N.J. Stat. § 13:13A-6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-6
Selection of land sites for acquisition
Status: in_force

a. The department shall, within 1 month after this act takes effect, proceed to locate, survey and select critical land sites, and within 1 year after this act takes effect, and from time to time thereafter, such other land sites appertaining to the park which may be advisable, proper or necessary for the purpose of establishing the park and to expand and preserve the uses, benefits, and enjoyments thereof to the people, and report its findings, including its recommended priorities, and a schedule of required funding for the acquisition of such lands, pursuant to the provisions of subsection 6 d. of this act, to the Legislature. b. In locating, surveying, and selecting the land sites mentioned in subsection 6 a. of this act, the department shall: (1) assemble a detailed data base, including updated mapping and zoning information, to determine the ownership and use of lands appertaining to park properties; and (2) consult with the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission, county and municipal governmental officials of jurisdictions in which the State park or any of the land sites therefor are located; concerned environmental groups; water suppliers; historical associations and such State agencies as now or hereafter have jurisdiction over the park, or any part thereof. c. In determining which land sites described in subsection 6 a. of this act should be recommended to the Legislature for acquisition, the department shall consider: (1) the existence of present historical structures; (2) the immediate danger of an occurrence of adverse impact to the park including, but not limited to, drainage, esthetic, and ecological factors; (3) proximity to high-density population concentrations; and (4) the availability of land at a cost advantageous to the State. d. The department shall, pursuant to the provisions of subsection 6 a. of this act, determine and recommend to the Legislature a schedule of required funding for the acquisition of those land sites described in subsection 6 a. of this act. The schedule may provide for any combination of: (1) inclusion of necessary revenues in a future State bond issue for the acquisition of open space or other lands; (2) special authorization for purposes of completing the State Park; and (3) local-State matching fund proposals to implement or expand the agreed plan. e. The department, in locating, surveying, and selecting the land sites described in subsection 6 a. of this act, and in assembling a detailed data base pursuant to subsection 6 b. of this act shall locate, survey, select, and recommend to the commission land sites to be included in the review zone, pursuant to the provisions of subsection 14 a. of this act; provided that such recommendations shall not be binding on the commission. f. The department shall, within 3 months after this act takes effect, proceed to locate, survey, and select the abandoned section of the canal, in the township of Hamilton, county of Mercer, which, for purposes of this act, shall be considered part of the canal. g. The department shall in locating, surveying, and selecting the land sites described in subsection 6 a. of this act, exclude those lands situated between the Landing Lane bridge and the juncture of the canal with the Raritan river. L.1974, c. 118, s. 6, eff. Oct. 10, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-36 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-36
Violation of Fish and Game Code provisions
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of the State Fish and Game Code adopted and published in accordance with the provisions of this article. L.1948, c. 448, p. 1803, s. 38.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-154 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-154
Request for qualifications; selection of qualified vendors
Status: in_force

a. A contracting unit which intends to enter into a contract with a vendor pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act shall issue a request for qualifications of interested vendors. The request for qualifications shall include a general description of the resource recovery services required by the contracting unit, the minimum acceptable qualifications to be possessed by a vendor proposing to enter into a contract for the provision of these services, and the date by which vendors must submit their qualifications. In addition to all other factors bearing on qualifications, the contracting unit shall consider the reputation and experience of the vendor, and may consider information which might result in debarment or suspension of a vendor from State contracting, and may disqualify a vendor if the vendor has been debarred or suspended by any State agency. The request for qualifications shall be published in at least one appropriate professional or trade journal, and in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction which would be served under the terms of the proposed contract. b. After reviewing the qualifications submitted by vendors pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the contracting unit shall establish a list of qualified vendors, which shall include the criteria applied by the contracting unit in selecting the qualified vendors, and shall publish the list in the same publications in which the requests for qualifications were published pursuant to subsection a. of this section. Any vendor designated by a contracting unit as a qualified vendor shall be a person or party financially, technically and administratively capable of undertaking the design, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a resource recovery facility, or for providing resource recovery services. L. 1985, c. 38, s. 19, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-10 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-10
Survey of district; provision of solid waste disposal facilities
Status: in_force

(a) Within 6 months of the effective date of this act the commission shall undertake and complete a survey of the district to determine the total amount of solid waste treated and disposed on a daily basis in the district as of the effective date of this act by persons in this State. (b) The commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to guarantee that solid waste disposal facilities sufficient to treat and dispose of the total amount of solid waste determined by its survey shall be available or be provided by the commission. (c) In providing the solid waste disposal facilities which it is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to provide, the commission shall, prior to preparing any plans or specifications for such facilities, consult with those persons utilizing the district for the treatment and disposal of solid waste and, pursuant to the provisions of section 78 of this act, contract with such persons or any of such persons, who desire to utilize any solid waste disposal facilities provided by the commission, and in the provision of such facilities the commission may: (1) Acquire or construct any such facilities as an improvement, and may recover the cost of such acquisition or construction in the same manner and pursuant to the same procedure provided for any other improvement undertaken by the commission pursuant to this act; (2) Operate and maintain any such facilities and generally fix and collect rates, fees or other charges for any such facilities in the same manner and pursuant to the same procedure provided for any other facilities operated and maintained by the commission; or lease as lessor or lessee any such facilities, or provide by agreement or contract with any person for the operation of any such facilities; provided, however, that prior to the acquisition, construction, operation, lease as lessor or lessee, contract or agreement by the commission for any such solid waste disposal facilities in the district, the commission shall submit to the Commissioner of the State Department of Health for approval a plan or plans describing in detail the purpose of such acquisition, construction, operation, lease as lessor or lessee, contract or agreement. In reviewing the plans submitted in compliance with this section and in determining conditions under which such plans may be approved the commissioner shall give due consideration to community development of comprehensive regional solid waste disposal facilities, in order to be assured insofar as is practicable that all proposed solid waste disposal facilities shall conform to reasonably contemplated development of comprehensive community or regional solid waste disposal facilities. No solid waste disposal facility shall be acquired, constructed, operated, leased, contracted or agreed for in the district without approval of the Commissioner of the State Department of Health. (3) Join and participate in any agency, instrumentality or authority created by the State, or by any political subdivision or subdivisions thereof, for the purpose of treating or disposing of solid waste in which it may be authorized by law to join and participate, under any terms or conditions, subject to any duties and entitled to any rights and powers provided by such law. (4) Permit, by contract or agreement, any agency, instrumentality or authority created by the State, or by any political subdivision or subdivisions thereof, for the purpose of treating or disposing of solid waste to acquire, construct, or operate and maintain any solid waste disposal facilities which such agency, instrumentality or authority is authorized by law to acquire, construct, or operate and maintain. Any such facilities acquired, constructed, or operated and maintained by any such agency, instrumentality or authority may be located either within the district or without the district but within the jurisdiction of such agency, instrumentality or authority; provided, however, that if any such facility is located within the district it shall be subject to the same procedure for approval by the Commissioner of the State Department of Health as any other such facility in the district. (d) Nothing herein contained shall be interpreted as requiring any person to utilize any solid waste disposal facility provided by the commission; provided, however, that upon the completion of the survey undertaken by the commission pursuant to this section no solid waste may be treated or disposed in the district by any person without the express written consent of the commission. (e) The commission, in its discretion, may provide solid waste disposal facilities sufficient to treat and dispose of more than the total amount of solid waste determined by its survey, and may make such facilities available to persons other than those treating and disposing of solid waste in the district as of the effective date of this act. (f) In order to acquire or construct any solid waste disposal facility the commission is authorized to issue bonds and notes and to pay or redeem said bonds and notes from revenue derived from the fees and other charges collected for such facilities. Any cost incurred by the commission in providing any solid waste disposal facilities shall be charged by the commission to the persons utilizing such facilities, and nothing herein contained shall be interpreted as requiring the commission to bear the cost of any solid waste disposal facility provided by the commission pursuant to this act. L.1968, c. 404, s. 9.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.24 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.24
Purchase of recycled paper, products; review of bid specs
Status: in_force

