same, shall henceforth be used as a source of industrial water supply and for recreational purposes, all as hereinafter more fully set forth. L.1944, c. 172, p. 659, s. 1, eff. April 20, 1944.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-11.11 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-11.11
Audit of negative declarations and remedial action workplans
Status: in_force

22. a. Within one year of the effective date of P.L.1993, c.139, the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy shall conduct an audit of the negative declarations and remedial action workplans that have been submitted to the department pursuant to P.L.1983, c.330 (C.13:1K-6 et al.). On the basis of this audit, and any other information it may have available to it, the department shall adopt regulations identifying, within the Standard Industrial Classification major group numbers listed in the definition of "industrial establishment," all industries designated by Standard Industrial Classification number subgroups, or classes of operations within those subgroups, that should not pose a risk to public health and safety or to the environment. The audit shall, to the extent practicable, distinguish between hazardous substances or hazardous wastes at an industrial establishment caused by a particular type of industry and hazardous substances or hazardous wastes that exist as a result of activities at an industrial establishment unrelated to the activities of that industry. b. An industrial establishment for which a remedial action workplan was previously implemented and a no further action letter was received pursuant to P.L.1983, c.330, a negative declaration was previously approved by the department pursuant to P.L.1983, c.330, or for which the department has previously approved a remediation equivalent to that performed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330, and that is designated by a Standard Industrial Classification subgroup or class of operations that does not pose a risk to public health and safety or to the environment as identified in subsection a. of this section, shall not be considered an industrial establishment for the purposes of P.L.1983, c.330. L.1993,c.139,s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-28 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-28
Canal fund
Status: in_force

The money heretofore paid or to be paid to the state of New Jersey by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company by the terms of the agreement dated the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, between Frank H. Sommer, Louis Focht and Edward L. Young, commissioners acting on behalf of the state of New Jersey pursuant to the act mentioned in section 13:12-3 of this title, and the canal and banking company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, together with so much of the interest thereon payable by such railroad company as has not been heretofore otherwise appropriated and also all rents and other income from the property, the title to which is vested in the canal and banking company in trust for the state of New Jersey, and also all moneys received as the purchase price of any such property sold, and all moneys received upon the granting of any consent to the diversion of water, and also any unexpended balance of the rents and other income from such property received during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and heretofore appropriated to the department of conservation and development by the act approved March twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, known as chapter 165 of the laws of 1923, shall constitute a special fund to be known as the "canal fund" . The entire cost of the dismantling of that part of the property, the title to which is vested in the canal and banking company in trust for the state of New Jersey, heretofore maintained as a means of water transportation, including the removal of highway and road bridges heretofore maintained by the canal company and the refilling of the canal bed at these points and the drainage of the canal upon the abandonment of navigation upon the canal and the entire cost of the management and control of the property, the title to which is vested in the canal and banking company in trust for the state of New Jersey, shall be paid from such fund and shall be a first charge thereon, and there is hereby appropriated from such fund, in such amounts as shall be included in any annual or supplemental appropriation bill, so much of such fund as may be necessary promptly to accomplish the work aforesaid. The balance of such fund after all expenses of dismantling the canal and of managing and controlling such property have been met shall be available, up to eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, for the purpose of acquiring rights of way for the New Jersey ship canal or for such other purposes as the legislature may determine, but nothing in this section shall in any way be construed to interfere with the provisions of the act entitled "An act appropriating to the board of commerce and navigation for the acquisition of rights of way for the New Jersey ship canal, the moneys heretofore realized and hereafter to be derived, pursuant to the terms of the contract between the commissioners acting for the state of New Jersey and the Morris Canal and Banking Company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, which said contract was made pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the acquisition by the state of the Morris canal (as defined in this act) in whole or in part and all the stock of the Morris Canal and Banking Company and the rights of all stockholders in said company, and in said canal property, and water rights, and all or in part of the right, title and interest of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company in said canal property and water rights by virtue of its lease of said canal from the Morris Canal and Banking Company, or otherwise; to provide for a commission authorized to negotiate and agree upon terms of settlement with the Morris Canal and Banking Company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, in relation to the said canal property and water rights, and to vest in said commission certain powers necessary for carrying out the terms of settlement and to make such other provisions as may be necessary to effectuate the objects aforesaid,' " approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, approved March twenty-first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-39 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-39
Formation of improvement districts; levy of special assessments
Status: in_force

The commission may form within the district, improvement districts for any authorized purpose in order to levy special assessments against real estate located within such districts for benefits rendered. All special assessments for improvements within the district shall be made by the appropriate officer of the commission. L.1968, c. 404, s. 38.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-18.3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-18.3
Office of Recycling
Status: in_force

a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a New Jersey Office of Recycling. All of the functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Department of Energy and the commissioner thereof pursuant to P.L. 1981, c. 278 (C. 13:1E-92 et seq.) are transferred to and vested in the New Jersey Office of Recycling in the Department of Environmental Protection and the commissioner thereof. The New Jersey Office of Recycling shall be under the immediate supervision of an administrator who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and who shall be in the unclassified service of the State. b. The administrator shall administer the work of the New Jersey Office of Recycling under the direction of the commissioner and shall perform any other functions of the department as the commissioner may prescribe. c. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the de facto Office of Recycling under the joint administration of the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection, the same shall mean and refer to the New Jersey Office of Recycling in the Department of Environmental Protection. d. All transfers directed by this section shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L. 1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L. 1987, c. 102, s. 49.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-44.17 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-44.17
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. The department, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, shall develop and adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement this act, which shall include, but need not be limited to, the issuance of appropriate notice to the public of prescribed burns conducted by the Forest Fire Service and the design, approval, and implementation of prescribed burn plans. L.2018, c.107, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-41 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-41
Monitoring wells; samples; analyses; order to discontinue acceptance of wastes; reacceptance; conditions
Status: in_force

Any solid waste facility accepting hazardous waste, chemical waste, bulk liquids or pesticides for disposal or storage on or in the ground, shall install monitoring wells which are constructed and located in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department. Samples shall be taken from each well and analyzed by a laboratory acceptable to the department at least once every three months. Analyses shall be made for the factors or determinations specified by the department. Results of the analyses shall be furnished to the department within 30 days of sampling. Should monitoring well analyses or any other means of detection indicate to the department a real or potential threat to the quality of the waters of this State by the solid waste facility, the acceptance of hazardous waste, chemical waste, bulk liquids or pesticides by the operator shall be immediately discontinued upon the receipt of an order from the department requiring same. An acceptable system of interception, collection, and treatment shall be implemented at once and such treatment shall continue until the threat to the waters of the State by the solid waste facility is determined by the department to no longer exist. Prior to reacceptance of the discontinued material, an engineering design acceptable to the department which describes corrective measures to prevent recurrence of the threat shall be submitted and the design implemented. L.1976, c. 99, s. 4, eff. Oct. 7, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-4
"Coastal area" defined
Status: in_force

4. The "coastal area" shall consist of all that certain area lying between the line as hereinafter described and the line formed by the State's seaward (Raritan Bay and Atlantic Ocean) territorial jurisdiction on the east thereof, the State's bayward (Delaware Bay) territorial jurisdiction on the south and southwest thereof, and the State's riverward (Delaware River) territorial jurisdiction on the west thereto. Beginning at the confluence of Cheesequake Creek with the Raritan Bay; thence southwesterly along the center line of Cheesequake Creek to its intersection with the Garden State Parkway; thence southeasterly along the Garden State Parkway to Exit 117 at State Highway 36; thence northeasterly along State Highway 36 to the intersection of Middle Road (County 516); thence easterly along Middle Road to the intersection of Palmer Avenue (County 7); thence northeasterly on Main Street to the intersection of State Highway 36; thence easterly on State Highway 36 to the intersection of Navesink Avenue; thence southerly on Navesink Avenue to the intersection of Monmouth Avenue at Navesink; thence westerly on Monmouth Avenue to its intersection with Browns Dock Road; thence southerly on Browns Dock Road to its intersection with Cooper Road; thence southwesterly on Cooper Road to the intersection of State Highway 35; thence southerly on State Highway 35 to its intersection with State Highway 71; thence southeasterly on State Highway 71 to its crossing of the Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks, now the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)/New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit); thence southerly along the Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks (now Conrail/NJ Transit) to its intersection of 6th Avenue (County 2); thence westerly on 6th Avenue (County 2) to the intersection of State Highway 33; thence westerly along State Highway 33 to the crossing of State Highway 18; thence southerly on State Highway 18 to its intersection of Marconi Road; thence southeasterly on Marconi Road to Adrienne Road, continuing south on Adrienne Road to Belmar Boulevard; thence easterly on Belmar Boulevard and 16th Avenue to the intersection of State Highway 71; thence southerly on State Highway 71 to the intersection of State Highway 35; thence northwesterly along State Highway 35 to State Highway 34 at the Brielle Circle; thence northwesterly along State Highway 34 to the Garden State Parkway at Exit 96; thence southwesterly along the Garden State Parkway to the intersection of the Monmouth, Ocean County boundary; thence westerly along that boundary to the intersection of the Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks (now Conrail); thence southwesterly along the tracks of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (now Conrail) to its junction with the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Whiting; thence easterly along the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad to its intersection with the Garden State Parkway near South Toms River; thence southerly along the Garden State Parkway to its intersection with the boundary of the Bass River State Forest; thence southerly, and thence westerly, along the Bass River State Forest to its intersection with the Garden State Parkway in Bass River Township; thence southerly along the Garden State Parkway to its intersection with Alt. 559, and thence northwesterly along Alt. 559 to its intersection with County Road 559 at Gravelly Run; thence northwesterly along County Road 559 to its intersection with U.S. 40 and S.R. 50 at Mays Landing; thence westerly along combined U.S. 40 and S.R. 50 to its intersection with S.R. 40; thence westerly along S.R.40 to its intersection with S.R.50; thence southerly on S.R. 50 to its intersection with Buck Hill Road near Buck Hill; thence westerly along Buck Hill (River Road also Head of River Road and Aetna Drive) Road to its intersection with S.R. 49; thence southeasterly along S.R. 49 to its intersection with S.R. 50; thence southeasterly along S.R. 50 to its intersection with County Road 585 (now County Road 610); thence southwesterly along County Road 585 (now County Road 610) to its intersection with S.R. 47 at Dennisville; thence northwesterly along S.R. 47 to its intersection with State Road 49 at Millville; thence through Millville along State Road 49 to its intersection with County Road 610 (Cedar Street); thence southwesterly along County Road 610 (Cedar Street) to its intersection with County Road 555 (Race Street); thence southerly along County Road 555 (Race Street) to its intersection with County Road 27 (now County Road 627); thence southerly along County Road 27 (now County Road 627) to its intersection with County Road 70 (now County Road 670); thence southerly on County Road 70 (now County Road 670) to the Center of Mauricetown; thence through Mauricetown westerly on County Road 548 (now County Road 676) to its intersection with the tracks of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (now Conrail); thence northwesterly on the tracks of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (now Conrail) to its intersection with County Road 98 (now County Road 698); thence easterly along County Road 98 (now County Road 698) to the intersection with County Road 38 (now County Road 638); thence northerly along County Road 38 (now County Road 638) to its intersection with S.R. 49 east of Bridgeton; thence westerly along S.R. 49 through Bridgeton to its intersection with West Avenue; thence south on West Avenue to its intersection with County Road 5 (Roadstown Road) (now County Road 626); thence westerly along County Road 5 (Roadstown Road) (now County Road 626) to Roadstown; thence northwesterly along the Roadstown Road to County Road 47 (now County Road 647); thence southwesterly along County Road 47 (now County Road 647) to its intersection with County Road 19 (now County Road 623); thence along County Road 19 (now County Road 623) northwesterly to Gum Tree Corner; thence northwesterly along County Road 19 (now County Road 623) from Gum Tree Corner across Stowe Creek to its intersection with Salem County Road 59 (now County Road 623) (Hancock's Bridge Road); thence northwesterly along County Road 59 (now County Road 623) to its intersection with County Road 51 (now County Road 651) at Coopers Branch; thence northeasterly along County Road 51 (now County Road 651) to its intersection with S.R. 49 at Quinton; thence northwesterly along S.R. 49 to its intersection with County Road 50 (now County Road 650); thence southwesterly along County Road 50 (now County Road 650) to its intersection with County Road 58 (now County Road 658); thence southerly on County Road 58 (now County Road 658) to its intersection with County Road 24 (now County Road 624); thence westerly along County Road 24 (now County Road 624) to its intersection with County Road 65 (now County Road 637); thence northeasterly along County Road 65 (now County Road 637) to its intersection with County Road 665 (Walnut Street); thence northerly along County Road 65 (now County Road 665) (Walnut Street) to its intersection with County Road 4 (now County Road 633); thence westerly along County Road 4 (now County Road 633) to its intersection with County Road 627; thence northerly along County Road 627 to its intersection with County Road 661; thence easterly along County Road 661 to its intersection with State Road 49; thence northerly along State Road 49 (Front Street) to its intersection with County Road 57 (now County Road 657); thence easterly along County Road 57 (now County Road 657) to its intersection with State Road 45; thence northerly along State Road 45 to its intersection with County Road 540 at Pointers; thence northerly and northwesterly along County Road 540 (Pointers Auburn Road/Deepwater-Slapes Corner Road) to its intersection with the New Jersey Turnpike; thence westerly along the New Jersey Turnpike to its intersection with County Road 33 (now County Road 551); thence southerly along County Road 33 (now County Road 551) to its intersection with State Road 49; thence southeasterly along S.R. 49 to its intersection with County Road 26 (now County Road 632); thence northwesterly along County Road 26 (now County Road 632) to the Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge; thence northwesterly along this northeasterly boundary to the limits of the State's territorial jurisdiction on the Delaware River; provided, however, that the coastal area shall not include all that certain area in Cape May county lying within a line beginning at the intersection of S.R. 47 and County Road 54 (now County Road 654); thence westerly on County Road 54 (now County Road 654); to the intersection of County Road 3 (now County Road 603); thence southeasterly on County Road 3 (now County Road 603) through the intersection of County Road 3 (now County Road 603) with County Road 13 (now County Road 639) to the intersection with County Road 47 (now County Road 647); thence easterly and northerly along County Road 47 (now County Road 647) to its intersection with U.S. Route 9; thence northerly along U.S. Route 9 to its intersection with State Road 47; thence westerly along State Road 47 to its intersection with County Road 54 (now County Road 654). L.1973,c.185,s.4; amended 1993,c.190,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-24 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-24
Office of Green Acres established.
Status: in_force