16. a. The provisions of P.L.1971, c.257 (C.52:34-21 et seq.) or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury shall, upon consultation with the department, review and modify all bid and product specifications relating to the purchase of recycled paper or recycled paper products so that the specifications do not discriminate against, but encourage the maximum purchase of products made from recycled paper or recycled paper products. Preference shall be given to recycled paper or recycled paper products with the highest percentage of post-consumer waste material. b. The provisions of P.L.1971, c.257 (C.52:34-21 et seq.) or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property shall, upon consultation with the department, review and modify all bid and product specifications relating to the purchase of nonpaper finished products or supplies, so that the specifications do not discriminate against, but encourage the maximum purchase of products made from recycled material. Preference shall be given to recycled products with the highest percentage of post-consumer waste material. L.1987,c.102,s.16; amended 1993,c.109,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.20 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.20
Disposition, recycling of automobile tires
Status: in_force

Within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the department shall prepare a report on convenient and economically feasible methods for the disposition or recycling of scrap automobile tires which may be available to counties and municipalities. The department shall investigate various methods for the recovery or reuse of automobile tires from the municipal solid waste stream, including, but not limited to, incineration, artificial reef construction, retreading, asphalt paving material manufacture, sludge composting and energy recovery, and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature thereon, including a recommendation that a deposit be imposed on automobile tires, if warranted by the findings. L. 1987, c. 102, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-114.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-114.1
Use of permit fee revenues to fund permit management staff
Status: in_force

1. With regard to any permit defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L. 1991, c.417 (C.13:1D-114), and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Environmental Protection may allocate from those permit fee revenues otherwise authorized such sums, not to exceed $700,000 annually, as are necessary to cover the reasonable cost of administering, staffing and equipping the department's permit management staff. No fee shall be increased to compensate for any allocation made pursuant to this section. L.1993,c.9.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-107 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-107
Limitations on claims
Status: in_force

Claims against the fund shall be filed within 1 year of the date of discovery of damage, and in the manner as shall be prescribed by the department. L.1981, c. 306, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-1
Corporate existence of canal and banking company continued
Status: in_force

The corporate existence of the Morris Canal and Banking Company, chartered by the act entitled "An act to incorporate a company to form an artificial navigation between the Passaic and Delaware rivers," passed December thirty-one, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four (L.1824, p. 158), and hereinafter in this chapter designated as the "canal and banking company" , is continued.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-144 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-144
Definitions relative to smart growth in DEP and expedited permits.
Status: in_force

4. As used in sections 5 and 10 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.13:1D-145 and C.13:1D-146): "Applicant" means any person applying for a permit pursuant to sections 5 or 10 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.13:1D-145 or C.13:1D-146); "Ombudsman" or "Smart Growth Ombudsman" means the Smart Growth Ombudsman appointed by the Governor pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2004, c.89 (C.52:27D-10.3); "Permit" means any permit or approval issued by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to any law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, provided that "permit" shall not include any approval of a grant, or a permit issued pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.), the "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.), the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), or the "Radiation Protection Act," P.L.1958, c.116 (C.26:2D-1 et seq.); "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, owner or operator of a treatment works, political subdivision of this State, or State or interstate agency; and "Smart growth area" means an area designated pursuant to P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.) as Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan), Planning Area 2 (Suburban), a designated center, or a designated growth center in an endorsed plan; a smart growth area and planning area designated in a master plan adopted by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission pursuant to subsection (i) of section 6 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-6); a growth area designated in the comprehensive management plan prepared and adopted by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to section 7 of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-8); an urban enterprise zone designated pursuant to P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.) or P.L.2001, c.347 (C.52:27H-66.2 et al.); an area determined to be in need of redevelopment pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-5 and 40A:12A-6) and as approved by the Department of Community Affairs; or similar areas designated by the Department of Environmental Protection. L.2004,c.89,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-34 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-34
Purpose of program
Status: in_force

The hazardous material discharge training program shall be designed to enable its participants to competently: a. Verify if a hazardous material discharge has occurred; b. Identify the type and amount of the hazardous material; c. Insure timely notification of the discharge incident to the appropriate municipal, county and State officials; d. Know the responsibilities of municipal, county and State organizations in dealing with hazardous materials; e. Know the appropriate precautions to safeguard the public health and safety until specialized hazardous material response personnel arrive; and f. Communicate the required notification information to all other municipal representatives who may potentially receive the initial call regarding a hazardous material discharge. L. 1987, c. 220, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-43 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-43
County banks
Status: in_force

a. The governing body of any county located in whole or in part within the pinelands area may, by resolution duly adopted, create a public body to carry out the functions of the bank created herein within the jurisdiction of the county with all or any significant part of the name of the county inserted. The county bank shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of five members, appointed by the board of chosen freeholders, or, in the counties 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.), by the county executive or the county supervisor, as the case may be, with the advice and consent of the board of chosen freeholders. b. The members of the county board shall be appointed from among residents of the county with substantive experience in agriculture, banking and finance, land use regulation, and the law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to preempt a county from carrying out functions substantially similar to those described and authorized herein exclusive of any State assistance. L. 1985, c. 310, s. 14, eff. Aug. 28, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-29 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-29
Arrests without warrant
Status: in_force

Any firewarden may arrest, without warrant, any person whom he has probable cause to believe is committing a violation of this act. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 32, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-125.4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-125.4
Hydrogen sulfide levels, odors; violations; adoption of standards.
Status: in_force

4. a. Hydrogen sulfide levels emanating from a legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility shall not exceed 30 parts per billion averaged over a period of any 30 minutes to be measured at the property line of a legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility. b. Upon verification by the department of complaints about hydrogen sulfide odors and a determination by the department that the legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility is the source of those odors, the department may order the person who is undertaking the closure of a legacy landfill or placement of materials at a closed sanitary landfill facility, or the owner or operator of the legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility to: (1) develop a hydrogen sulfide monitoring plan to be approved by the department; (2) purchase and install devices in accordance with this plan to monitor hydrogen sulfide levels at the property boundary of the legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility; (3) operate and maintain these devices to record hydrogen sulfide levels in accordance with the plan; and (4) provide periodic reports to the department on a schedule determined by the department on the levels of hydrogen sulfide emitted from the legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility. c. The Department of Environmental Protection, a county, or a municipality in which a violation of subsection a. of this section occurs, or any person who resides or owns property within two miles of the boundary of the legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility, may institute an action or proceeding in the Superior Court for injunctive and other relief, for any violation of the air quality standard established in subsection a. of this section that is measured at the legacy landfill or the closed sanitary landfill facility, or within two miles of the property boundary of a legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner. In any such proceeding the court may grant temporary or interlocutory relief. Upon a finding of a violation, the court shall require the owner or operator of the legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility to abate the violation immediately and may require that wastes or materials be mixed, rolled, or covered, or that odor shields be installed to abate the violation. Such relief may also include, singly or in combination: (1) a temporary or permanent injunction that requires that the wastes or materials that are the source of the violation be mixed, covered, or removed; (2) assessment of the violator for the costs of any investigation, inspection, or monitoring survey that led to the establishment of the violation, and for the reasonable costs of preparing and litigating the case under this section; (3) assessment of the violator for any cost incurred by the State, county, or municipality in removing, correcting, or terminating the adverse effects upon environmental quality or public health resulting from any violation for which the action under this subsection may have been brought; (4) assessment against the violator of compensatory damages for any damages to health or property, loss or destruction of wildlife, fish or aquatic life, and for any other actual damages caused by any violation of subsection a. of this section; and (5) assessment against the violator of the amount of any economic benefits accruing to the violator from a violation. Economic benefits may include the amount of any fees or charges paid for the placement of the waste or material that is the source of the violation; savings realized from avoided capital or noncapital costs resulting from the violation; any return earned or that may be earned on the amount of fees or charges or of the avoided costs; any benefits accruing to the violator as a result of a competitive market advantage enjoyed by reason of the violation; or any other benefits resulting from the violation. Assessments under this subsection shall be paid to the party bringing the action, except that compensatory damages shall be paid by specific order of the court to any persons who have been aggrieved by the violation. Recourse to any remedy available under this section shall not preclude recourse to any other remedies authorized in this act or by any other applicable law. d. The department may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), standards for hydrogen sulfide emanating from a legacy landfill or closed sanitary landfill facility that, upon adoption, shall supersede the standard set forth in subsection a. of this section. L.2013, c.69, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-92 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-92
"Meadowlands Conservation Trust Fund."
Status: in_force

6. a. There is established in the Meadowlands Conservation Trust a trust fund, to be known as the "Meadowlands Conservation Trust Fund," and the moneys therein are to be held in those depositories as the State Treasurer may select. The State Treasurer shall deposit into the trust fund all moneys: (1) received as a grant or other form of aid by the trust or by the State and designated for the trust; (2) given, donated, bequeathed, or endowed to the trust from public or private sources; (3) received as rent or as a royalty by the trust or by the State on behalf of the trust; (4) received as net revenues from the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation in connection with the issuance of Meadowlands conservation license plates as provided pursuant to sections 9 through 14 of P.L.1999, c.31 (C.39:3-27.100 through C.39:3-27.105); and (5) appropriated or otherwise made available to the trust by the State. The moneys in the trust fund are specifically dedicated and shall be utilized only for the purposes of the trust as set forth in this act. Such grants, contributions, donations, and reimbursements from federal aid programs as may be lawfully used for the purposes of the trust as set forth in this act shall also be held in the trust fund. Moneys in the trust fund shall not be expended except in accordance with appropriations from the trust fund made by law. Any act appropriating moneys from the trust fund to acquire land shall identify the particular project or projects to be funded by the moneys, and any expenditure for a land acquisition project for which the location is not identified by municipality and county in the appropriation shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. Pending their application to the purposes set forth in this act, the moneys in the trust fund shall be invested and reinvested as are trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer, in the manner provided by law. Net earnings received from the investment or deposit of moneys in the trust fund shall be redeposited therein and become part of the trust fund to be used only for the purposes of the trust. b. (1) No moneys in the Meadowlands Conservation Trust Fund shall be utilized for the development of any land for any purpose or for the acquisition of land that will not remain in a natural or largely natural or undeveloped state, except that up to 5% of the moneys annually received and deposited into the trust fund may be utilized to pay for development of sites to allow for public access and environmental education and interpretation and for the development of trails, and up to 2% of the moneys annually received and deposited into the trust fund may be utilized to pay for promotional and program awareness efforts. (2) No moneys in the trust fund shall be utilized to pay or discharge the principal of or interest on any indebtedness incurred for any purpose by the trust or any other governmental entity. c. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any proceeds returned to the trust or the State from the conveyance of lands acquired by the trust with moneys from the "Meadowlands Conservation Trust Fund" or from other sources shall be redeposited therein and become part of the trust fund to be used only for the purposes of the trust. L.1999,c.31,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-7 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-7
Powers of trust to issue bonds, notes, other obligations.
Status: in_force