24. a. (1) There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection the Office of Green Acres. The commissioner may appoint an administrator or director who shall supervise the office, and the department may employ such other personnel and staff as may be required to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the department and the office pursuant to P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) and P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), all without regard to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes. Persons appointed or employed as provided pursuant to this subsection shall be compensated in a manner similar to other employees in the Executive Branch, and their compensation shall be determined by the Civil Service Commission. (2) The Green Acres Program in the Department of Environmental Protection, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, are continued and transferred to and constituted as the Office of Green Acres in the Department of Environmental Protection. Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the Green Acres Program, the same shall mean and refer to the Office of Green Acres in the Department of Environmental Protection. This transfer shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). b. The duties and responsibilities of the office shall be as follows: (1) Administer all provisions of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) and P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) pertaining to funding the acquisition and development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes as authorized pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 of the State Constitution; (2) Continue to administer all grant and loan programs for the acquisition and development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including the Green Trust, established or funded for those purposes pursuant to: P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-1 et seq.); P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-19 et seq.); P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-35 et seq.); or any Green Acres bond act; (3) Adopt, with the approval of the commissioner and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations: (a) establishing application procedures for grants and loans for the acquisition and development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, criteria and policies for the evaluation and priority ranking of projects for eligibility to receive funding for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys pursuant to P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) or constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), any conditions that may be placed on the award of a grant or loan for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) or P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et al.), and any restrictions that may be placed on the use of lands acquired or developed with a grant or loan for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) or P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.). The criteria and policies established pursuant to this subparagraph for the evaluation and priority ranking of projects for eligibility to receive funding for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys pursuant to P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) or constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) may be based upon, but need not be limited to, such factors as: protection of the environment, natural resources, water resources, watersheds, aquifers, wetlands, floodplains and flood-prone areas, stream corridors, beaches and coastal resources, forests and grasslands, scenic views, biodiversity, habitat for wildlife, rare, threatened, or endangered species, and plants; vernal habitat; degree of likelihood of development; promotion of greenways; provision for recreational access and use; protection of geologic, historic, archaeological, and cultural resources; relative cost; parcel size; and degree of public support; (b) addressing any other matters deemed necessary to implement and carry out the goals and objectives of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) and P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) with respect to the acquisition and development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes that have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such damage; and (c) establishing application requirements and a fee schedule for the review by the department of applications to convey, dispose of, or divert to a use other than recreation and conservation purposes lands acquired or developed by a local government unit or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization for recreation and conservation purposes using funds from any Green Acres bond act, constitutionally dedicated moneys pursuant to P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.), or constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), or lands held by the local government unit for recreation and conservation purposes at the time of receipt of such funds. The fees established pursuant to this subparagraph shall reflect the costs of the Office of Green Acres incurred in processing and reviewing applications to convey, dispose of, or divert lands acquired, developed, or held for recreation and conservation purposes to a use other than recreation and conservation purposes. All fees collected pursuant to the fee schedule adopted pursuant to this subparagraph shall be used to offset the administrative costs of the Office of Green Acres associated with such reviews pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-13), section 13 of P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-31), section 13 of P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-47), sections 31 through 35 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-31 through C.13:8C-35), and section 11 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-53), as appropriate, and any other applicable law; and (4) Establishing criteria and policies for the evaluation and priority ranking of State projects to acquire and develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys pursuant to P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) or constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), which criteria and policies may be based upon, but need not be limited to, such factors as: protection of the environment, natural resources, water resources, watersheds, aquifers, wetlands, floodplains and flood-prone areas, stream corridors, beaches and coastal resources, forests and grasslands, scenic views, biodiversity, habitat for wildlife, rare, threatened, or endangered species, and plants; vernal habitat; degree of likelihood of development; promotion of greenways; provision for recreational access and use; protection of geologic, historic, archaeological, and cultural resources; relative cost; parcel size; and degree of public support. L.1999, c.152, s.24; amended 2002, c.76, s.2; 2008, c.29, s.114; 2016, c.12, s.16; 2019, c.136, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-28 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-28
Penalties; payment and disposition
Status: in_force

All payments on account of penalties under this chapter shall be made to the Department of Environmental Protection for the support of the fire service. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 31, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-17 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-17
Reports and certifications
Status: in_force

Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or permitted to be made to a department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, whose powers and duties are herein assigned or transferred, such reports and certifications shall hereafter be required to be filed with, and such applications or requests shall hereafter be made to, the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder. L.1970, c. 33, s. 20, eff. April 22, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-84 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-84
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This act, being necessary for the welfare of the State and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose thereof. L.1968, c. 404, s. 82.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-54 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-54
Appropriation of money in state recreation and conservation land acquisition and development fund; use
Status: in_force

The money in the State Recreation and Conservation Land Acquisition and Development Fund created by the New Jersey Green Acres and Recreation Opportunities Bond Act of 1974 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection for use in executing the provisions of this act, according to the following division: a. With respect to acquisition of lands by the State under this act, $15 million, which shall include administrative costs as defined in section 3.b. of this act; b. With respect to State grants under this act to assist local units to acquire lands, $15 million; c. With respect to development of lands owned by the State under this act, $15 million which shall include administrative costs as defined in section 3.b. of this act; d. With respect to the State grants under this act to assist local units to develop land, $15 million. L.1975, c. 155, s. 20, eff. July 15, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-17 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-17
State forester
Status: in_force

The chief forester employed by the department shall be designated and known as the State Forester. L.1983, c. 324, s. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-41 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-41
Rules and regulations governing administration, operation and use
Status: in_force

The commissioner may prescribe rules and regulations governing the administration, operation and use of lands acquired or developed by the State under this act to effect the purpose of this act. L.1975, c. 155, s. 7, eff. July 15, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-32 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-32
Failure to take action within time period; application deemed approved
Status: in_force

4. In the event that the department fails to take action on an application for a construction permit within the 90-day period specified herein, then the application shall be deemed to have been approved; provided, however, that the time periods specified in P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.) shall apply to applications for construction permits pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.). L.1975,c.232,s.4; amended by L.1993,c.190,s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.1
Bureau of Recreation
Status: in_force

There shall be within the Department of Community Affairs a Bureau of Recreation, subject to the authority of the commissioner to reorganize the department. The Bureau of Recreation shall, under the supervision of the department and subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Community Affairs: a. Promote and encourage the expansion and development of recreational programs on a Statewide and local basis. b. Disseminate informational and related materials to governmental and other agencies engaged in fostering recreational programs. L.1950, c. 338, p. 1118, s. 1. Amended by L.1966, c. 54, s. 9, eff. July 1, 1966; L.1971, c. 411, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-6
Pesticide control council; creation; members; term of office; compensation
Status: in_force

a. There is hereby created in the department a Pesticide Control Council which shall consist of nine members, three of whom shall be the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of Health, the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science of Rutgers, The State University, or their designees, who shall serve as ex officio, and six citizens of the State representing the general public to be appointed by the Governor, to serve at his pleasure, of whom one shall be a farmer, one a toxicologist and one an ecologist. The Governor shall designate a chairman and a vice chairman of the council from the public members who shall serve at the will of the Governor. b. Of the six members first to be appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of 2 years, two for terms of 3 years and two for terms of 4 years. Thereafter all appointments shall be made for terms of 4 years. All appointed members shall serve after the expiration of their terms until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify, and any vacancy occurring in the appointed membership of the council shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term only, notwithstanding that the previous incumbent may have held over and continued in office as aforesaid. c. Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses in attendance at meetings of the council and in performance of their duties as members thereof. L.1971, c. 176, s. 6, eff. June 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-52 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-52
Levy and payment of special assessments; establishment and administration of revolving fund
Status: in_force

(a) Special assessments levied against land in class 1 shall be considered to be of general benefit to the entire district and shall be included as a charge against general revenues of the commission or paid out of any funds of the commission which shall be available for such purpose. (b) Special assessments made against land certified to be in class 2 shall be paid to the commission, immediately upon delivery of an assessment bill to the State Treasurer from the Hackensack Meadowland Revolving Fund. (c) There is hereby established a Hackensack Meadowland Revolving Fund which shall be administered by the State Treasurer. The Legislature may appropriate from time to time amounts to such fund. All money appropriated or otherwise made available to this fund, including the repayment of expenditures made under the provisions of subsection (b), shall be held for the purpose of paying special assessments made against class 2 property pursuant to this article. Pending use, moneys in the Hackensack Meadowland Revolving Fund may be invested and reinvested as other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. All earnings received from the investment or deposit of such moneys shall be paid into and become a part of such fund. (d) A statement of the amount of the special assessment against class 2 property paid for out of the fund shall be filed with the appropriate agency having title to the property and shall be included in the purchase price fixed for lands and made part of the payment for the grant or sale. The full amount of such assessment shall be repaid and deposited in the fund established by subsection (c). In the case said lands are leased for a term of years, there shall be included in the annual rental, a charge for the assessment levied on the property. Such payments up to the full amount of such assessment shall be paid to and deposited in said fund. (e) The assessment against land in class 3 shall be payable immediately upon delivery to the collecting officer of the commission. When any assessment shall not be paid within 2 months after the date of confirmation thereof, interest thereon from the date of confirmation shall be imposed at the rate of 6%. L.1968, c. 404, s. 51.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-48.4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-48.4
Regulated medical waste management system
Status: in_force

a. The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), a regulated medical waste management system that shall provide for the proper and safe manifesting, tracking, identification, packaging, storage, control, monitoring, handling, collection, and disposal of regulated medical waste. The regulated medical waste management system shall include a manifest system that includes, but need not be limited to, a requirement that every shipment of regulated medical waste released by any generator to a transporter for delivery to a facility for disposal, be accompanied by a manifest as prescribed by the Department of Environmental Protection and as may be required by the Federal Act. b. The departments may, by rule or regulation, adopt an exemption from all or a portion of the regulated medical waste management system requirements of this section for regulated medical waste, or portions of regulated medical waste, that have been properly treated by the generator pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of this act. L. 1989, c. 34, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-9 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-9
Additional powers
Status: in_force

The department shall have power, in addition to those granted by any other law, to a. Conduct and supervise research programs for the purpose of determining the effects and hazards of the use and application of pesticides on man and his environment; and in furtherance of this research effort the commissioner shall consider the School of Agriculture of Rutgers, The State University, as a primary source of assistance; b. Conduct and supervise Statewide programs of pesticide control education including the preparation and distribution of information relating to pesticide control; c. Enter and inspect any building or place, except private residences, for the purpose of investigating an actual or suspected violation of law relating to pesticides and ascertaining compliance or noncompliance with any rules, regulations or orders of the department; d. Receive or initiate complaints of violations of applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to pesticides and institute legal proceedings for the prevention of such violations and for the recovery of penalties, in accordance with law; e. With the approval of the Governor, cooperate with, and receive money from, the Federal Government, the State Government, or any county or municipal government or from private sources for the study and control of pesticides; f. Declare as a pest any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, man, domestic animals, articles, or substances; g. Determine whether pesticides are highly toxic to man; h. Determine standards of coloring or discoloring for pesticides; i. Subject pesticides to the requirements of Section 11 of P.L.1971, c. 176 (C. 13:1F-11); j. Cooperate with, and enter into agreement with, any other agency of this State, or the United States, and any other state or agency thereof for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act and securing uniformity of regulations, in order to avoid confusion endangering the public health, resulting from diverse requirements, particularly as to the labeling and coloring of pesticides, and to avoid increased costs due to the necessity complying with such diverse requirements in the manufacture and sale of such pesticides; k. Have the power, in accordance with a fee schedule adopted as a rule or regulation in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), to establish and charge fees for any of the services it performs, which fees shall be annual or periodic as the department shall determine. The fees charged by the department pursuant to this section shall reflect the actual or projected expense incurred by the department in the performance of the service for which the fee is charged. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Environmental Services Fund created pursuant to P.L.1975, c. 232 and kept separate from other receipts deposited therein and appropriated for the operation of the Pesticide Control Program in the Department of Environmental Protection. L.1971, c. 176, s. 9, eff. June 1, 1971. Amended by L.1981, c. 538, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-32 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-32
Change in experimental project; written approval of commissioner
Status: in_force

Any commitment issued by the commissioner and any contract based thereon shall, in addition to such other terms, covenants and conditions as the commissioner may require, provide that no change may be made in any experimental project assisted with a State grant without the prior written approval of the commissioner. L.1975, c. 326, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-30 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-30
State grant for experiental, landfill mining projects; application; evaluation
Status: in_force

21. a. The commissioner may make, or contract to make, a State grant to any person engaged in solid waste collection, disposal or utilization activities, to assist that person in experimenting with new methods of solid waste collection, disposal or utilization, including but not limited to, source reduction, material recycling and energy recovery demonstration projects, intermunicipal waste collection and disposal systems projects, and coordinated multiusage of terminated sanitary landfill disposal sites projects. The commissioner may also make, or contract to make, a State grant to a local government unit, as defined pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1) that owns or operates a sanitary landfill facility to undertake a landfill mining project, as defined pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1). Any person engaged in solid waste collection, disposal or utilization activities, or a local government unit as provided by section 1 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1) may apply to the commissioner for a State grant; provided, however, that the application has been approved by the board of chosen freeholders, or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, as in conformity with the adopted and approved solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district within which the experimental project is to be undertaken. The applicant shall submit a copy of the plan for any solid waste collection, disposal or utilization experimental project for which a State grant is sought and such other detailed information concerning the project, including maps, data, plans, estimated costs, and method of financing, as the commissioner may require by rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. The commissioner may exempt any demonstration project from the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) or P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.). b. The commissioner shall review and evaluate all applications submitted to him pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and shall establish such priorities for making grants pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act as shall give due regard to the degree to which the experimental project for which a State grant is sought will have a beneficial and long term effect on solid waste collection, disposal and utilization methods in this State. L.1975,c.326,s.21; amended 1994,c.99,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1G-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1G / Section 1G-21.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Handgun" means a pistol, revolver or other firearm originally designed or manufactured to be fired by the use of a single hand. "Rifle" means a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder and using the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger. "Shotgun" means a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder and using the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shots or a single projectile for each pull of the trigger, or any firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder which does not fire fixed ammunition. "Skeet shooting" means shooting with a shotgun at a succession of clay pigeons sprung at different angles into the air from a trap. "Trapshooting" means shooting with a shotgun at a clay pigeon sprung into the air from a trap. L.1991,c.391,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-23 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-23
§ 13:12-23
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the canal and banking company are hereby authorized and directed in behalf of the canal and banking company to do or cause to be done by the officers of the canal and banking company, thereunto authorized by the board of directors, all acts and things and to execute or cause to be executed all contracts, instruments of conveyance, consents, leases or other documents authorized or directed by the provisions of this chapter to be done or executed by the canal and banking company or which its board of directors shall deem expedient to be done or executed for the purpose of this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-20 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-20
Judicial review
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by any decision rendered by the commission pursuant to subsection c. of section 9 and sections 13 and 14 of this act may obtain judicial review thereof by the filing of a petition in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey within 45 days after the issuance of such decision. The court shall have the power to grant such relief as it deems just and proper, and to make and enter an order enforcing, modifying and enforcing as so modified, remanding for further specific evidence or findings, or setting aside in whole or in part, such decision of the commission. The findings of fact on which such decision is based shall be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole. L.1979, c. 111, s. 19, eff. June 28, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-48.23a — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-48.23a
Violations, revocation of generator's registration; application for reissuance.
Status: in_force