7. a. The trust shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue its bonds, notes or other obligations in principal amounts as determined by the trust to be necessary to provide for any of its corporate purposes, including the payment, funding or refunding of the principal of, or interest on, or redemption premiums, if any, on bonds, notes or other obligations issued by it, whether the bonds, notes, obligations or interest to be funded or refunded have or have not become due; and to provide for the security thereof and for the establishment or increase of reserves to secure or to pay the bonds, notes or other obligations or interest thereon and all other reserves and all costs or expenses of the trust incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers; and in addition to its bonds, notes and other obligations, the trust shall have the power to issue subordinated indebtedness, which shall be subordinate in lien to the lien of any or all of its bonds, notes or other obligations as the trust may determine. No resolution or other action of the trust providing for the issuance of bonds, refunding bonds, notes or other obligations shall be adopted or otherwise made effective by the trust without the prior approval in writing of the Governor and the State Treasurer. b. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.) or by the trust, every issue of bonds, notes or other obligations shall be general obligations payable out of any revenues or funds of the trust, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds, notes or other obligations pledging any particular revenues or funds. The trust may provide the security and payment provisions for its bonds, notes or other obligations as it may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds, notes or other obligations as to which the principal and interest are payable from and secured by all or any portion of the revenues of and payments to the trust, and other moneys or funds as the trust shall determine. The trust may also enter into bank loan agreements, lines of credit and other security agreements as authorized pursuant to subsection g. of section 6 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-6) and obtain for or on its behalf letters of credit in each case for the purpose of securing its bonds, notes or other obligations or to provide direct payment of any costs which the trust is authorized to pay by P.L.1999, c.152 and to secure repayment of any borrowings under the loan agreement, line of credit, letter of credit or other security agreement by its bonds, notes or other obligations or the proceeds thereof or by any or all of the revenues of and payments to the trust or by any appropriation, grant or reimbursement to be received by the trust and other moneys or funds as the trust shall determine. c. Whether or not the bonds and notes are of the form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of Title 12A, Commercial Transactions, of the New Jersey Statutes, the bonds and notes are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of Title 12A. d. Bonds or notes of the trust shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the trust and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear the date, or dates, mature at the time or times, bear interest at the rate or rates of interest per annum, be in the denomination or denominations, be in the form, carry the conversion or registration privileges, have the rank or priority, be executed in the manner, be payable from the sources, in the medium of payment, at the place or places within or outside of the State, and be subject to the terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution or resolutions may provide. Bonds or notes may be further secured by a trust indenture between the trust and a corporate trustee within or outside of the State. All other obligations of the trust shall be authorized by resolution containing terms and conditions as the trust shall determine. e. Bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust may be sold at public or private sale at a price or prices and in a manner as the trust shall determine, either on a negotiated or on a competitive basis. f. Bonds or notes may be issued and other obligations incurred under the provisions of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.) without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the State, other than the approval as required by subsection a. of this section, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or other things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by P.L.1999, c.152. g. Bonds, notes and other obligations of the trust issued or incurred under the provisions of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.) shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof other than the trust and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any political subdivision or be or constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any political subdivision but all bonds, notes and obligations, unless funded or refunded by bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust, shall be payable solely from revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized in P.L.1999, c.152. Each bond, note or other obligation shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the trust is obligated to pay the principal thereof, redemption premium, if any, or the interest thereon only from revenues or funds of the trust and that neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof is obligated to pay the principal thereof, redemption premium, if any, or interest thereon and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or the interest on the bonds, notes or other obligations. For the purposes of this subsection, political subdivision does not include the trust. h. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.) shall be payable solely from the revenues or funds provided or to be provided under or pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1999, c.152 and nothing in P.L.1999, c.152 shall be construed to authorize the trust to incur any indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the State or any political subdivision thereof. i. Prior to July 1, 2009, the aggregate principal amount of bonds, notes or other obligations, including subordinated indebtedness, of the trust shall not exceed $1,150,000,000; except that this limitation shall not include any bonds, notes or other obligations, including subordinated indebtedness, of the trust issued for refunding purposes in accordance with the provisions of this section, and any bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust issued to fund the costs of issuance of its bonds, notes or other obligations. After June 30, 2009, the trust may issue only refunding bonds in any amount subject to subsections j. through n. of this section. The trust shall not issue bonds, notes or other obligations in any State fiscal year in excess of $350,000,000, except that if that permitted amount of bonds, notes or other obligations, or any portion thereof, is not issued in a State fiscal year it may be issued in a subsequent State fiscal year. Any increase in this limitation shall only occur if so provided for by law. The limitations specified in this subsection shall apply only to bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust that are payable from, or secured by, amounts on deposit in the Garden State Preservation Trust Fund Account established pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-17). j. Upon the decision by the trust to issue refunding bonds pursuant to this section, and prior to the sale of those bonds, the trust shall transmit to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, a report that a decision has been made, reciting the basis on which the decision was made, including an estimate of the debt service savings to be achieved and the calculations upon which the trust relied when making the decision to issue refunding bonds. The report shall also disclose the intent of the trust to issue and sell the refunding bonds at public or private sale and the reasons therefor. k. The Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, shall have authority to approve or disapprove the sale of refunding bonds as included in each report submitted in accordance with subsection j. of this section. The Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, shall approve or disapprove the sale of refunding bonds within 10 business days after physical receipt of the report. The Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, shall notify the trust in writing of the approval or disapproval as expeditiously as possible. l. No refunding bonds shall be issued unless the report has been submitted to and approved by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, as set forth in subsection k. of this section. m. Within 30 days after the sale of the refunding bonds, the trust shall notify the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, of the result of that sale, including the prices and terms, conditions and regulations concerning the refunding bonds, and the actual amount of debt service savings to be realized as a result of the sale of refunding bonds. n. The Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, shall, however, review all information and reports submitted in accordance with this section and may, on its own initiative, make observations and recommendations to the trust or to the Legislature, or both, as it deems appropriate. L.1999,c.152,s.7; amended 2004, c.126, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.81d — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.81d
Needs assessment, availability, authorize propulsion battery recyclers, infrastructure, related, implementation; report, Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

4. a. No later than six months after the effective date of this act, the department shall commence a needs assessment to determine the availability of authorized propulsion battery recyclers and related infrastructure, both public and private, needed to implement the provisions of this act, in addition to any other necessary information, as identified by the department. b. The department may use a qualified third-party organization to perform the needs assessment required by this section. c. The needs assessment shall be completed no later than 18 months after the effective date of this act. d. The department shall transmit a report of the completed needs assessment to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature no later than two months after the needs assessment is completed. e. The department shall publish the completed needs assessment on its Internet website. f. The department shall use the results of the needs assessment to assist in the implementation of this act. L.2023, c.222, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.109 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.109
Used covered electronic device, disposal as solid waste prohibited.
Status: in_force

16. a. On and after January 1, 2011, no person shall knowingly dispose of a used covered electronic device, or any of the components or subassemblies thereof, as solid waste. b. No solid waste facility in this State shall knowingly accept for disposal any truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing a visible quantity of covered electronic devices, or any of the components or subassemblies thereof, as solid waste at any time. c. An owner or operator of a solid waste facility may refuse to accept for disposal any truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing a visible quantity of covered electronic devices or any of the components or subassemblies thereof. d. An owner or operator of a solid waste facility shall not be found in violation of this section if the owner or operator has: (1) made a good faith effort to comply with this section; (2) posted in a conspicuous location at the solid waste facility a sign stating that covered electronic devices, or any of the components or subassemblies thereof, shall not be accepted at the solid waste facility; and (3) notified, in writing, all persons authorized to deposit solid waste at the solid waste facility that covered electronic devices, or any of the components or subassemblies thereof, shall not be accepted at the solid waste disposal facility. e. As used in this section, "solid waste facility" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-3). L.2007, c.347, s.16; amended 2008, c.130, s.13; 2012, c.79, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-12 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-12
Hourly compensation of district firewardens and helpers
Status: in_force

District firewardens and their helpers shall be paid at the following rates while fighting forest fires: a. District firewardens, while engaged in fighting fires, two dollars for two hours or less, and fifty cents per hour thereafter; and, while otherwise employed, fifty cents per hour; b. Helpers, fighting fire, one dollar for two hours or less, and forty cents per hour thereafter; c. Helpers, on patrol or employed otherwise than fighting fire, forty cents per hour.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.106 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.106
Transfer of moneys, employees or property
Status: in_force

The transfer of any appropriation and other moneys available or of any employee, files, records, books, papers, tools, equipment and other property required by the adoption of this act shall be done in the same manner as is provided in P.L.1948, chapter 448. L.1966, c. 54, s. 11, eff. July 1, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-66 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-66
Penalties; enforcement
Status: in_force

3. a. Any person who abuses, mutilates, injures, removes or destroys any animal inhabiting a wildlife sanctuary shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 and not more than $5,000.00, to be collected in a civil action instituted by the Department of Environmental Protection by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court and municipal courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce "the penalty enforcement law." If the prohibited activity is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues constitutes an additional, separate and distinct offense. b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with any action taken by the Department of Environmental Protection to protect the public health or promote animal welfare. L.1982,c.167,s.3; amended 1991,c.91,s.226.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-22 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-22
Oaths; witnesses; subpenas
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this amendatory and supplementary act, the department may administer oaths, examine witnesses under oath, and issue subpenas for the production of written material or requiring personal attendance before the department. L.1983, c. 324, s. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-21 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-21
Duty to extinguish fires and notify firewarden
Status: in_force