4. If, after a hearing, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and Commissioner of Health and Senior Services determine that a generator is in violation of P.L.1989, c.34 (C.13:1E-48.1 et al.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, and the violation relates to the willful illegal or improper disposal of regulated medical waste, the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Health and Senior Services, in addition to any other applicable penalties, may suspend or revoke the generator's registration issued by the departments for the generator to operate in the State. After completion of the term of suspension, a generator may, after a hearing, reapply to the department to have their registration reissued. a. If a violation involving the illegal or improper disposal of regulated medical waste in New Jersey is committed by a generator that is registered and authorized in another state, the Attorney General of New Jersey shall notify the Attorney General or other equivalent authority of that state within 30 days. b. If information concerning a generator who is registered in this State and found in violation of another state's medical waste disposal laws is received by the Attorney General or another State governmental entity, the Attorney General or other State governmental entity shall forward the information to the departments. Within 60 days, the departments shall determine if the information is sufficient to hold a hearing and consider the suspension or revocation of any registration or other authorization to operate, pursuant to this section. L.2012, c.65, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-202 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-202
Distributor to accept used lead acid battery from retailer
Status: in_force

a. No distributor or his agent may refuse to accept any used lead acid battery returned to the distributor or his agent from any retailer in the distributor's service area. Whenever a retailer or group of retailers receives a shipment or consignment of, or in any manner acquires, lead acid batteries from any distributor outside of New Jersey for sale to consumers in New Jersey, the retailer or retailers shall be subject to the provisions of this act as if they were distributors as well as retailers. b. No distributor shall dispose of a used lead acid battery as solid waste at any time. Any distributor may return used lead acid batteries accepted from a retailer directly to the manufacturer. A distributor may arrange for the pickup and proper recycling of used lead acid batteries with: (1) a secondary lead smelter; (2) a scrap processing facility at which used lead acid batteries are received, stored, processed or transferred for the purposes of recycling; or (3) a household hazardous waste collection site established pursuant to a county household hazardous waste collection program. L.1991,c.94,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-173 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-173
Eligibility for grants, loans
Status: in_force

a. The commissioner shall apply the criteria set forth in this section in determining the eligibility of owners and operators of sanitary landfill facilities for grants or loans to pay the closure costs of landfill closure projects. No owner or operator of a sanitary landfill facility shall be eligible for a grant or loan under this act prior to the submission for approval to the department of a financial plan for closure as required by section 8 of this act. b. Where the Board of Public Utilities has issued an order increasing the rates and charges for solid waste disposal on the relevant tariff filed with and approved by the board for the solid waste disposal operations of a sanitary landfill facility and where this increase, or a portion thereof, is allocated specifically in the tariff for the closure costs of the sanitary landfill facility, and where the facility has accepted for final disposal out-of-State solid waste prior to October 1, 1984, any local government unit which is required to pay a portion of the closure costs through payment of rates or charges for disposal of solid waste at the facility shall be eligible to apply for a grant for the payment of a portion of the closure costs, to the extent that the closure costs would have been borne by the out-of-State solid waste generators who had previously, but no longer, utilized the facility. c. Where the Board of Public Utilities has issued an order increasing the rates and charges for solid waste disposal on the relevant tariff filed with and approved by the board for the solid waste disposal operations of a sanitary landfill facility and where this increase, or a portion thereof, is specifically allocated in the tariff for the closure costs of the facility, any local government unit which is required to pay any portion of the closure costs through the payment of rates or charges for disposal of solid waste at the facility shall be eligible to apply for a loan for the payment of a portion of the closure costs. d. Upon the final approval by the Board of Public Utilities of increases in the solid waste disposal tariff with respect to a sanitary landfill facility, as set forth in this section, the board shall file with the department a copy of the order increasing the solid waste tariff, including the projected amounts thereof specifically allocated for closure costs to be generated from local government units required to pay a portion of the closure costs through the payment of rates or charges for the disposal of solid waste at the sanitary landfill facility and the proportionate amounts thereof specifically allocated for closure costs which would have been generated from the out-of-State solid waste generators who had previously, but no longer, utilized the facility. e. Where the Board of Public Utilities has not issued an order increasing the rates or charges for solid waste disposal on the relevant tariff with respect to solid waste disposal operations of a sanitary landfill facility, or, where the Board of Public Utilities does not exercise rate setting jurisdiction or has denied a request for an order increasing the rates or charges for solid waste disposal on the relevant tariff with respect to solid waste disposal operations of a sanitary landfill facility, any owner or operator thereof shall be eligible to apply for a loan to pay closure costs of the sanitary landfill facility, if the commissioner determines that funds currently available in the escrow account established for the facility pursuant to P.L. 1981, c. 306 (C. 13:1E-100 et seq.), or otherwise legally available from the owner or operator thereof, are inadequate to cover the required closure costs for the sanitary landfill facility. L. 1985, c. 368, s. 5, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 13:20-28 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-28
Exemptions.
Status: in_force

30. a. The following are exempt from the provisions of this act, the regional master plan, any rules or regulations adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to this act, or any amendments to a master plan, development regulations, or other regulations adopted by a local government unit to specifically conform them with the regional master plan: (1) the construction of a single family dwelling, for an individual's own use or the use of an immediate family member, on a lot owned by the individual on the date of enactment of this act or on a lot for which the individual has on or before May 17, 2004 entered into a binding contract of sale to purchase that lot; (2) the construction of a single family dwelling on a lot in existence on the date of enactment of this act, provided that the construction does not result in the ultimate disturbance of one acre or more of land or a cumulative increase in impervious surface by one-quarter acre or more; (3) a major Highlands development that received on or before March 29, 2004: (a) one of the following approvals pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.): (i) preliminary or final site plan approval; (ii) final municipal building or construction permit; (iii) minor subdivision approval where no subsequent site plan approval is required; (iv) final subdivision approval where no subsequent site plan approval is required; or (v) preliminary subdivision approval where no subsequent site plan approval is required; and (b) at least one of the following permits from the Department of Environmental Protection, if applicable to the proposed major Highlands development: (i) a permit or certification pursuant to the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et seq.); (ii) a water extension permit or other approval or authorization pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.); (iii) a certification or other approval or authorization issued pursuant to the "The Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.199 (C.58:11-23 et seq.); or (iv) a treatment works approval pursuant to the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.); or (c) one of the following permits from the Department of Environmental Protection, if applicable to the proposed major Highlands development, and if the proposed major Highlands development does not require one of the permits listed in subsubparagraphs (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (b) of this paragraph: (i) a permit or other approval or authorization issued pursuant to the "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act," P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.); or (ii) a permit or other approval or authorization issued pursuant to the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act," P.L.1962, c.19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.). The exemption provided in this paragraph shall apply only to the land area and the scope of the major Highlands development addressed by the qualifying approvals pursuant to subparagraphs (a) and (b), or (c) if applicable, of this paragraph, shall expire if any of those qualifying approvals expire, and shall expire if construction beyond site preparation does not commence within three years after the date of enactment of this act; (4) the reconstruction of any building or structure for any reason within 125% of the footprint of the lawfully existing impervious surfaces on the site, provided that the reconstruction does not increase the lawfully existing impervious surface by one-quarter acre or more. This exemption shall not apply to the reconstruction of any agricultural or horticultural building or structure for a non-agricultural or non-horticultural use; (5) any improvement to a single family dwelling in existence on the date of enactment of this act, including but not limited to an addition, garage, shed, driveway, porch, deck, patio, swimming pool, or septic system; (6) any improvement, for non-residential purposes, to a place of worship owned by a nonprofit entity, society or association, or association organized primarily for religious purposes, or a public or private school, or a hospital, in existence on the date of enactment of this act, including but not limited to new structures, an addition to an existing building or structure, a site improvement, or a sanitary facility; (7) an activity conducted in accordance with an approved woodland management plan pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.3) or a forest stewardship plan approved pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.256 (C.13:1L-31), or the normal harvesting of forest products in accordance with a forest management plan or forest stewardship plan approved by the State Forester; (8) the construction or extension of trails with non-impervious surfaces on publicly owned lands or on privately owned lands where a conservation or recreational use easement has been established; (9) the routine maintenance and operations, rehabilitation, preservation, reconstruction, or repair of transportation or infrastructure systems by a State entity or local government unit, provided that the activity is consistent with the goals and purposes of this act and does not result in the construction of any new through-capacity travel lanes; (10) the construction of transportation safety projects and bicycle and pedestrian facilities by a State entity or local government unit, provided that the activity does not result in the construction of any new through-capacity travel lanes; (11) the routine maintenance and operations, rehabilitation, preservation, reconstruction, repair, or upgrade of public utility lines, rights of way, or systems, by a public utility, provided that the activity is consistent with the goals and purposes of this act; (12) the reactivation of rail lines and rail beds existing on the date of enactment of this act; (13) the construction of a public infrastructure project approved by public referendum prior to January 1, 2005 or a capital project approved by public referendum prior to January 1, 2005; (14) the mining, quarrying, or production of ready mix concrete, bituminous concrete, or Class B recycling materials occurring or which are permitted to occur on any mine, mine site, or construction materials facility existing on June 7, 2004; (15) the remediation of any contaminated site pursuant to P.L.1993, c.139 (C.58:10B-1 et seq.); (16) any lands of a federal military installation existing on the date of enactment of this act that lie within the Highlands Region; and (17) a major Highlands development located within an area designated as Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan), or Planning Area 2 (Suburban), as designated pursuant to P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.) as of March 29, 2004, that on or before March 29, 2004 has been the subject of a settlement agreement and stipulation of dismissal filed in the Superior Court, or a builder's remedy issued by the Superior Court, to satisfy the constitutional requirement to provide for the fulfillment of the fair share obligation of the municipality in which the development is located. The exemption provided pursuant to this paragraph shall expire if construction beyond site preparation does not commence within three years after receiving all final approvals required pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). b. The exemptions provided in subsection a. of this section shall not be construed to alter or obviate the requirements of any other applicable State or local laws, rules, regulations, development regulations, or ordinances. c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter the funding allocation formulas established pursuant to the "Garden State Preservation Trust Act," P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.). d. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal, reduce, or otherwise modify the obligation of counties, municipalities, and other municipal and public agencies of the State to pay property taxes on lands used for the purpose and for the protection of a public water supply, without regard to any buildings or other improvements thereon, pursuant to R.S.54:4-3.3. L.2004, c.120, s.30; amended 2009, c.256, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-13 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13
Abandoned portions of canal property dedicated as public highways
Status: in_force

Upon the discontinuance by the canal and banking company of the use as a means of transportation by water of that portion of the property the title to which is, by section 13:12-3 of this title, vested in the canal and banking company in trust for the state of New Jersey, and the discontinuance of the use as a means of transportation of water to the canal of those portions of such property which had been used as feeders to the canal, which discontinuance was authorized by section one of the act entitled "An act to authorize the abandonment of navigation upon the Morris canal and providing for the dismantling of the canal and the disposition of portions of the property, the title to which is now held in trust for the state of New Jersey by the Morris Canal and Banking Company upon terms and compensation fixed by said Morris Canal and Banking Company and providing for the review of said terms and compensation by the board of public utility commissioners of the state of New Jersey, and further providing for the management and control of such property pending the disposition thereof," approved March twelve, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four (L.1924, c. 229, s. 1, p. 506), such portions of such property, the use of which has been so discontinued, shall be applied and are hereby dedicated, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, to the public use as public highways for the transportation and passage thereon of persons and property and for any and all other purposes of public highways.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-16 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-16
Powers of commissioner
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in executing this act, may do all things necessary or useful and convenient in connection with the acquisition of lands by the State or with the assistance of the State, including the following: (a) Make arrangements for and direct (i) engineering, inspection, legal, financial, geological, hydrological and other professional services, estimates and advice; (ii) and organizational, administrative and other work and services; (b) Enter on any lands for the purpose of making surveys, borings, soundings or other inspections or examinations; (c) Prescribe rules and regulations to implement any provisions of this act. L.1961, c. 45, p. 481, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13-12.5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12.5
Contracts for sale of water; duration; repair and reconstruction
Status: in_force

Without limiting the powers herein granted to the Department of Conservation and Development it may, if it deems proper, enter into contracts for the sale, for industrial purposes, of water from the said canal but such contracts shall not exceed a duration of twenty-five years and which contracts may as a part thereof provide that the purchaser of such industrial water may repair, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve and maintain certain parts of the canal and likewise require when such purchaser shall return to the canal the water developed for such industrial purposes in such condition as the department may require or determine and may likewise contract for the sale of such water for industrial purposes by the withdrawal from the canal either in pipeline, viaduct or other means of transmission to any convenient point within the Raritan basin; provided, however, that no contract for the sale of industrial water or the repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction, maintenance and improvement of the said canal shall be entered into or let or awarded unless and until the Governor shall have approved thereof in writing. L.1944, c. 272, p. 660, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13A-14 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-14
Review zone designated.
Status: in_force