In any district in which a fire service is established, any person finding a wildfire burning in a forest or where the forest is endangered, shall immediately extinguish the same and shall notify a firewarden as soon as possible. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 26, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-51 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-51
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. As used in sections 1 through 7 of this amendatory and supplementary act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. "Convey" means to sell, exchange, lease for a term of 25 years or more, grant, or agree to sell, exchange, lease for a term of 25 years or more, or grant, in an amount greater than one acre. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection, or any agency, division, or office thereof. "Green Acres funds" means any funds made available for the acquisition or development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to: P.L.1961, c.46; P.L.1971, c.165; P.L.1974, c.102; P.L.1978, c.118; P.L.1983, c.354; P.L.1987, c.265; and P.L.1989, c.183; or any similar act for such purposes that may be enacted, or any such funds administered pursuant to P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-1 et seq.), P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-19 et seq.), and P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-35 et seq.), or any similar act for such purposes that may be enacted. "Land" or "lands" means real property, including improvements thereof or thereon, rights-of-way, water, riparian and other rights, easements, and privileges, and all other rights or interests of any kind or description in, relating to, or connected with real property. "Minor conveyance" means a conveyance or proposed conveyance of lands acquired or developed by the State with Green Acres funds, or acquired or developed by the State in any other manner and administered by the department, which lands shall be greater than one acre but less than five acres in size and valued at less than $50,000, and which conveyance or proposed conveyance under law requires the approval of the State House Commission established pursuant to R.S.52:20-1 et seq. L.1993,c.38,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.61 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.61
Definitions relative to dry cell batteries
Status: in_force

3. As used in sections 1 through 23 of this act: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection;
"Consumer mercuric oxide battery" means any button or coin shaped mercuric oxide battery which is purchased at retail by a consumer for personal or household use; "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "Distributor" means a person who sells dry cell batteries at wholesale to retailers in this State, including any manufacturer who engages in these sales, except that a "distributor" shall not include any wholesaler or distributor owned cooperatively by retailers; "Dry cell battery" means any type of button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other shaped, enclosed device or sealed container consisting of a combination of two or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce electric energy, composed of lead, lithium, manganese, mercury, mercuric oxide, silver oxide, cadmium, zinc, copper or other metals, or any combination thereof, and designed for commercial, industrial, medical, institutional or household use, including any alkaline manganese, lithium, mercuric oxide, silver oxide, zinc-air or zinc-carbon battery, nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery or sealed lead rechargeable battery; "Institutional generator" means the owner or operator of any public or private, commercial or industrial establishment or facility, including any establishment owned or operated by, or on behalf of, a governmental agency, health care facility or hospital, licensed or other authorized hearing aid dispenser, research laboratory or facility, who routinely uses large quantities of mercuric oxide batteries or nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries; or the owner or operator of any public or private facility identified by the department that generates at least 220 pounds of these types of used dry cell batteries per month, or the owner or operator of any public or private facility that accumulates 220 pounds of these types of used dry cell batteries at any time; "Lithium battery" means any button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other shaped dry cell battery consisting of lithium and other chemicals commonly used in pocket calculators, wrist watches and other electrical appliances; "Manufacturer" means a person producing dry cell batteries for sale to institutional generators, distributors, retailers, small quantity generators or consumers; "Mercuric oxide battery" means any button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other shaped dry cell battery consisting of zinc, potassium and mercury oxide which is designed or sold for commercial, industrial, medical or institutional use; "Nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery" means any button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other shaped dry cell battery composed of cadmium and nickel which is designed for reuse and is capable of being recharged after repeated uses, and which has a useful life of at least 12 months , except that "nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery" shall not include any dry cell battery used as a backup power source for memory or program instruction storage, timekeeping, or any similar purpose that requires uninterrupted electrical power in order to operate if the primary energy supply fails or fluctuates momentarily ; "Rechargeable battery" means any nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery or sealed lead rechargeable battery; "Rechargeable consumer product" means any product, including, but not limited to, a cordless electrical tool or appliance, containing a nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery or a sealed lead rechargeable battery, which is purchased at retail and commonly used for personal or household purposes; "Retailer" means a person engaged in the sale of rechargeable batteries to any consumer at retail; "Sealed lead rechargeable battery" means any button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other shaped dry cell battery composed of lead and other chemicals which is designed for reuse and is capable of being recharged after repeated uses, and which has a useful life of at least 12 months; "Silver oxide battery" means any button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other shaped dry cell battery consisting of silver oxide, potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide and zinc, and mercury commonly used in wrist watches and other electrical appliances; "Solid waste container" means a receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing of solid waste; "Solid waste facilities" mean and include the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.) or any other act, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a sanitary manner; "Small quantity generator" means the owner or operator of any public or private, commercial or industrial establishment or facility, including any establishment owned or operated by, or on behalf of, a governmental agency, health care facility or hospital, licensed or other authorized hearing aid dispenser, research laboratory or facility, who routinely uses small quantities of mercuric oxide batteries or nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries; or the owner or operator of any public or private facility identified by the department that generates less than 220 pounds of these types of used dry cell batteries per month, or the owner or operator of any public or private facility that accumulates over 20 pounds but less than 220 pounds of these types of used dry cell batteries at any time; "Zinc-air battery" means any button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular or other shaped dry cell battery consisting of zinc, potassium hydroxide and commonly used in hearing aids, photographic equipment and electrical appliances. L.1991,c.521,s.3; amended 1997, c.91.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1M-7 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1M / Section 1M-7
Forfeiture of bond
Status: in_force

If the department finds that a holder of a permit issued under section 2 of this act has violated a provision or condition of his permit or a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this act, the department may declare the surety bond filed to guarantee compliance forfeited. The department shall certify the forfeiture to the Attorney General, who shall proceed to collect the amount thereof, and forward it to the department. Forfeiture moneys shall be expended by the department only to plug wells, to properly restore the land surface as required in section 8 of this act, or to purify contaminated ground or surface water in the event contamination occurs. L. 1985, c. 432, s. 7, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-15.1
Rules, regulations providing for approval of development of solar, photovoltaic energy facility, structure on certain sites in the pinelands.
Status: in_force

1. a. Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Pinelands Commission shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the approval of the development of a solar or photovoltaic energy facility or structure in the pinelands area on the site of a landfill or resource extraction operation, provided that the development is consistent with the comprehensive management plan, adopted pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-8), and: (1) if located on a resource extraction site, the facility or structure shall be on previously disturbed lands that have not subsequently been restored, and which are not subject to any restoration obligation pursuant to the comprehensive management plan; or (2) if located on a landfill, the facility or structure shall be on previously disturbed lands or on adjacent lands as necessary to facilitate closure of the landfill in accordance with a plan approved by the Pinelands Commission in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection. The landfill shall be closed in accordance with a plan approved by the commission, in consultation with the department, under the requirements of the comprehensive management plan prior to, or concurrent with, the installation of the solar or photovoltaic energy facility or structure. b. In addition to the conditions set forth in subsection a. of this section, development of the facility or structure shall not permanently or adversely impact: (1) any existing engineering devices or other environmental controls located on a site, except as may be approved by the Pinelands Commission in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection; and (2) ecologically sensitive areas located on, adjacent to, or within the same sub-watershed as the site proposed for development, except as may be approved by the commission in consultation with the department. c. Within one year after the termination of use of the solar or photovoltaic energy facility or structure, the facility, and all structures associated therewith, shall be removed and restoration of the site shall be completed in accordance with the comprehensive management plan, or within another time period as approved by the Pinelands Commission, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and under the requirements of the comprehensive management plan. L.2011, c.141, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1I-4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1I / Section 1I-4
Treatment or disposal of waste originating or collected outside state; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

a. The commissioner shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, amend and repeal orders, rules and regulations prohibiting, conditioning and controlling the incineration or landfill of solid waste and the treatment or disposal of liquid wastes within the State which originated or were collected outside the territorial limits of the State. b. The orders, rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section may prescribe methods for identifying the place of origin or collection of solid waste or liquid waste. c. Except that this section shall not restrict any person from bringing garbage to be fed to swine into the State of New Jersey. L.1973, c. 39, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-5.4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-5.4
Solar panels not included in certain calculations relative to coastal development.
Status: in_force