14. a. The commission shall determine, after a public hearing, or public hearings held in Hunterdon, Somerset, Mercer, and Middlesex counties respectively, the extent and limits of the region to be designated the review zone. Any subsequent modification of the review zone shall be made by the commission only after public hearings in the county or counties in which the modification is to be made. All public hearings required pursuant to this section shall be held only after giving prior notice thereof by public advertisement once each week for two consecutive weeks in such newspaper or newspapers selected by the chairman of the commission as will best give notice thereof. The last publication of such notice shall be not less than 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing. b. The commission shall approve all State actions within the review zone that impact on the park, and insure that these actions conform as nearly as possible to the commission's master plan and relevant local plans or initiatives. The State actions which the commission shall review will include the operations of the Division of Water Resources concerning water supply and quality; the Division of Parks and Forestry in developing recreation facilities; and the activities of any other State department or agency that might affect the park. c. The commission shall review and approve, reject, or modify any project within the review zone. The initial application for a proposed project within the zone shall be submitted by the applicant to the appropriate municipal reviewing agency. If approved by the agency, the application shall be sent to the commission for review. The commission shall review each proposed project in terms of its conformity with, or divergence from, the objectives of the commission's master plan and shall: (1) advise the appropriate municipal reviewing agency that the project can proceed as proposed; (2) reject the application and so advise the appropriate municipal reviewing agency and the governing body of the municipality; or (3) require modifications or additional safeguards on the part of the applicant, and return the application to the appropriate municipal reviewing agency, which shall be responsible for insuring that these conditions are satisfied before issuing a permit. If no action is taken by the commission within a period of 45 days from the date of submission of the application to the commission by the municipal reviewing agency, this shall constitute an approval by the commission. The commission's decision shall be final and binding on the municipality, and the commission may, in the case of any violation or threat of a violation of a commission's decision by a municipality, or by the appropriate municipal reviewing agency, as the case may be, institute civil action (1) for injunctive relief; (2) to set aside and invalidate a decision made by a municipality in violation of this subsection; or (3) to restrain, correct or abate such violation. As used herein: (1) "project" means any structure, land use change, or public improvements for which a permit from, or determination by, the municipality is required, which shall include, but not be limited to, building permits, zoning variances, and excavation permits; and (2) "agency" means any body or instrumentality of the municipality responsible for the issuance of permits or the approval of projects, as herein defined, which shall include, but not be limited to, governing bodies, planning and zoning boards, building inspectors, managers and municipal engineers. d. To the extent that any action the commission takes pursuant to this section may impact upon or otherwise affect the Highlands Region or the Highlands regional master plan, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), the commission shall consult with the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-4), and any such action taken shall be consistent with the Highlands regional master plan adopted by the council pursuant to that act. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1974, c.118 (C.13:13A-1 et seq.), and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the commission is authorized to issue a general permit in lieu of an approval required pursuant to subsection b. or c. of this section. The commission shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations that identify the types of projects eligible for a general permit and establish the criteria for the approval or rejection of a general permit issued pursuant to this subsection. The commission may authorize, by adoption of a resolution by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members, the executive director of the commission to approve, approve with conditions, or reject an application for a general permit issued pursuant to this subsection in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1974, c.118 (C.13:13A-1 et seq.) and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. L.1974, c.118, s.14; amended 2004, c.120, s.56; 2007, c.142, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-152 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-152
On-site public access may be restricted.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall not adopt any rule or regulation pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.), R.S.12:5-3, "The Wetlands Act of 1970," P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.), the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act," P.L.1962, c.19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.), or the State's implementation of the "Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972," 16 U.S.C. s.1451 et seq., or any other law, that mandates on-site public access to tidal waters or adjacent shorelines as a condition of any approval, permit, administrative order, or consent decree at any structure or facility that: (1) is required to submit a facility security plan pursuant to the federal "Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002," 46 U.S.C. s.70101 et seq., and 33 C.F.R. s.101.100 et seq.; (2) is required to develop and adhere to a transportation security plan for hazardous materials pursuant to the regulations adopted by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in the United States Department of Transportation, 49 C.F.R. s.172.800 et seq.; (3) is required to participate in the United States Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program; (4) is located at any airport, railroad yard, or nuclear power plant; (5) requires exclusion of the public for security reasons as designated in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection b. of this section by the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness; or (6) is owned or operated by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs and on which on-site public access is deemed to pose a threat to security or public safety. b. The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to establish a process to designate those facilities that, for homeland security reasons, require exclusion of the public from the tidal waters or adjacent shorelines located at those facilities. The rules and regulations shall nevertheless provide for access to tidal waters and their adjacent shorelines to the maximum extent feasible and as otherwise permitted by law. L.2019, c.81, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-26 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-26
Lakes or ponds used for water power excepted
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 13:8-23 to 13:8-25 of this title shall warrant the owner of a pond or lake used solely or chiefly as a source of water power for a mill or factory in active operation to apply for exemption of taxes.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-4
Boundaries
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the commission shall be authorized to carry out the purposes of this act within the following district: All that certain area bounded as described therein, excepting therefrom the area described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section: Beginning at a point on Hendricks Causeway at its junction with the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch in Ridgefield; Thence southerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch to its junction with the Fairview-Ridgefield Municipal boundary; Thence westerly along the Fairview-Ridgefield Municipal boundary to its junction with the Fairview-North Bergen Municipal boundary; Thence easterly along the Fairview-North Bergen Municipal boundary to its junction with the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch; Thence southerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch to its junction with Tonnelle Avenue (U. S. Route 1 and 9) in Jersey City; Thence southerly along Tonnelle Avenue (U.S. Route 1 and 9) to its intersection with the Pulaski Skyway; Thence westerly along a line formed by the Pulaski Skyway to a point where the Port Authority Trans-Hudson tracks pass under the Pulaski Skyway; Thence westerly along the Port Authority Trans-Hudson tracks to their intersection with the Harrison-Kearny Municipal Boundary; Thence northwesterly along the Harrison-Kearny Municipal Boundary, as its jogs and curves, to its intersection with the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Harrison-Kingsland connecting branch of the Morris and Essex Division; Thence northerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Harrison-Kingsland connecting branch of the Morris and Essex Division to its junction with Orient Way in Lyndhurst; Thence northerly along Orient Way to its junction with Valley Brook Avenue-Smith Street; Thence easterly along Smith Street to its junction with Madison Street; Thence northerly along Madison Street to its junction with Evergreen Place; Thence westerly along Evergreen Place to its junction with Meadow Road; Thence northerly along Meadow Road to its junction with Rutherford Avenue; Thence northerly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Rutherford Avenue and Meadow Road and the junction of Union Avenue and Erie-Lackawanna-New Jersey and New York Railroad; Thence northerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna-New Jersey and New York Railroad to its intersection with the Wood-Ridge-Carlstadt municipal boundary; Thence easterly along the Wood-Ridge-Carlstadt municipal boundary to its intersection with Moonachie-Wood-Ridge municipal boundary; Thence northerly and westerly along the Moonachie-Wood-Ridge municipal boundary to its intersection with the Hasbrouck Heights-Moonachie municipal boundary; Thence easterly and northerly along Hasbrouck Heights-Moonachie municipal boundary to its intersection with the Moonachie-Teterboro municipal boundary; Thence westerly and northerly along the Hasbrouck Heights-Teterboro municipal boundary to its intersection with U. S. Route 46; Thence easterly along U. S. Route 46 to its intersection with the Teterboro-Little Ferry municipal boundary; Thence southerly along the Teterboro-Little Ferry municipal boundary to its intersection with the Moonachie-Little Ferry boundary; Thence southerly along the Moonachie-Little Ferry municipal boundary to its intersection with Red Neck Road; Thence southerly along Red Neck Road to its junction with Moonachie Avenue in Moonachie; Thence easterly along Moonachie Avenue to its junction with Moonachie Road; Thence northerly along Moonachie Road to its junction with Maple Street; Thence easterly along Maple Street approximately 930 feet to its intersection with the Transcontinental gas pipeline; Thence northeasterly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Maple Street and the Transcontinental gas pipeline and the intersection of Bertolotto Avenue and the Moonachie-Little Ferry Municipal boundary (Losen Slofe Creek); Thence easterly along Bertolotto Avenue to its junction with Eckel Road; Thence southerly along 5th Street to its junction with Mansfield Avenue; Thence easterly along Columbus avenue to its junction with Mehrhof Road; Thence northerly along Mehrhof Road to its junction with Washington Avenue; Thence easterly and northerly along Washington Avenue to its junction with Main Street; Thence easterly along Main Street extended to the Little Ferry-Ridgefield Park Municipal boundary; (The middle of the Hackensack River); Thence southerly along the Little Ferry-Ridgefield Park Municipal boundary (in the middle of the Hackensack River) to its intersection with the Ridgefield Park-Ridgefield Municipal boundary; Thence easterly along the Ridgefield Park-Ridgefield Municipal boundary (in the middle of Overpeck Creek) to its intersection with Bergen Turnpike; Thence southerly along Bergen Turnpike to its junction with Hendricks Causeway; Thence southeasterly along Hendricks Causeway to its junction with the tracks of the Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Branch, the point of beginning. (b) Exception: Beginning at a point on Old New Jersey Route 3 (New Jersey Route 153) (Paterson Plank Road) at its junction with County Avenue in Secaucus; Thence southerly along County Avenue to its junction with Secaucus Road; Thence westerly along Secaucus Road a distance of 1,321 feet more or less to its junction with Private Road; Thence northerly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Secaucus Road and the aforementioned Private Road and the intersection of Pandolfi Avenue-Golden Avenue in Secaucus; Thence westerly along Pandolfi Avenue to its junction with 5th Street; Thence southerly along 5th Street to its junction with Mansfield Avenue; Thence westerly along Mansfield Avenue to its junction with Walter Place; Thence northerly along Walter Place to its junction with Mansfield Avenue; Thence westerly along Mansfield Avenue to its junction with 9th Street; Thence northerly along 9th Street to its junction with Grace Street; Thence easterly along Grace Street to its junction with Eighth Street; Thence northerly along Eighth Street to its junction with Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153); Thence easterly along Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153) to its junction with Paterson Plank Road; Thence easterly continuing along Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153) (Paterson Plank Road) to its junction with County Avenue, the point of beginning. (c) Exception: Beginning at a point on Maple Avenue at its junction with 7th Street in Secaucus; Thence northerly and easterly along 7th Street to its junction with Paterson Plank Road; Thence northerly along Paterson Plank Road to its junction with Farm Road; Thence northerly along Farm Road to its junction with Meadow Lane; Thence easterly along Meadow Lane to its junction with Stonewall Lane and Mill Ridge Road; Thence easterly along Mill Ridge Road to its junction with Koelle Boulevard; Thence southerly along Koelle Boulevard to its junction with Huber Street; Thence westerly along Huber Street to its junction with Radio Avenue; Thence southerly on Radio Avenue to its junction with Pikeview Terrace; Thence westerly and northerly along Pikeview Terrace to its intersection with Lausecker Lane; Thence westerly along Lausecker Land to its junction with Paterson Plank Road; Thence southerly along Paterson Plank Road to its junction with Maple Street; Thence westerly along Maple Street to its junction with 7th Street, the point of beginning. L.1968, c. 404, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-46 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-46
Department may enter industrial facility to obtain information about pollution prevention practices
Status: in_force

12. The department may enter any industrial facility for the purpose of obtaining information concerning the industrial facility's pollution prevention practices, reviewing a pollution prevention plan, ascertaining the quality of any work performed in accordance with this act or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or ascertaining compliance with a facility-wide permit or the provisions of this act or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. Any information relating to a trade secret obtained in the course of implementing or enforcing the provisions of this act shall be kept confidential and shall be inadmissible as evidence in any court or in any other proceeding in such a manner so as to protect the confidentiality of the information. L.1991,c.235,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-45 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-45
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers Act." L.1977, c. 236, s. 1, eff. Sept. 28, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-135.6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-135.6
Right to enter, take samples.
Status: in_force

18. The department, a local board of health, and a county health department shall have the right to enter, inspect, and take samples at or from, any facility or premises used in connection with the provision of soil and fill recycling services in order to determine compliance with a registration issued pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.397 (C.13:1E-127.1), a soil and fill recycling license issued pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-133), and any other applicable law, and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. L.2019, c.397, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-102 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-102
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Closing costs" or "closure" means all activities and costs associated with the design, purchase, construction or maintenance of all measures required by the department, pursuant to law, in order to prevent, minimize or monitor pollution or health hazards resulting from sanitary landfill facilities subsequent to the termination of operations at any portion thereof, including, but not necessarily limited to, the costs of the placement of earthen or vegetative cover, the installation of methane gas vents or monitors and leachate monitoring wells or collection systems at the site of any sanitary landfill facility, and the cost of general liability insurance, including environmental impairment liability insurance, or an amount sufficient to create a self-insurance fund as may be determined by the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1981, c. 306 (C. 13:1E-109), to fund potential claims against the owner or operator of the sanitary landfill facility during the closure and post-closure period. b. "Owner or operator" means and includes, in addition to the usual meanings thereof, every owner of record of any interest in land whereon a sanitary landfill facility is or has been located, and any person or corporation which owns a majority interest in any other corporation which is the owner or operator of any sanitary landfill facility. c. "Division" means the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. d. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. e. "Tax period" means every calendar month, or any other period as may be prescribed by rule and regulation adopted by the director, on the basis of which the owner or operator of a sanitary landfill facility is required to report to the director pursuant to this act. f. "Taxpayer" means the owner or operator of a sanitary landfill facility subject to the tax provisions of this act. L. 1981,c.306, s.3; amended by L. 1987,c.347,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-65 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-65
Federal grants
Status: in_force

The department, or any of the divisions established hereunder, may, subject to the approval of the Governor and Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development, apply for and accept grants from the Federal Government or any agency thereof, and may comply with the terms, conditions and limitations thereof, for any of the purposes of the department, or of such division. Any money so received may be expended by the department, or such division, subject to any limitations imposed in such grants to effect any of the purposes of the department, or of such division, as the case may be, upon warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting of the Department of the Treasury on vouchers certified and approved by the Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development. L.1948, c. 448, p. 1842, s. 116.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-96.3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-96.3
Findings, declarations relative to recycling goals and recycling of solid waste.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that the State Recycling Plan goals, which provide for the recycling of 50% of the municipal solid waste stream and 60% of the total solid waste stream, are perhaps the most ambitious in the nation; that since the expiration of the recycling tax on December 31, 1996 the State of New Jersey provides less public support to recycling than at least 25 other states; that this lack of public financial support, especially for local public information and recycling education programs, is at least partly responsible for the steady decline in New Jersey's recycling rates over the past decade, from a high of 45% recycling of the municipal solid waste stream in 1995 to a recycling rate of 33% in 2003; and that it is unacceptable that the State which enacted the nation's first statewide mandatory recycling law has been unable to sustain its heretofore exemplary recycling efforts due to inadequate public funding. The Legislature further finds that the recycling of waste materials decreases waste flow to county solid waste facilities and out-of-State disposal sites, and that by achieving the statutory recycling goals a disposal facility capacity savings equal to the annual utilization of 3.5 solid waste incinerators or 4.5 solid waste landfills can be realized; that recycling reduces waste flow to the State's solid waste incinerators while contributing to their overall combustion efficiency through the removal of noncombustible and nonprocessible materials at the source, recovers or saves valuable resources, including over 3 million tons of iron, coal and limestone in the production of new ferrous metals and over 9 million trees in the production of virgin paper from the ferrous metals and paper recycling by New Jersey residents and businesses in 2003 alone, conserves an estimated 86 trillion BTU's, or the equivalent of 700 million gallons of gasoline in the manufacturing process, and offers a supply of domestic raw materials for the State's recycling-related industries, which include over 2,000 businesses with over 27,000 employees; that recycling reduces air and water pollutants emitted during the manufacturing process by more than 134,000 metric tons; that economically viable municipal and county recycling programs are necessary to achieve the maximum practicable recovery of reusable materials from solid waste in this State; and that such programs will reduce the amount of solid waste disposed at county solid waste facilities, result in more efficient solid waste incinerators, conserve energy and resources, and recover materials for industrial uses. The Legislature, therefore, declares it to be in the environmental and economic interests of the State of New Jersey to provide financial support for municipal and county recycling programs through the imposition of a tax on solid waste generation. L.2007, c.311, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-54 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-54
Operation, maintenance of land acquired, developed.
Status: in_force