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any rule or regulation to the contrary, the department shall not include solar panels in any calculation of impervious surface or impervious cover that may be required as a condition of approval of an application to construct or undertake a development in the coastal area, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.). As used in this section, "solar panel" means an elevated panel or plate, or a canopy or array thereof, that captures and converts solar radiation to produce power, and includes flat plate, focusing solar collectors, or photovoltaic solar cells and excludes the base or foundation of the panel, plate, canopy, or array. L.2010, c.4, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.31 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.31
Resource recovery facility to comply with district recycling plan
Status: in_force

a. The provisions of section 6 of P.L. 1970, c. 40 (C. 48:13A-5) to the contrary notwithstanding, on or after July 1, 1987 the Board of Public Utilities shall not award a franchise to any person or party proposing to construct or operate a resource recovery facility unless the person or party proposing to construct or operate the facility submits written documentation and any other evidence the board may require demonstrating to the satisfaction of the board that the goals of the relevant district recycling plan required by section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act have been incorporated into the plans for the proposed facility. b. The board may adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section. L. 1987, c. 102, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.145 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.145
Application, acceptance and expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

The department may apply for, accept and expend funds from any public or private source for the purposes of planning and implementing the program in accordance with the provisions of this act. L.1983, c. 560, s. 13, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.147 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.147
Natural Heritage Program
Status: in_force

There is established in the Division of Parks and Forestry, Department of Environmental Protection, a Natural Heritage Program. The purpose of the program is to identify the most critically important natural areas in the State and provide detailed up-to-date information on rare species and natural communities to planners, developers, and conservation agencies for use in resource management, environmental impact assessment, and both public and private land protection efforts. L. 1988, c. 127, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.28a — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.28a
Use of recycled asphalt pavement.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, a person may use recycled asphalt pavement, subject to the limitations in this section as follows: (1) unbound in bedrock quarry reclamation; (2) unbound underneath a guardrail of a public road or highway; (3) unbound or mixed with other materials for use as a base or subbase material in accordance with applicable engineering designs; (4) unbound as a surface material for a parking lot, farm road, or pathway, or in any other location as authorized by the Department of Environmental Protection; or (5) in any other use authorized by the Department of Environmental Protection. b. A person shall not use recycled asphalt pavement as authorized in subsection a. of this section in an environment in which the pH is less than or equal to four, unless the person demonstrates to the Department of Environmental Protection that the level of any contaminant in the material is at or below a concentration such that, if leaching occurs, the dissolved concentration of the contaminant in the leachate is: (1) at or below applicable drinking water quality standards established by the Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and (2) at or below all applicable groundwater quality standards established by the Department of Environmental Protection. c. If a person fails to demonstrate to the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection b. of this section that the dissolved concentration of any contaminant in the leachate of recycled asphalt pavement proposed for use in an environment in which the pH is less than or equal to four, is at or below the drinking water quality standards established by the Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the applicable groundwater quality standards established by the Department of Environmental Protection, as a condition for the use of the recycled asphalt pavement, the department shall require the installation of a soil layer between the recycled asphalt pavement and the groundwater aquifer at a depth to be determined by the department. d. The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to implement the provisions of this section. L.2017, c.325, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-7 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-7
Pinelands Municipal Council established
Status: in_force

6.1. a. There is hereby established a Pinelands Municipal Council, the membership of which shall consist of the mayor, or his designee, of each municipality located, in whole or in part, within the pinelands area. b. (1) Fifteen members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of council business. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the council at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of those members of the council in attendance. (2) The council shall draft and adopt bylaws to govern the proceedings of the council. c. (1) The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson of the council or upon the concurrence of a majority of the full membership of the council. (2) Notice of the agenda for each meeting shall be mailed by the chairperson to all members of the council at least seven calendar days in advance of the date of the meeting . d. The council shall appoint a chairperson from among its members and such other officers as may be necessary until such time as elections may be held therefor as provided pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.272 (C.13:18A-7.1). e. (1) Members of the council shall serve without compensation, and each member shall serve only as long as he is the mayor or the designee of the mayor of the municipality he represents. The council may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purposes, reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. (2) The council may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purposes, appoint such staff or hire such experts as it may require. f. The commission shall submit to the council, for review, prior to final commission action thereon, the comprehensive management plan, and any revisions thereto, including the minimum standards for the adoption of municipal and county plans and ordinances concerning the development and use of land in the pinelands area. The commission may also submit to the council any other matter that the commission deems advisable. g. The council shall review all matters submitted to it by the commission and shall state its position to the commission and to all members of the council within 60 days of the submission thereof. h. The council may make recommendations to the commission on any matters it deems advisable whether or not the matter was submitted to the council by the commission. The council shall mail to all members of the council any recommendations made to the commission at the time that the recommendations are submitted to the commission. Members of the council may provide comments to the commission regarding the recommendations. L.1979,c.111,s.6.1; amended 1995,c.272,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-56 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-56
Findings, declarations relative to economic development in the Pinelands.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that the Pinelands comprehensive management plan and its accompanying land use regulations place a number of restrictions on opportunities for economic development in portions of the region in which growth is restricted and which are largely devoted to conservation and agriculture; that within these areas, there is potential for limited development that may be undertaken in a manner that does not detract from ecological protection goals; and that certain types of economic development can be identified that are compatible with the environmentally sensitive and rural character of the region. The Legislature further finds and declares that small villages exist in non-growth portions of the region that include areas zoned for commercial and other uses but are isolated in the rural municipalities and lack the staff and resources for planning and economic development; that economic development of a certain type, such as ecotourism, retail sales and services, recreation, and light manufacturing, may be viable alternatives for these areas; and that in order to promote opportunities for these areas, it is necessary to create a program to research and test viable economic development opportunities and to design implementation strategies to bring development to these areas compatible with the ecologically sensitive nature of the region. L.1997,c.233,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-43 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-43
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of this act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $50.00 to be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). L.1974, c. 159, s. 14, eff. Nov. 14, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 13:20-24 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-24
Modification of site improvement standards for residential development.
Status: in_force

26. Within 90 days after the first meeting of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, the Site Improvement Advisory Board established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1993, c.32 (C.40:55D-40.3) and the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall consult with the council and the Commissioner of Environmental Protection concerning whether the site improvement standards for residential development adopted pursuant to P.L.1993, c.32 (C.40:55D-40.1 et seq.) are appropriate and sufficiently protective for the Highlands Region, especially for the preservation area; and if it is determined they are not, those standards shall be modified accordingly as soon as practicable thereafter to meet that objective. L.2004,c.120,s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-128 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-128
Failure to correct violation
Status: in_force