12. A local government unit that receives a grant or loan for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to this act shall satisfactorily operate and maintain the lands acquired or developed pursuant to the conditions of the agreement between the local government unit and the department when the grant or loan is made. In the event that the local government unit cannot or will not correct deficiencies in the operation and maintenance within a reasonable time period, the commissioner may require the repayment of all or a portion of the grant or loan amount received by the local government unit. L.2016, c.12, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-13 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-13
Employee's tenure rights
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, or under any pension law or retirement system. L.1970, c. 33, s. 16, eff. April 22, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-34 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-34
Assistance rendered by commissioner to help in acquisition of lands
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in executing this act, may do all things necessary or useful and convenient in connection with the acquisition of lands by the State or with the assistance of the State, including the following: a. Make arrangements for and direct (1) engineering, inspection, legal, financial, geological, hydrological and professional services, estimates and advice; (ii) and organizational, administrative and other work and services; b. Enter on any lands for the purpose of making surveys, borings, soundings or other inspections or examinations; c. Prescribe rules and regulations to implement any provisions of this act. L.1971, c. 419, s. 16, eff. Jan. 24, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-9.5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-9.5
Remediation by municipality, approval
Status: in_force

5. If a municipality undertakes a remediation of an industrial establishment, the municipality shall undertake that remediation and shall obtain all approvals required by the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. L.1991,c.238,s.5; amended 1993,c.139,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-13.7 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-13.7
Conveyance or lease of state's interest; application
Status: in_force

(a) Any claimant of the meadowlands who shall desire to obtain a conveyance or lease of the State's interest in such land may apply to the council submitting with his application, a survey of the property showing its metes and bounds, an affidavit of title, a copy of the instrument of title under which he claims the land, a statement of the purpose for, and the manner in which, the claimant proposes to use or further improve the property and such other information as the council shall require. (b) Any department, agency or instrumentality of the State, county, municipality, or any person, not a claimant, may apply to the council for a conveyance or lease of the State's interest in the meadowlands, said application shall contain a survey of the property showing its metes and bounds, a copy of the latest purported title which has been duly recorded in the county recording office in which the land is located, a statement of the purpose for, and the manner in which the applicant proposes to utilize or further improve the property, an affidavit of the applicant that he has sent notification of his application to the person or persons named in such instrument of title and to the person named as the owners in the tax records of the municipality in which the lands are located, and such other information as the council may require. No title or lease shall be issued pursuant to this subsection until any claimant to all, or part of, the property applied for has been given notice of the application and 3 months thereafter, in which to apply for a conveyance or lease of said lands. (c) Any claimant owning meadowlands and applying only for a meadowlands grant or quitclaim instrument may apply for and receive a meadowland's riparian instrument for such lands without regard to the requirement of notices to riparian proprietors contained in R.S. 12:3-7 and R.S. 12:3-7.1. L.1968, c. 404, s. 93. Amended by L.1973, c. 335, s. 2, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-72 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-72
Assumption of outstanding debts of former registrant by purchaser
Status: in_force

As an incident of its prior approval pursuant to subsection c. of section 22 of this act, of the sale, assignment, conveyance or other disposition in bulk of all property of the former registrant relating to the major hazardous waste facility, the commission may, in its discretion, require that the purchaser thereof assume in a form and substance acceptable to the commission all of the outstanding debts of the former registrant that arose from or were based upon the operation of major hazardous waste facility. L.1981, c. 279, s. 24, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-21 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-21
Crossings in municipalities
Status: in_force

If the authorities in charge of any street, highway or road, on which there is a bridge or crossing to be removed by the canal and banking company as provided by section 13:12-19 of this title, shall prefer to relocate or otherwise readjust such crossing in a manner and to an extent different from that provided in said section 13:12-19, the canal and banking company, instead and in lieu of constructing any such crossing as required by said section 13:12-19, is authorized to contract with such authorities for the construction, by such authorities, of any such relocated or readjusted crossing, and, in such contract, to agree with such authorities for the payment by the canal company of such portion of the cost of such relocated or readjusted crossing as shall not exceed the estimated cost of the crossing instead of which such relocated or readjusted crossing shall be so contracted for.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-74 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-74
Disposition in bulk of all property; net proceeds to former or suspended registrant
Status: in_force

Following any sale, assignment, conveyance or other disposition in bulk of all the property subject to the conservatorship, the net proceeds therefrom, if any, after payment of all obligations owing to the State of New Jersey and any political subdivision thereof and of those allowances set forth in section 23 of this act, shall be paid by the conservator to the former or suspended registrant. L.1981, c. 279, s. 26, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13-5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-5
§ 13:13-5
Status: in_force

The deficit, if any, arising from the maintenance of the canal, after deducting the income derived therefrom in the manner provided in section 13:13-4 of this title, shall be borne and paid out of funds appropriated under any general or special act of the legislature.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-44.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-44.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 10 inclusive of this act shall be cited and may be known as the "Forest Fire Prevention and Control Act." L.1981, c. 369, s. 1, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-33 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-33
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

15. The commissioner shall adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules or regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2002,c.117,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-17 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-17
Notice to local bodies and verification of hazardous discharge; list of reported discharges; notification of department by local bodies
Status: in_force

a. When the Department of Environmental Protection obtains any information which leads it to suspect that a hazardous discharge has occurred, it shall immediately notify, in writing and orally, the governing body and the local board of health of the municipality, in which the hazardous discharge has occurred and shall take appropriate action to verify that a hazardous discharge has occurred, including authorizing an agent or officer of the municipality to investigate the site of the suspected hazardous discharge and to report to the department. b. Within six months of the effective date of this act, the department shall transmit to the governing body of each municipality in the State a list of all hazardous discharges reported to the department pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1976, c. 141 (C. 58:10-23.11 et seq.) or which the department discovered by any other means, which occurred within the boundaries of the municipality between the effective date of P.L.1976, c. 141 and the effective date of this act. This list also shall include the status of the department's response to, or action taken concerning each discharge. c. When the governing body of a municipality or the local board of health obtains any information which leads it to suspect that a hazardous discharge has occurred, it shall immediately notify the department, in writing and orally. L.1984, c. 210, s. 3, eff. Dec. 10, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-9.2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-9.2
Owner, operator required to remediate industrial establishment
Status: in_force

2. The acquiring of title to an industrial establishment by a municipality pursuant to a foreclosure action pertaining to a certificate of tax sale purchased and held by the municipality shall not relieve the previous owner or operator of the industrial establishment of his duty to remediate the industrial establishment as required pursuant to P.L.1983, c.330. L.1991,c.238,s.2; amended 1993,c.139,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-150 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-150
Findings, declarations relative to public access.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The public has longstanding and inviolable rights under the public trust doctrine to use and enjoy the State's tidal waters and adjacent shorelines for navigation, commerce, and recreational uses, including, but not limited to, bathing, swimming, fishing, and other shore-related activities; b. The public trust doctrine establishes the rule that ownership of the State's natural resources, including, but not limited to, ground waters, surface waters, and land flowed or formerly flowed by tidal waters is vested in the State to be held in trust for the people, that the public has the right to tidal lands and waters for navigation, fishing, and recreational uses, and, moreover, that even land that is no longer flowed by the tide but that was artificially filled is considered to be public trust land and the property of the State; c. This historic principle stems from Roman jurisprudence declaring that the air, running water, and shores of the sea are common to mankind. The concept was extended to English law so that public property became classified as one of two types, either property that was necessary for the state's use or property that was common and available to all citizens. The common property consisted of the air, tidally flowed waters, fish, and wild animals, and the King did not own this common property as he owned other state property, but rather held it in trust for the people. After the Revolution, all royal rights in the land that was to become the State of New Jersey became vested in the people of the State of New Jersey. In 1821, the seminal court case of Arnold v. Mundy was decided, outlining the history of the public trust doctrine and applying it to tidally flowed lands in New Jersey, and from the time it was decided, New Jersey courts have held that the State holds in trust for the people of the State those lands flowed by tidal waters to the mean high water mark. The courts have also recognized that the public trust doctrine is not fixed or static; rather, it is to be molded and extended to meet changing conditions and the needs of the public it was created to benefit; d. Pursuant to the public trust doctrine, the State of New Jersey has a duty to promote, protect, and safeguard the public's rights and ensure reasonable and meaningful public access to tidal waters and adjacent shorelines; e. The Department of Environmental Protection has the authority and the duty to protect the public's right of access to tidally flowed waters and their adjacent shorelines under the public trust doctrine and statutory law. In so doing, the department has the duty to make all tidal waters and their adjacent shorelines available to the public to the greatest extent practicable, protect existing public access, provide public access in all communities equitably, maximize different experiences provided by the diversity of the State's tidal waters and adjacent shorelines, ensure that the expenditure of public moneys by the department maximizes public use and access where public investment is made, and remove physical and institutional impediments to public access to the maximum extent practicable; and f. Public access includes visual and physical access to, and use of, tidal waters and adjacent shorelines, sufficient perpendicular access from upland areas to tidal waters and adjacent shorelines, and the necessary support amenities to facilitate public access for all, including, but not limited to, public parking and restrooms. L.2019, c.81, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-69 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-69
Construction of act relative to C.13:1D-65.
Status: in_force

2. Nothing set forth in P.L.2009, c.277 (C.13:1D-64 et seq.) shall be construed as creating, establishing, or authorizing a private cause of action by an aggrieved person against a person who has violated, or is alleged to have violated, the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2009, c.277 (C.13:1D-65). L.2015, c.160, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.140 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.140
Eligible projects
Status: in_force

Projects eligible for consideration by the commissioner shall include but not necessarily be limited to: a. Installation, repair or replacement of existing protective structures, such as fencing, water bars, berms or stiles; b. Installation, repair or replacement of any facility which provides or improves public recreational access to privately-owned land, such as parking areas, access roads, trails, signs, picnic areas, rest areas or boat or canoe launch areas; c. Planting, restoration or maintenance of trees or shrubs for the purpose of screening or increasing the value of scenic areas; and, d. Repair or restoration of any vandalized crops or improvements located on, or adjacent to, agricultural land which is subject to an access covenant. L.1983, c. 560, s. 8, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.23 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.23
Preference to materials paid with public funds
Status: in_force

All State and local agencies responsible for the maintenance of public lands in this State shall, to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, give due consideration and preference to the use of compost materials in all land maintenance activities which are to be paid for with public funds. L. 1987, c. 102, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1G-23 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1G / Section 1G-23
Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. L.1971, c. 418, s. 23, eff. Jan. 24, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.111 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.111
New Jersey Historic Trust
Status: in_force

4. There is hereby created and established in but not of the Department of Community Affairs, a body corporate and politic with corporate succession, to be known as the New Jersey Historic Trust. The trust is hereby constituted an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the trust of the powers conferred by P.L.1967, c.124 (C.13:1B-15.111 et al.) shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. L.1967,c.124,s.4; amended 1983, c.562, s.1; 1995, c.217, s.1; 1999, c.152, s.44; 2025, c.160, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-17 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-17
"Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account"
Status: in_force

17. a. There is established in the General Fund a special account to be known as the "Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account." The State Treasurer shall credit to this account: (1) In each State fiscal year from State fiscal year 2000 through and including State fiscal year 2009, an amount from the State revenue annually collected from the State tax imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax Act," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, equal to $98,000,000; and (2) In each State fiscal year from State fiscal year 2010 through and including State fiscal year 2029, an amount from the State revenue annually collected from the State tax imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax Act," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, necessary to satisfy any payments relating to bonds, notes or other obligations, including refunding bonds, of the trust, but such amount shall not exceed $98,000,000 in any such State fiscal year. b. In each State fiscal year, the amount credited to the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account shall be appropriated only for the purposes set forth in Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and this act. c. (1) On the basis of a payment schedule provided annually by the trust to the State Treasurer for State fiscal year 2000 through and including State fiscal year 2009, the State Treasurer shall pay to the trust the amount credited to the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account, plus any interest or other income earned on the amount so credited prior to payment pursuant to this subsection, for each such State fiscal year as provided pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section and appropriated pursuant to subsection b. of this section, which the trust shall use for its purposes as set forth in this act. The State Treasurer also shall pay to the trust such other amounts as may be appropriated from time to time for use by the trust for its purposes as set forth in this act. This paragraph shall not apply to such portion of the amount credited to the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account in State fiscal year 2000 that is appropriated pursuant to the annual appropriations act for State fiscal year 2000 (P.L.1999, c.138) to pay the cost of projects listed in that act for the purposes set forth in Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution. (2) In each State fiscal year from State fiscal year 2010 through and including State fiscal year 2029, the State Treasurer shall pay to the trust the amount credited to the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account for that State fiscal year as provided pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section and appropriated pursuant to subsection b. of this section, which the trust shall use for its purposes as set forth in this act. The State Treasurer also shall pay to the trust such other amounts as may be appropriated from time to time for use by the trust for its purposes as set forth in this act. d. Any repayments of the principal and interest on loans issued to local government units for the acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to subsection b. of section 27 of this act credited to the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account as provided pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution shall be deposited in the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 19 of this act. L.1999,c.152,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.47 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.47
Sale of certain packages, components, packaged products, restricted; terms defined.
Status: in_force

4. a. On or after January 1, 1993, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this State any package or packaging component which includes, in the package itself or in any packaging component, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or any other additives containing any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced as a chemical element during manufacturing or distribution as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these elements. b. On or after January 1, 1993, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this State any product contained in a package which includes, in the package itself or in any packaging component, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or any other additives containing any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced as a chemical element during manufacturing or distribution as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these elements. c. The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium present in any package or packaging component, which shall constitute an incidental presence, shall not exceed the following levels: (1) Not more than 600 parts per million by weight (0.06%) after January 1, 1993; (2) Not more than 250 parts per million by weight (0.025%) after January 1, 1994; (3) Not more than 100 parts per million by weight (0.01%) after January 1, 1995. As used in this section, "incidental presence" means the presence or a regulated metal as an unintended or undesired ingredient of a package or packaging component. As used in this section, "intentionally introduced" means the deliberate use of a regulated heavy metal to provide a desired characteristic, appearance, or quality. "Intentionally introduced" shall not include: (1) Using a regulated metal as a processing agent or intermediate to impart certain chemical or physical changes during manufacturing, whereupon the incidental retention of a residue of a regulated metal in the final package or packaging component is neither desired nor deliberate, if the final package or packaging component is in compliance with this act; or (2) Using recycled materials as feed stock for the manufacture of new packaging materials, where some portion of the recycled materials may contain amounts of the regulated metals if the new package or packaging component is in compliance with this act. L.1991,c.520,s.4; amended 1997, c.307, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.105d — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.105d
Noncompliance; fee.
Status: in_force