4. If the person responsible for the minor violation fails to correct or achieve compliance within the period of time specified in the order, notice of violation, or other enforcement document, the department or local government agency, as the case may be, may impose at its discretion a penalty which is retroactive to the date on which the order, notice of violation, or other enforcement document was first issued to the person responsible. L.1995,c.296,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-67 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-67
Release of animals into sanctuary
Status: in_force

The release of animals onto the wildlife sanctuary by any person or group of persons for their protection and preservation shall be permitted as prescribed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. L.1982, c. 167, s. 4, eff. Nov. 4, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-40 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-40
Division of land into classes
Status: in_force

All land within the district shall be divided by the commission into 3 classes as follows: Class 1--Land owned by the State of New Jersey, any of its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality which enjoys the privilege of general property tax exemption under the laws of the State, and which land is designated by the owner as presently or ultimately intended for a public use. Class 2--Land owned by the State of New Jersey, any of its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality which enjoys the privilege of general property tax exemption under the laws of the State, and which land is designated by the owner as ultimately disposable to private ownership, or usable by private parties. Class 3--All other land. L.1968, c. 404, s. 39.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-61 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-61
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, unless the context indicates another meaning or intent: (a) "Adjustment year" means the year in which the respective obligations of the intermunicipal account and the constituent municipalities of the district are due and payable. (b) "Intermunicipal account" means the administrative device established and administered by the commission to record all the transactions made pursuant to this article for the purpose of calculating the meadowlands adjustment payment for each constituent municipality, and to act as the clearinghouse for the transfer of the meadowlands adjustment payments among the constituent municipalities as required by this article. (c) "Meadowlands adjustment payment" means the amount that is payable by each constituent municipality to the intermunicipal account, or the amount that is payable by the intermunicipal account to each municipality, as the commission shall determine the case to be, pursuant to the provisions of this article. (d) "Resident enrollment" means the number of full-time pupils who are residents of the school district and who are enrolled in day schools on the last day of September during the school year in which calculation of aid is made and are attending the public schools of the school district or a school district or State teachers' college demonstration school in which the school district of residence pays tuition; school district may count in its enrollment any pupil regularly attending on a full-time basis a county vocational school in the same county, for which the school district pays tuition. (e) "Base year" means the calendar year 1970. (f) "Comparison year" means the second calendar year preceding the adjustment year. (g) "Apportionment rate" means a rate determined as follows: (1) The total property taxes levied for local, school, and veterans' and senior citizens' purposes, as certified pursuant to R.S. 54:4-52, of the municipality in the comparison year after the meadowlands adjustment payment made in that comparison year has been subtracted or added, as the case may be, divided by (2) The aggregate true value of all taxable real property, exclusive of Class II railroad property, located in the municipality, both within and without the district, in the comparison year, as determined by the Director of the Division of Taxation on October 1 of the comparison year, pursuant to P.L. 1954, c. 86, as amended, as the same may have been modified by the tax court. If a tax appeal is decided after calculations are made for an adjustment year, the next year's calculations must show a retroactive correction for the applicable preceding two years. L. 1968, c. 404, s. 59.1; amended 1972, c.103, s.2; amended 1983, c.36, s.2; 1989,c.26,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-129 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-129
Rules, regulations; violation designation
Status: in_force

5. a. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations designating specific types or categories of violations within each regulatory and enforcement program of each environmental law as minor violations and non-minor violations. In designating minor violations, the department shall utilize the criteria set forth in this section. All types or categories of violations not designated as minor violations shall be designated as non-minor violations. b. A violation shall be designated by the department as a minor violation if: (1) The violation is not the result of the purposeful, knowing, reckless or criminally negligent conduct of the person responsible for the violation; (2) The violation poses minimal risk to the public health, safety and natural resources; (3) The violation does not materially and substantially undermine or impair the goals of the regulatory program; (4) The activity or condition constituting the violation has existed for less than 12 months prior to the date of discovery by the department or local government agency; (5) (a) The person responsible for the violation has not been identified in a previous enforcement action by the department or a local government agency as responsible for a violation of the same requirement of the same permit within the preceding 12-month period; (b) in the case of a violation that does not involve a permit, the person responsible for the violation has not been identified in a previous enforcement action by the department or a local government agency as responsible for the same or a substantially similar violation at the same facility within the preceding 12-month period; (c) in the case of a violation of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.); the "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act," P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.); "The Wetlands Act of 1970," P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.); R.S.12:5-1 et seq.; the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act,"P.L.1962, c.19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.) or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or permit issued pursuant thereto, the person responsible for the violation has not been identified in a previous enforcement action by the department or a local government agency as responsible for the same or a substantially similar violation at the same site or any other site within the preceding 12-month period; or (d) in the case of any violation, the person responsible for the violation has not been identified by the department or a local government agency as responsible for the same or substantially similar violations at any time that reasonably indicate a pattern of illegal conduct and not isolated incidents on the part of the person responsible; and (6) The activity or condition constituting the violation is capable of being corrected and compliance achieved within the period of time prescribed by the department pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1995, c.296 (C.13:1D-127). c. Any violation subject to the mandatory assessment of civil administrative penalties pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1990, c.28 (C.58:10A-10.1) shall not be designated as a minor violation pursuant to this act. L.1995,c.296,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.118 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.118
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any section or sections of this act or any provision thereof shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative in whole or in part, such section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative be enforced and effectuated and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining provisions of the sections of this act. L.1967, c. 124, s. 12, eff. June 21, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-91 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-91
Liberal construction of act
Status: in_force

The object, design and purpose of this act being the protection of the environment and public health through the proper treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste generated in this State, and the maintenance of a proper balance, as provided herein, between competing State and local interests, this act shall be liberally construed. L.1981, c. 279, s. 43, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.105c — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.105c
Information required from operator of collection location.
Status: in_force

9. a. By February 1, 2016, and semiannually thereafter, the operator of every collection location identified in each manufacturer's plan submitted pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.103), any local government unit that collects covered electronic devices, and any collection location that collects covered electronic devices as a part of the Statewide standard program established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2016, c.87 (C.13:1E-99.105a), shall identify: (1) the total weight or volume of covered electronic devices collected in the prior six-month period at each collection location; and (2) the date, time, and volume of covered electronic devices transported from the collection location, and the name and identifying information of the authorized recycler transporting the covered electronic devices. On February 1 and August 1 of each year for the period ending on January 1 and July 1, as appropriate, the information shall be submitted to the department on forms and in a manner prescribed by the department. b. By February 1, 2016, and semiannually thereafter, every authorized recycler identified in each manufacturer's plan submitted pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.347 (C.13:1E-99.103), and any authorized recycler that operates as a part of the Statewide standard program established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2016, c.87 (C.13:1E-99.105a), shall identify: (1) the address of each collection location that provides covered electronic devices to the authorized recycler and the total weight of covered electronic devices delivered or collected from each collection location; (2) the weight of each type of covered electronic device delivered or collected from each collection location; (3) the address of any facility where covered electronic devices are handled; and (4) the disposition of the covered electronic devices or their components, including the market for all materials recycled or recovered from covered electronic devices, and the weight and disposition of all materials that are not recycled and are disposed of as residue from all covered electronic devices. On February 1 and August 1 of each year for the period ending on January 1 and July 1, as appropriate, the information shall be submitted to the department on forms and in a manner prescribed by the department. c. By February 1, 2016, and semiannually thereafter, each manufacturer or group plan administrator on behalf of a manufacturer, shall report to the department its progress towards achieving the manufacturer's market share in weight obligation on forms and in a manner prescribed by the department. L.2016, c.87, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-18 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-18
Annual audit
Status: in_force