10. A manufacturer that fails to collect, transport, or recycle its required market share in weight obligation shall be assessed a fee equivalent to $0.50 per pound times its market share in weight obligation. A fee assessed pursuant to this section shall be appropriated and allocated annually to the "Electronic Waste Management Fund" established pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2016, c.87 (C.13:1E-99.105e). The assessment of the fee pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other enforcement action that may be taken by the department for a violation of P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.94 et seq.). L.2016, c.87, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.172 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.172
Definitions relative to the "Milkweed for Monarchs" program.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Program volunteer" means any group, organization, business, or individual who has been assigned a stormwater management basin in which to plant milkweed in accordance with this act. "Stormwater management basin" means a State-owned excavation or embankment and related areas designed to retain stormwater runoff, which may be either a detention or infiltration basin that is normally dry, a retention basin that retains water in a permanent pool, or an area of constructed wetlands that is planted mainly with wetland vegetation. L.2017, c.252, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-5
Members; appointment; qualifications; terms of office; vacancies; removal; oath; reimbursement of expenses; vote necessary; chairman; executive director; veto by Governor
Status: in_force

a. The commission shall consist of 15 members to be appointed and qualified as follows: (1) Seven residents of the State, appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, except as otherwise provided herein; (2) Seven residents of the State, one resident each of the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean, appointed by the board of chosen freeholders of each such county; provided, however, that in any county operating under the county executive plan or county supervisor plan pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), such appointment shall be made by the county executive or the county supervisor, as the case may be; (3) One member to be appointed by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior. Any appointments made prior to the effective date of this act by the Governor or by any of the respective counties to the planning entity established pursuant to the Federal Act shall be considered appointments made to the commission, and no such gubernatorial appointment shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. b. Commission members shall serve for terms of 3 years; provided, however, that of the first members appointed by the Governor, two shall serve 3 year terms, two shall serve 2 year terms and three shall serve 1 year terms; and provided further, however, that of the first members appointed by the respective counties, such members appointed from Atlantic and Burlington counties shall serve 1 year terms, such members appointed from Camden and Cape May counties shall serve 2 year terms, and such members appointed from Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean counties shall serve 3 year terms. Each member shall serve for the term of his appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term only. The membership of the entire commission shall include residents of the pinelands area who represent economic activities, such as agriculture, in the area, as well as residents of the State who represent conservation interests. c. Any member of the commission may be removed by the appointing authority, for cause, after a public hearing. d. Each member of the commission, before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe an oath to perform the duties of his office faithfully, impartially, and justly to the best of his ability. A record of such oaths shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. e. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but the commission may, within the limits or funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purposes, reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. f. The powers of the commission shall be vested in the members thereof in office, and a majority of the total authorized membership of the commission shall be required to exercise its powers at any meeting thereof. No alternate or designee of any commission member shall exercise any power to vote on any matter pending before the commission. g. The Governor shall designate one of the members of the commission as chairman. The commission shall appoint an executive director, who shall be the chief administrative officer thereof. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission, and shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office. h. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the commission shall be prepared and forthwith delivered to the Governor. No action taken at such meeting by the commission shall have force or effect until 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, after such copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered; provided, however, that no action taken with respect to the adoption of the comprehensive management plan, or any portion thereof, shall have force or effect until 30 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, after such copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered. If, in said 10-day period, or 30-day period, as the case may be, the Governor returns such copy of the minutes with a veto of any action taken by the commission at such meeting, such action shall be null and void and of no force and effect. L.1979, c. 111, s. 5, eff. June 28, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 65, s. 1, eff. July 10, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-8.8 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-8.8
New Jersey State Parks and Open Space Foundation, audit, books, accounts.
Status: in_force

8. a. The foundation shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants. The cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the foundation, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. b. The foundation shall prepare and annually submit a report to the Governor, the commissioner, and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, documenting the foundation's activities during the preceding year, together with any recommendations or requests the foundation deems appropriate to further the purposes of the foundation. The report shall include a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations during the year, a specific short range financing plan for the upcoming year, and a long range financing plan for the next five years. Within 10 days after the report is submitted to the commissioner pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall post a copy of the report on the department's Internet website. L.2023, c.256, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-44.10 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-44.10
Penalties; enforcement
Status: in_force

10. If any person violates any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to provisions of this act, the department may: (a) Institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to prohibit and prevent such violation and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner. Any person who violates the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to this act shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $5,000.00 for each offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) or in any case before a court of competent jurisdiction wherein injunctive relief has been requested. The Superior Court and municipal courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce "the penalty enforcement law." The Attorney General or the prosecuting attorney of the municipality or county in which the offense was committed may prosecute the case. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense. The department is authorized to settle any claim for a penalty under this section in such amount in the discretion of the department as may appear appropriate and equitable under all of the circumstances; (b) Petition the Attorney General to bring a criminal action against any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this act and thereby causes a wildfire. Such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree and notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100,000.00 for each offense; or (c) Levy a civil administrative remedy of not more than $5,000.00 for each violation and additional penalties of not more than $500.00 for each day during which such violation continues after receipt of an order from the department. No penalty shall be levied pursuant to this section until the person has been notified by certified mail or personal service. The notice shall include a reference to the section of the statute violated; a concise statement of the facts alleged to constitute a violation; a statement of the person's right to a hearing. The person shall have 20 days from receipt of the notice within which to deliver to the commissioner a written request for a hearing. After the hearing and upon finding that a violation has occurred, the commissioner may issue a final order after assessing the amount of the fine specified in the notice. If no hearing is requested, then the notice shall become a final order after the expiration of the 20 day period. Payment is due when the final order is issued or the notice becomes a final order. L.1981,c.369,s.10; amended 1991,c.91,s.227.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-124 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-124
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

5. The commissioner, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations setting forth the payment schedule required pursuant to section 3 of this act, and any other rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1993,c.361,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-5
Expenses of administration of chapter; how paid
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred by the department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including the compensation of officers and employees in the forest fire service, shall be paid by the State; but such sums shall not exceed the amount appropriated therefor by the Legislature with the amount available from cooperative forest fire funds received from the Federal Government or any county, municipality, corporation or person. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 15, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-107 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-107
Level of review, identification
Status: in_force

3. Within 120 days from the effective date of this act, the department shall identify for each class or category of permit the administrative level within the department responsible for the review of, and the taking of final action on, an application therefor, which shall include the identity of each division, bureau or other agency, and the name and business address and telephone number of the employee designated by each division, bureau or other agency to provide information on applications filed with the department. L.1991,c.423,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.4
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms wherever used or referred to in this act shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development or his designated representative. (b) "Council" means the natural areas council established under this act. (c) "Department" means the Department of Conservation and Economic Development. (d) "Natural areas" means areas of land or water which have retained their primeval character, although not necessarily completely natural and undisturbed, or having rare or vanishing species of plant and animal life or having similar features of interest which are worthy of preservation for the use of present and future residents of the State. (e) "Section" means the natural areas section established under this act. L.1961, c. 51, p. 524, s. 1, eff. June 3, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.105b — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.105b
Registration of authorized recycler; fee.
Status: in_force

8. a. Except as provided in subsection d. of this section, by January 1, 2016 and each January 1 thereafter, each authorized recycler that accepts covered electronic devices from a consumer shall register with the department and pay a registration fee of $15,000. b. The department shall use the fee to cover the costs of the development, implementation, and review of recordkeeping and data systems required of authorized recyclers, technical advice provided by the department to authorized recyclers, the review and analysis of reports required to be submitted by authorized recyclers, monitoring the disposition of recyclable materials recovered during the recycling of covered electronic devices, and any other technical analysis performed by the department pursuant to P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.94 et seq.). c. Any authorized recycler that fails to register and pay the fee required pursuant to this section, or otherwise comply with the provisions of P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.94 et seq.), may not participate in the Statewide standard program established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2016, c.87 (C.13:1E-99.105a), or any manufacturer's plan for the collection, transportation, and recycling of covered electronic devices approved by the department pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.103). d. An authorized recycler that has been granted a general approval as a Class D recycling center by the department pursuant to the provisions of N.J.A.C.7:26A-3.1 et seq. and is in compliance with that approval, including the payment of the required fees, shall not be required to register and pay the fee imposed pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.2016, c.87, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-32 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-32
Bonds and notes as legal investments
Status: in_force

Bonds and notes issued by the commission under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which the State and all political subdivisions of the State, their officers, boards, commissions, departments or other agencies, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any funds including capital belonging to them or within their control; and said bonds, notes or other securities or obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any State or municipal officers or agency of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law. L.1968, c. 404, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-21 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-21
Report on state payments in lieu of taxes to municipalities
Status: in_force

The commission shall, within 1 year of the effective date of this act, prepare and submit to the Governor and Legislature a report concerning State payments in lieu of taxes to municipalities in the pinelands area wherein the State owns any land or interests therein. Such report shall include an evaluation of the manner of calculation and amount of such payments made or to be made pursuant to the provisions of the "New Jersey Green Acres and Recreation Opportunities Bond Act of 1974," P.L.1974, c. 102; P.L.1977, c. 272 (C. 54:4-2.2a et seq.); and the "New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1978," P.L.1978, c. 118, as well as the recommendations of the commission for executive and legislative action on additional or alternative proposals for such payments, including the fiscal implications of any such proposal and potential sources of funding therefor. L.1979, c. 111, s. 20, eff. June 28, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-20 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-20
Burning forest; permit; back fires; liability; recreational or permitted fire; precautions
Status: in_force

No person shall, unless granted a permit by the department, set fire to or burn, or cause to be burned, any forest, but nothing in this section shall be interpreted to forbid any person from setting a back fire upon his own property to protect the same; but, if such permitted back fire be allowed to escape or does escape to adjoining property, the person setting such back fire, or causing it to be set, shall be subject to costs of extinguishment and all damage incurred upon the property of another. Any firewarden, however, shall have power to set any back fire. Any person maintaining a recreational fire or a permitted fire or a fire to burn any brush, grass, litter, undergrowth or other material shall keep and maintain a competent watch. All reasonable precautions must be taken to prevent its escape from control. No such fire shall be left until extinguished or certified by a firewarden to be safely contained. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 25, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-22 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22
Theft, mutilation or destruction of property, equipment or posted notices
Status: in_force

No person shall willfully or maliciously steal, mutilate, tear down or destroy any forest fire service property, equipment or any notice concerning forest fires, which has been posted under regulations of the department. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 27, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-18.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-18.1
Allocation of amount exceeding $1,000,000,000.
Status: in_force

3. Of the total of up to $1,150,000,000 in proceeds raised by the trust from the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations, and transferred by the trust to the State Treasurer and deposited by the State Treasurer into the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19) and the Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-20) as required pursuant to subsection a. of section 18 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-18), any amounts exceeding $1,000,000,000 in such proceeds shall be allocated and deposited into those two trust funds as follows notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of section 18 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-18) to the contrary: a. 80% thereof to the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund to be used for the purposes of that trust fund; and b. 20% thereof to the Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund to be used for the purposes of that trust fund. L.2004,c.126,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.150 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.150
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

16. a. Whenever, on the basis of available information, the commissioner finds that a person is in violation of this act, the commissioner may take one or more of the following actions: (1) issue an order in accordance with subsection b. of this section requiring the person to comply; (2) bring a civil action in accordance with subsection c. of this section; (3) levy a civil administrative penalty in accordance with subsection d. of this section; (4) bring an action for a civil penalty in accordance with subsection e. of this section; (5) require a manufacturer to submit a corrective action plan pursuant to subsection f. of this section; or (6) notify the public of a manufacturer which, at any time during a reporting period, was not in compliance with the requirements of this act. The exercise of any of the remedies provided in this section shall not preclude recourse to any other remedy so provided. b. Whenever, on the basis of available information, the commissioner finds that a person is in violation of this act, the commissioner may issue an order: (1) specifying the provision or provisions of this act, or the rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, of which the person is in violation; (2) citing the action that caused the violation; (3) requiring compliance with the provision of this act or the rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto of which the person is in violation; and (4) giving notice to the person of his right to a hearing on the matters contained in the order. c. The commissioner is authorized to commence a civil action in Superior Court for appropriate relief from a violation of this act. This relief may include an assessment against the violator for the costs of any investigation, inspection, or audit that led to the discovery and establishment of the violation, and for the reasonable costs of preparing and litigating the case under this subsection. d. (1) The commissioner is authorized to impose a civil administrative penalty of not less than $1,000 and not more than $25,000 for each violation of this act or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, and each day of the violation shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense. Any amount imposed under this subsection shall be assessed pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner for violations of similar type, seriousness, and duration. The commissioner shall have the authority to assess penalties prior to the establishment of rules and regulations governing penalties to the extent that such penalties are reasonable and based on other violations of a similar type, seriousness, and duration. No civil administrative penalty shall be imposed until after the person has been notified by certified mail or personal service. The notice shall include: a reference to the section of the act, rule, regulation, order, or permit violated; a concise statement of the facts alleged to constitute a violation; a statement of the amount of the civil administrative penalties to be imposed; and a statement of the person's right to a hearing. The person shall have 20 days from receipt of the notice within which to deliver to the commissioner a written request for a hearing. Subsequent to the hearing and upon finding that a violation has occurred, the commissioner may issue a final order or civil administrative penalty after imposing the amount of the fine specified in the notice. If no hearing is requested, the notice shall become a final order or a final civil administrative penalty upon the expiration of the 20-day period. Payment of the penalty is due when a final order is issued or when the notice becomes a final order or a final civil administrative penalty. The authority to levy a civil administrative penalty is in addition to all other enforcement provisions in this act, and the payment of a civil administrative penalty shall not be deemed to affect the availability of any other enforcement provision in connection with the violation for which the penalty is levied. A civil administrative penalty imposed under this subsection may be compromised by the commissioner upon the posting of a performance bond by the violator, or upon terms and conditions the commissioner may establish by rule or regulation. (2) With respect to violations related to the amount of recycled content contained in a manufacturer's products, in lieu of the penalties provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the department shall assess a civil administrative penalty on a per-pound basis for each pound of virgin material that is used by a manufacturer in its products where recycled material is required pursuant to this act. The department shall establish the per-pound penalty in the rules and regulations adopted to implement this act. (3) In addition to the assessment of a civil administrative penalty, the commissioner may, by administrative order and upon an appropriate finding, assess a violator for the reasonable costs of any investigation, inspection, or audit which led to the establishment of the violation. e. Any person who violates this act, an order issued pursuant to subsection b. of this section, or a court order issued pursuant to subsection c. of this section, or who fails to pay in full a civil administrative penalty levied pursuant to subsection d. of this section, shall be subject, upon order of a court, to a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000, and each day of the violation shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense. Any penalty imposed pursuant to this subsection may be collected, and any costs incurred in connection therewith may be recovered, in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999." f. The department is authorized to require a manufacturer that violates the provisions of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to submit a corrective action plan describing how the manufacturer intends to come into compliance with the provisions of this act. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations setting forth the substantive requirements for corrective action plans. g. In addition to the penalties and remedies provided above, a person who knowingly, purposely, or recklessly makes a false or misleading statement on any certification or registration submitted to the department pursuant to this act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a crime of the third degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000 and restitution. The department shall refer the provider of any false or misleading statement to the Attorney General for prosecution. L.2021, c.391, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-6
Powers.
Status: in_force

6. The Pinelands Commission shall have the following powers: a. To adopt and from time to time amend and repeal suitable bylaws for the management of its affairs; b. To adopt and use an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure; c. To maintain an office at such place or places in the pinelands area as it may designate; d. To sue and be sued in its own name; e. To appoint, retain and employ, without regard to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes but within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purposes, such officers, agents, employees and experts as it may require, and to determine the qualifications, terms of office, duties, services and compensation therefor; f. To apply for, receive, and accept, from any federal, State, or other public or private source, grants or loans for, or in aid of, the commission's authorized purposes; g. To enter into any and all agreements or contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient, or desirable for the purposes of the commission or to carry out any power expressly given in this act; h. To conduct examinations and investigations, to hear testimony, taken under oath at public or private hearings, on any material matter, and to require attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; i. To prepare and transmit to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection such recommendations for water quality standards for surface and ground waters in the pinelands area, or in tributaries and watersheds thereof, as the commission deems appropriate; j. To prepare, promulgate, adopt, amend or repeal, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are necessary in order to implement the provisions of this act; k. To appoint advisory boards, commissions, or panels to assist in its activities; l. To identify any lands in which the public acquisition of a fee simple or lesser interest therein is necessary or desirable in order to insure the preservation thereof, or to provide sites for public recreation, as well as any lands the beneficial use of which are so adversely affected by the restrictions imposed pursuant to this act as to require a guarantee of just compensation therefor, and to transmit such identifications to the affected local governments, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and to the Secretary of the United States Department of Interior; m. To call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of such employees of any State, county or municipal department, board, commission or agency as may be required and made available for such purposes; n. To establish and change, in accordance with a fee schedule to be set forth by regulation adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), reasonable fees for services performed relating to development review applications filed with the commission as required by the Comprehensive Management Plan. L.1979,c.111,s.6; amended 2003, c.117, s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-26 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-26
Allocation of funds appropriated; conditions.
Status: in_force

26. a. Moneys appropriated from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund to the Department of Environmental Protection shall be used by the department to: (1) Pay the cost of acquisition and development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes; (2) Provide grants and loans to assist local government units to pay the cost of acquisition and development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes; and (3) Provide grants to assist qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to pay the cost of acquisition and development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes. b. The expenditure and allocation of constitutionally dedicated moneys for recreation and conservation purposes shall reflect the geographic diversity of the State to the maximum extent practicable and feasible. c. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1985, c.310 (C.13:18A-34) or P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the value of a pinelands development credit, allocated to a parcel pursuant to P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.) and the pinelands comprehensive management plan adopted pursuant thereto, shall be made utilizing a value to be determined by either appraisal, regional averaging based upon appraisal data, or a formula supported by appraisal data. The appraisal and appraisal data shall consider as appropriate: land values in the pinelands regional growth areas; land values in counties, municipalities, and other areas reasonably contiguous to, but outside of, the pinelands area; and other relevant factors as may be necessary to maintain the environmental, ecological, and agricultural qualities of the pinelands area. (2) No pinelands development credit allocated to a parcel of land pursuant to P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.) and the pinelands comprehensive management plan adopted pursuant thereto that is acquired or obtained in connection with the acquisition of the parcel for recreation and conservation purposes by the State, a local government unit, or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part may be conveyed in any manner. All such pinelands development credits shall be retired permanently. d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.70) e. Moneys appropriated from the fund may be used to match grants, contributions, donations, or reimbursements from federal aid programs or from other public or private sources established for the same or similar purposes as the fund. f. Moneys appropriated from the fund shall not be used by local government units or qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations to acquire lands that are already permanently preserved for recreation and conservation purposes, as determined by the department. g. Whenever lands are donated to the State by a public utility, as defined pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, for recreation and conservation purposes, the commissioner may make and keep the lands accessible to the public, unless the commissioner determines that public accessibility would be detrimental to the lands or any natural resources associated therewith. h. Whenever the State acquires land for recreation and conservation purposes, the agency in the Department of Environmental Protection responsible for administering the land shall, within six months after the date of acquisition, inspect the land for the presence of any buildings or structures thereon which are or may be historic properties and, within 60 days after completion of the inspection, provide to the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office in the department (1) a written notice of its findings, and (2) for any buildings or structures which are or may be historic properties discovered on the land, a request for determination of potential eligibility for inclusion of the historic building or structure in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Whenever such a building or structure is discovered, a copy of the written notice provided to the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office shall also be sent to the New Jersey Historic Trust and to the county historical commission or advisory committee, the county historical society, the local historic preservation commission or advisory committee, and the local historical society if any of those entities exist in the county or municipality wherein the land is located. i. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.70) j. (1) Commencing on the date of enactment of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et al.) and through June 30, 2029 for lands located in the Highlands Region as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), when the department, a local government unit, or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization seeks to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part, Green Acres bond act moneys in whole or in part, or constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys pursuant to P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) in whole or in part, it shall conduct or cause to be conducted an appraisal or appraisals of the value of the lands that shall be made using (a) the land use zoning of the lands, and any State environmental laws or Department of Environmental Protection rules and regulations that may affect the value of the lands, subject to the appraisal and in effect at the time of proposed acquisition, and (b) the land use zoning of the lands, and any State environmental laws or Department of Environmental Protection rules and regulations that may affect the value of the lands, subject to the appraisal and in effect on January 1, 2004. The higher of those two values shall be utilized by the department, a local government unit, or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization as the basis for negotiation with the landowner with respect to the acquisition price for the lands. The landowner shall be provided with both values determined pursuant to this paragraph. A landowner may waive any of the requirements of this paragraph and may agree to sell the lands for less than the values determined pursuant to this paragraph. The provisions of this paragraph shall be applicable only to lands the owner of which at the time of proposed acquisition is the same person who owned the lands on the date of enactment of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et al.) and who has owned the lands continuously since that enactment date, or is an immediate family member of that person. (2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.70) (3) The requirements of this subsection shall be in addition to any other requirements of law, rule, or regulation not inconsistent therewith. (4) This subsection shall not: (a) apply in the case of lands to be acquired with federal moneys in whole or in part; (b) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.70); or (c) alter any requirements to disclose information to a landowner pursuant to the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.). (5) For the purposes of this subsection, "immediate family member" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, or half-sister, whether the individual is related by blood, marriage, or adoption. k. The department shall adopt guidelines for the evaluation and priority ranking process which shall be used in making decisions concerning the acquisition of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using moneys from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund and from any other source. The guidelines shall be designed to provide, to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, that such moneys are spent equitably among the geographic areas of the State. The guidelines, and any subsequent revisions thereto, shall be published in the New Jersey Register. The adoption of the guidelines or of the revisions thereto, shall not be subject to the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). l. In making decisions concerning the acquisition of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using moneys from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund, in the evaluation and priority ranking process, the department shall accord three times the weight to acquisitions of lands that would protect water resources and two times the weight to acquisitions of lands that would protect flood-prone areas, as those criteria are compared to the other criteria in the priority ranking process. m. The department, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations that establish standards and requirements regulating any activity on lands acquired by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys to assure that the activity on those lands does not diminish the protection of surface water or groundwater resources. Any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection shall not apply to activities on lands acquired prior to the adoption of the rules and regulations. n. (1) The department, within three months after the date of the first meeting of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-4), shall consult with and solicit recommendations from the council concerning land preservation strategies and acquisition plans in the Highlands Region as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3). The council's recommendations shall also address strategies and plans concerning establishment by the department of a methodology for prioritizing the acquisition of land in the Highlands preservation area, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), for recreation and conservation purposes using moneys from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund, especially with respect to (a) any land that has declined substantially in value due to the implementation of the "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act," P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-1 et al.), and (b) any major Highlands development, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), that would have qualified for an exemption pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 30 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-28), but for the lack of a necessary State permit as specified in subparagraph (b) or (c), as appropriate, of paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 30 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-28), and for which an application for such a permit had been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection and deemed by the department to be complete for review on or before March 29, 2004. The recommendations may also include a listing of specific parcels in the Highlands preservation area that the council is aware of that meet the criteria of subparagraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph and for that reason should be considered by the department as a priority for acquisition, but any such list shall remain confidential notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary. (2) In making decisions concerning applications for funding submitted by municipalities in the Highlands planning area, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes using moneys from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund, in the evaluation and priority ranking process the department shall accord a higher weight to any application submitted by a municipality in the Highlands planning area that has amended its development regulations in accordance with section 13 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-13) to establish one or more receiving zones for the transfer of development potential from the Highlands preservation area, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), than that which is accorded to comparable applications submitted by other municipalities in the Highlands planning area that have not made such amendments to their development regulations. o. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.) to the contrary, for State fiscal years 2005 through 2009, the sum spent by the department in each of those fiscal years for the acquisition of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using moneys from the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund in each county of the State shall be not less, and may be greater if additional sums become available, than the average annual sum spent by the department therefor in each such county, respectively, for State fiscal years 2002 through 2004, provided there is sufficient and appropriate lands within the county to be so acquired by the State for such purposes. L.1999, c.152, s.26; amended 2001, c.315, s.1; 2002, c.76, s.4; 2004, c.120, s.53; 2010, c.70, s.2; 2015, c.5, s.1; 2019, c.136, s.8; 2025, c.36, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-47 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-47
Omission of trade secrets from pollution plan, summary
Status: in_force

13. a. Any owner or operator of an industrial facility required to prepare a pollution prevention plan and submit to the department a pollution prevention plan summary may omit from the pollution prevention plan or pollution prevention plan summary the specific chemical identity of a hazardous substance about which information is required, and include instead the generic class or category of the hazardous substance, or may omit any other information required to be disclosed, if the owner or operator files with the department a trade secret claim pursuant to this section. b. Any owner or operator of an industrial facility omitting information from a pollution prevention plan or pollution prevention plan summary pursuant to this section shall submit to the department, accompanied by the pollution prevention plan summary, a trade secret claim in which the owner or operator of the industrial facility provides the commissioner with the information omitted, and a statement demonstrating that the information omitted meets the criteria for a valid trade secret established pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The trade secret claim shall include the information omitted from the pollution prevention plan or pollution prevention plan summary, and the commissioner shall maintain this information on a confidential basis. Any trade secret claim made pursuant to this section which the department determines is false or frivolous shall be considered a violation of this act. c. No owner or operator of an industrial facility shall omit information from a pollution prevention plan or pollution prevention plan summary unless the owner or operator can demonstrate that: (1) The information has not been disclosed to any other person other than to a person bound by a confidentiality agreement; (2) The owner or operator has taken all reasonable measures necessary to protect the secrecy of the information; (3) The information is not required to be disclosed, or to be otherwise made available, to the public pursuant to any other federal or State law; (4) Disclosure of the information would be likely to cause the owner or operator substantial economic disadvantage or harm; and (5) The information is not readily discoverable through reverse engineering or other analytical techniques. d. The department shall act to make a determination on the validity of a trade secret claim when a request is made by any person for the disclosure of the information for which the trade secret claim was made, or at any time that the department deems appropriate. Upon making a determination on the validity of a trade secret claim, the department shall inform the owner or operator of the affected industrial facility of the determination by certified mail. If the department determines that the owner or operator's trade secret claim is not valid, the owner or operator shall have 45 days from the receipt of the department's determination to file with the department a written request for an administrative hearing on the determination. If the owner or operator does not file such a request within 45 days, the department shall take action to provide that the information for which the trade secret claim was made be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of this act. If an owner or operator requests an administrative hearing pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, the department shall refer the matter to the Office of Administrative Law for a hearing thereon. At the hearing, the owner or operator shall have the burden to show that the trade secret claim is valid. Within 45 days of receipt of the administrative law judge's recommendation, the department shall affirm, reject, or modify the recommendation. The department's action shall be considered the final agency action for the purposes of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and shall be subject only to judicial review as provided in the Rules of Court. The department shall inform the owner or operator of its decision on the administrative law judge's recommendation by certified mail. If the department determines that the trade secret claim is not valid, the owner or operator shall have 45 days to notify the department in writing that he has filed an appeal of the department's decision in the courts. If the owner or operator does not so notify the department, the department shall take action to provide that the information for which the trade secret claim was made be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of this act. e. The department shall provide any information for which a trade secret claim is pending or has been approved pursuant to this section to a physician or osteopath when such information is needed for medical diagnosis or treatment. The department shall require the physician or osteopath to sign an agreement protecting the confidentiality of information disclosed pursuant to this subsection. f. Any pollution prevention plan summary containing information for which a trade secret claim is pending or has been approved shall be made available to the public with that information omitted. g. The subject of any trade secret claim pending or approved shall be treated as confidential information. Confidential information shall be kept in a locked file within a locked room at the department, and shall not be duplicated by any person, including any employee of the department. The department shall maintain a record of all persons obtaining access to the confidential information, including the date and time of, and the reasons for, the access. Except as provided in subsection e. of this section, the department shall not disclose any confidential information to any person except an officer or employee of the State in connection with the official duties of the officer or employee under any law for the protection of public health, or to the contractors of the State and their employees if, in the opinion of the department, the disclosure is necessary for the completion of any work contracted for in connection with the implementation of this act. Any officer or employee of the State, contractor of the State, physician, or osteopath who has access to any confidential information, and who willingly and knowingly discloses the confidential information to any person not authorized to receive it, is guilty of a crime of the third degree. h. The commissioner shall not approve any trade secret claim for any information which the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has determined is not a trade secret pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.11042 or 42 U.S.C. s.6921. i. An owner or operator of an industrial facility may not claim the following information as a trade secret: (1) The chemical name, identity, and amounts of any hazardous substance discharged into the air or the surface or ground waters of the State or into a wastewater treatment system, the chemical identity and amounts of hazardous waste generated, or the location of a discharge or generation; or (2) Hazards to health or the environment posed by any hazardous substance at an industrial facility, and potential routes of human exposure to a hazardous substance. j. The information for which a trade secret claim is made pursuant to this section may be used by the department in general compilations of information based on industry groups or classifications of hazardous substances, or for the conducting of research and preparation of the reports required pursuant to section 9 of this act if this use does not identify the specific industrial facility or priority industrial facility for which the information was reported. L.1991,c.235,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-219 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-219
Contract not required for receipt of State aid.
Status: in_force

7. a. (1) No contract shall be required as a prerequisite to the distribution of State aid to eligible municipalities and counties for programs of litter pickup and removal pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217). All State aid funds for each fiscal year for which these funds are to be distributed shall be distributed by May 31 of the following year. (2) Every eligible municipality and county shall submit a brief annual report to the department summarizing the uses and expenditure of funds received for its program of litter pickup and removal. b. The department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the success of the county and municipal litter pickup and removal programs in reducing litter in New Jersey not later than August 30 of each year. c. Additional expenditures or incremental costs necessary and reasonably incurred by a municipality or county for the abatement and control of litter or any other antilittering activities as a direct result of the implementation of the provisions of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-213 et al.) shall, for the purposes of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.1 et seq.), be considered expenditures mandated by State law. L.2002,c.128,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-226 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-226
Findings, declarations relative to food waste.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that food waste is a major issue in the United States and globally; that, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), unwanted and discarded food squanders resources, including water, land, energy, labor, and capital, and, when food waste is dumped in a landfill, it rots and creates methane, which is a powerful greenhouse gas; that the FAO has estimated that one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption - about 1.3 billion tons - is lost or wasted every year, and the food loss and waste in industrialized countries equates to a value of approximately $680 billion; that the FAO has also stated that if one fourth of the food lost or wasted globally could be saved, it would be enough to feed 870 million hungry people; that the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic has estimated that 40 percent of the food supply in the United States is not eaten; that, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Agriculture, food loss and waste is the single largest component of disposed municipal solid waste in the United States; in 2015, that the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture announced a national goal of reducing food waste by 50 percent by the year 2030; that much more can and must be done in the food supply chain to reduce the incredible waste of such a precious resource; that New Jersey is a national leader in implementing effective recycling and solid waste reduction programs, and thus it is appropriate for the State to also be among the national leaders in developing and implementing a Statewide food waste reduction program; and that, therefore, it is appropriate and fitting, as well as a moral imperative, that the State seek to reduce food waste as much as possible in New Jersey, and that reducing food waste in the State by 50 percent by the year 2030 is a worthy goal to pursue with vigor and all due speed. L.2017, c.136, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-20 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-20
Declaration of district as renewal area; necessary findings; investigation; notice and hearing; review by court; acquisition of land; development
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter provided, the commission shall have the exclusive power to declare the district or any portion thereof to be a renewal area; provided, that the commission shall find prior to such declaration that there exist in the district or portion thereof the conditions of "blight" as said conditions are defined in section 3 of chapter 306 of laws of 1949 (P.L.1949, c. 306). It is hereby determined by the Legislature that such conditions contained in section 3 of chapter 306 of laws of 1949 (P.L.1949, c. 306) are a social and economic liability to the district. (b) Prior to declaring any portion of the district a renewal area the commission by resolution shall provide for a preliminary investigation. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the commission shall prepare a map showing the boundaries of the area to be investigated and the location of the various parcels of property located therein, and shall append thereto a statement setting forth the reasons for the investigation. (c) The commission shall thereupon cause a hearing to be held at an appointed time and place for the purpose of hearing persons interested in, or who would be affected by, a determination that the area is a renewal area as defined in this act and who are in favor of or are opposed to such determination. (d) A notice of such hearing shall be given setting forth the general boundaries of the area to be investigated and stating that a map has been prepared and can be inspected at the office of the commission. A copy of such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each week for 2 consecutive weeks and the last publication shall be not less than 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing. A copy of the notice shall be mailed at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing to the last owner, if any, of each parcel of property within the area according to the assessment records of the municipality where the parcel is located. Such notice shall be sent to the last known postal address of such owners. A notice shall also be sent to any and all persons at his, or their last known address, if any, whose names are noted on said assessment records as claimants of an interest in any such parcel. The assessor of such municipality shall make such a notation upon the said records when requested so to do by any person claiming to have an interest in any parcel of property in such municipality. Failure to mail any such notice shall not invalidate the investigation or determination thereon. (e) At the hearing, which may be adjourned from time to time the commission shall hear all persons interested in the investigation and shall consider any, and all, written objections that may be filed and any evidence which may be introduced in support of the objections, or any opposition to a determination that the area is a renewal area. After the hearing the commission shall, by resolution, determine that the area or any part thereof is, or is not, a renewal area, as defined in this act. A determination that the area or any part thereof is a renewal area, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be binding and conclusive upon all persons affected by the determination. If the determination is that the area or any part thereof is a renewal area, the commission within 10 days after such determination, shall cause to be served a copy of the resolution upon each person who filed a written objection at or prior to the hearing; provided, the address of the objector was stated in, or upon, the written objection. Such service may be made (1) by delivering a copy of the resolution personally to the objector, (2) by mailing such copy addressed to the objector according to his said stated address, or (3) by leaving such copy at said stated address for the objector with a person of suitable age and discretion. (f) Any person who shall have filed such a written objection with the commission, may have a determination that an area is a renewal area reviewed by the Superior Court of New Jersey by procedure in lieu of prerogative writs. An action for any such review shall be commenced within 30 days after the determination by the commission. In any such action, the said court may make any incidental order that shall be deemed by the court to be proper. (g) If the determination is that an area is a renewal area, the commission may, but shall not be required to, acquire the real property within the area by purchase, or by eminent domain proceedings, and may proceed with the clearance, replanning, development or redevelopment of the area as a public purpose and for public use, or the commission may, by resolution, agree that a redeveloper may undertake such clearance, replanning, development or redevelopment in accordance with statutory authority and subject to the provisions of paragraph 1, Section III, Article VII, of the New Jersey Constitution. L.1968, c. 404, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-101 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-101
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that the proper closure of sanitary landfills is essential to the public health, safety and welfare; that closure activities can require capital expenditures at a time when revenues collected by sanitary landfill facilities are minimal or nonexistent; and that it is necessary to guarantee that adequate funds are reserved to insure such closure. The Legislature further finds and declares that the improper operation or closure of sanitary landfill facilities can result in the contamination of surface and ground waters, including potable water supplies; that the migration of methane gas from sanitary landfill facilities poses a significant threat to life and property; that compensation for the damage resulting from improper operation or closure is, at best, inadequate; and that it is necessary to provide a mechanism for the prompt and adequate compensation for these damages. L.1981, c. 306, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-210 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-210
Distribution of educational materials by DOE.
Status: in_force

3. The Department of Education shall distribute the educational materials prepared by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2002, c.106 (C.13:1E-209) to each school district in the State. Local school boards are encouraged to integrate these educational materials into the curricula whenever possible, and to otherwise make them available to elementary and secondary school children for extracurricular activities and to their parents. L.2002,c.106,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-23 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-23
Issuance and renewal of negotiable bonds and notes; contents of bond resolution; payment
Status: in_force

The commission is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds and notes for any corporate purpose and to renew from time to time any bonds and notes by the issuance of new bonds and notes, whether the bonds and notes to be renewed have or have not matured. The commission may issue bonds and notes partly to renew bonds and notes or to discharge other obligations then outstanding and partly for any other purpose. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed and delivered in the same manner as bonds. The commission may issue bonds and notes on which the principal and interest are payable (1) exclusively from the income and revenues of the improvement or project financed with the proceeds of such bonds or notes; (2) exclusively from the income and revenue of certain designated improvement or projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds or notes; or (3) from its revenue generally. Any such bonds or notes may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contribution from any department or agency of the United States or the State or person or a pledge of any money, income or revenues of the agency from any source whatsoever. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds and notes of the commission or any issue thereof may contain the following provisions: (a) A covenant against pledging all or any part of its charges or revenues, or against mortgaging all or any part of its real or personal property then owned or thereafter acquired or against permitting or suffering any lien on such charges, revenues or property; (b) A covenant with respect to limitations on any right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any project or any part thereof or any property of any kind; (c) A covenant as to the issuance of additional bonds or notes or as to limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or notes and on the incurring of other debts by the commission; (d) A covenant against extending the time for the payment of bonds or notes or interest thereon; (e) A covenant as to the rates of fees and other charges to be established and charged, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by fees, charges or other revenues and as to the use and disposition to be made thereof; (f) A covenant to create or authorize the creation of special funds or moneys to be held in pledge or otherwise for construction operating expenses, payment or redemption of bonds or notes, reserves or other purposes and as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds; (g) A provision for the establishment of a procedure, by which the terms of any contract or covenant with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or notes may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds or notes the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (h) A provision for the rights and liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach of any covenant, condition or obligation and to prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all bonds, notes or other obligations of the commission shall become or may be declared due and payable before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which any such declaration and its consequences may be waived; (i) A provision for the payment of the costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of such bonds or notes or of the provisions of such resolution or of any covenant or agreement of the commission with the holders of its bonds or notes; (j) A limit on the powers of the commission to construct, acquire or operate any structures, facilities or properties which may compete or tend to compete with any of its projects; (k) A limit on the rights of the holders of any bonds or notes to enforce any pledge or covenant securing bonds or notes; and (l) Any other covenant or provision, in addition to those herein expressly authorized, which the commission deems may be necessary, convenient or desirable in order to better secure the bond or notes, or which in the opinion of the commission will tend to make the bonds or notes more marketable. All such bonds and notes shall be payable from the revenues or other moneys of the commission, subject only to any contractual rights of the holders of any of its notes or other obligations then outstanding. L.1968, c. 404, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-175 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-175
Rules
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules governing the awarding and use of loans and grants, including, but not limited to, procedures for the submission of applications, standards for the evaluation of applications, requirements for the reporting by the recipients of the expenditure of funds, and any limitations, restrictions or requirements concerning the use of a loan or grant as the commissioner may prescribe. L. 1985, c. 368, s. 7, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-8 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-8
Comprehensive management plan; preparation and adoption; contents
Status: in_force

The commission shall, on or before August 8, 1980, and after public hearings held in the pinelands area and in other areas of the State at places of its choosing, prepare and adopt a comprehensive management plan for the pinelands area. The portion or portions of the comprehensive management plan applicable to the preservation area shall be adopted on or before August 8, 1980. The portion or portions of the comprehensive management plan applicable to the protection area shall be adopted on or after November 14, 1980, but in no case later than December 15, 1980, and shall take effect on the thirty-first day following adoption, except as otherwise expressly provided in subsection h. of section 5 of P.L.1979, c. 111 (C. 13:18A-5). Such plan shall be periodically revised and updated, after public hearings, and shall include, but need not necessarily be limited to: a. A resource assessment which: (1) Determines the amount and type of human development and activity which the ecosystem of the pinelands area can sustain while still maintaining the overall ecological values thereof, with special reference to ground and surface water supply and quality; natural hazards, including fire; endangered, unique, and unusual plants and animals and biotic communities; ecological factors relating to the protection and enhancement of blueberry, cranberry and other agricultural production or activity; air quality; and other appropriate considerations affecting the ecological integrity of the pinelands area; (2) Includes an assessment of scenic, aesthetic, cultural, open space, and outdoor recreation resources of the area, together with a determination of overall policies required to maintain and enhance such resources; and (3) Utilizes soil resources information from the National Co-operative Soil Survey and the soil conservation districts in the pinelands area. b. A map showing the detailed boundary of the Pinelands National Reserve, such map to delineate: (1) Major areas within the boundary which are of critical ecological importance; (2) Major areas and resources adjacent to the boundary that have significance to the ecological integrity of the Pinelands National Reserve; and (3) Areas of scenic, open space, cultural, and recreational significance. c. The map prepared pursuant to subsection c. of section 10 of this act. d. A land use capability map and a comprehensive statement of policies for planning and managing the development and use of land in the pinelands area, which policies shall: (1) Consider and detail the application of a variety of land and water protection and management techniques, including but not limited to, zoning and regulation derived from State and local police powers, development and use standards, permit systems, acquisition of conservation easements and other interest in land, public access agreements with private landowners, purchase of land for resale or lease-back, fee acquisition of public recreation sites and ecologically sensitive areas, transfer of development rights, dedication of private lands for recreation or conservation purposes and any other appropriate method of land and water protection and management which will help meet the goals and carry out the policies of the management plan; (2) Include a policy for the use of State and local police power responsibilities to the greatest extent practicable to regulate the use of land and water resources in a manner consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act and the Federal Act; and (3) Recognize existing economic activities within the area and provide for the protection and enhancement of such activities as farming, forestry, proprietary recreational facilities, and those indigenous industries and commercial and residential developments which are consistent with such purposes and provisions. e. A coordination and consistency component which details the ways in which local, State, and Federal programs and policies may best be coordinated to promote the goals and policies of the management plan, and which details how land, water, and structures managed by governmental or non-governmental entities in the public interest within the pinelands area may be integrated into the management plan. f. A public use component including, but not limited to, a detailed program to inform the public of appropriate uses of the pinelands area. g. A financial component, together with a cash flow timetable which: (1) Details the cost of implementing the management plan, including, but not limited to, payments in lieu-of-taxes, acquisition, within 5 years of the effective date of this act, of fee simple or other interests in lands for preservation or recreation purposes, compensation guarantees, general administrative costs, and any anticipated extraordinary or continuing costs; and (2) Details the sources of revenue for covering such costs, including, but not limited to, grants, donations, and loans from local, State, and Federal departments and agencies, and from the private sector. h. A program to provide for the maximum feasible local government and public participation in the management of the pinelands area. i. A program for State and local governmental implementation of the comprehensive management plan and the various elements thereof in a manner that will insure the continued, uniform, and consistent protection of the pinelands area in accord with the purposes and provisions of this act and the Federal Act, including: (1) Minimum standards for the adoption, as required in section 11 of this act, of municipal and county plans and ordinances concerning the development and use of land in the pinelands area, including, but not limited to, standards for minimum lot sizes and stream setbacks, maximum appropriate population densities, and regulated or prohibited uses for specific portions of the pinelands area; and (2) Such guidelines for any State or local agencies as may be prepared by the commission pursuant to section 12 hereof. j. In conjunction with existing State programs and planning processes, a plan to implement the provisions of the "Clean Water Act" (P.L. 95-217) and the "Safe Drinking Water Act" (P.L. 93-523) which pertain to the surface and ground water of the Pinelands National Reserve; k. The report transmitted to the commission by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22 of this act. L.1979, c. 111, s. 7, eff. June 28, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 65, s. 2, eff. July 10, 1980.