The State Auditor shall conduct an annual audit of the commission's activities pursuant to the provisions of chapter 24 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. L.1979, c. 111, s. 17, eff. June 28, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-8.3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-8.3
Board of directors, New Jersey State Parks and Open Space Foundation.
Status: in_force

3. a. The New Jersey State Parks and Open Space Foundation shall be governed by a board of directors, which shall consist of 12 members, as follows: (1) the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member; (2) the Secretary of State, or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member; (3) the State Treasurer, of the treasurer's designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member; (4) the chairperson of the Garden State Preservation Trust established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-4), or the chairperson's designee, who shall serve ex officio; (5) six members of the public, appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall have expertise in open space preservation, recreational development, natural lands management, or fundraising. Of the public members appointed pursuant to this paragraph, at least three members shall represent nonprofit organizations having open space preservation or environmental education as their corporate purpose, and two members shall have experience advancing the causes of equity or environmental justice; (6) one member of the public appointed by the President of the Senate; and (7) one member of the public appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly. b. All public members of the board of directors shall be residents of the State and shall be selected to provide diverse geographic representation across the State. No person holding elective public office shall be eligible to be a member of the board of directors. c. Of the public members first appointed pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection a. of this section, one shall be appointed to a term of one year, two shall be appointed to a term of two years, two shall be appointed to a term of three years, and one shall be appointed to term of four years. The public members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection a. of this section shall be appointed to terms of three years. Following the expiration of the original terms, the public members shall serve for a term of four years and shall be eligible for reappointment. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, for the unexpired term. A public member may continue to serve until a successor is appointed. d. No member of the board of directors shall engage in any business transaction or professional activity for profit with the foundation or the department. e. Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. f. The board of directors shall be authorized, within the limits of its own funds, to employ an executive director and professional, technical, and administrative personnel. Employees of the foundation shall not be construed to be employees of the State of New Jersey. The board shall also be authorized to contract for such professional and administrative services as it shall deem necessary. g. Upon the incorporation of the foundation and the establishment of the first board of directors, the board shall adopt bylaws setting forth the structure, officers, powers, and duties of the foundation and a code of ethics for the avoidance of conflicts of interest. h. The commissioner shall serve as the chairperson of the board. The members shall annually elect one of the public members as vice chairperson, and shall select a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the foundation. The same person may be elected to serve as both secretary and treasurer. i. Five members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum, and action may be taken, and motions and resolutions adopted at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of the appointed membership of the board of directors. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum of the members to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but not less than quarterly, or upon the request of any four members of the board of directors. The foundation shall in all respects comply with the provisions of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). j. Members of the board and officers and employees of the foundation shall not be liable in an action for damages to any person for any action taken or recommendation made within the scope of their employment as a member, officer, or employee, if the action or recommendation was taken or made without malice. The members of the board shall be indemnified and their defense of any action provided for in the same manner and to the same extent as employees of the State under the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., with respect to actions or omissions in the scope of their employment. k. The foundation may convene committees to administer the work of the foundation as it may deem appropriate, including for the consideration of specific fundraising strategies. The foundation shall convene committees dedicated to the solicitation and administration of funds for Liberty State Park, Island Beach State Park, and other specific State parks, or to open space, initiatives, or projects deemed appropriate by the board, and may solicit and accept specifically dedicated donations, which shall be subject to separate and distinct accounting. L.2023, c.256, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-21 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-21
Redevelopment plans for renewal areas; authority of commission in undertaking projects
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is authorized to prepare and adopt redevelopment plans for areas in the district determined by the commission to be renewal areas; (b) In undertaking projects pursuant to any redevelopment plan, the commission may: (1) Acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, real or personal property, or any interest therein, including such property as it may deem necessary or proper, although temporarily not required for such purposes, in a renewal area and in any area within the district designated by it as necessary for relocation of residents, industry or commerce displaced from a renewal area; (2) Clear or reclaim any area so acquired and install, construct or reconstruct projects therein necessary to prepare such area for development; (3) Relocate or arrange or contract with public or private agencies for the relocation of residents, industry or commerce displaced from the renewal area; (4) Dispose of real property so acquired by sale, lease or exchange for the uses and purposes specified in the redevelopment plan, to any person or public agency; (5) Study the recommendations of any planning board for redevelopment of any area and make its own investigations as to current trends and blighting factors in the district, or any area thereof; (6) By contract or contracts with public agencies or redevelopers or by its own employees or consultants plan, replan, construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain and repair any redevelopment or other project or any part thereof; (7) Make and adopt plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements, and for the enforcement of codes and laws relating to the use of land, the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the control over the pollution of water and air and the disposal of solid waste; (8) Prepare and adopt from time to time a workable program, representing an official plan of action for effectively dealing with the problem of urban renewal areas within the district and for the establishment and preservation of well-planned communities with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life; for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of blight and deterioration; to encourage needed conservation or rehabilitation; to provide for the redevelopment of renewal areas; or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program. L.1968, c. 404, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-15 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-15
Enforcement of laws and extinguishment of fires; summoning assistance
Status: in_force

Firewardens shall be trained law enforcement officers and shall enforce the laws of this State for the protection of forests from wildfire. They shall have control and direction of all persons and apparatus engaged in extinguishing fires in forests. They may plough lands or set back fires to check any fire. They may summon any person between the ages of 18 and 50 years, living or being within their jurisdiction, to assist in extinguishing fires, and may require the use of any property needed for such purpose. No physically fit person so summoned shall refuse or neglect to assist, nor shall any person refuse the use of any property, equipment or material required. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 21, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-32 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-32
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: a. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. c. "Scenic easement" means a perpetual easement in land which (1) is held for the benefit of the public (2) is specifically enforceable by its holder or beneficiary, and (3) limits or obligates the holder of the servient estate, his heirs, and assigns with respect to their use and management of activities conducted thereon, the object of such limitations and obligations being the maintenance or enhancement of the natural beauty of the land in question or of areas affected by it. d. "Scenic trail" means an extended trail so located as to provide for maximum outdoor recreation potential and for the conservation and enjoyment of the significant scenic, historic, natural or cultural qualities of the areas through which such trails may pass. L.1974, c. 159, s. 3, eff. Nov. 14, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-21 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-21
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Extraordinarily hazardous accident risk" means a potential for release of an extraordinarily hazardous substance into the environment, which could produce a significant likelihood that persons exposed may suffer acute health effects resulting in death or permanent disability; b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection; c. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; d. "Extraordinarily Hazardous Substance Accident Risk Assessment" or "EHSARA" means a review and safety evaluation of those operations in a facility which involve the generation, storage, or handling of an extraordinarily hazardous substance, as provided in section 6 of this act; e. "Extraordinarily Hazardous Substance" means any substance or chemical compound used, manufactured, stored, or capable of being produced from on-site components in this State in sufficient quantities at a single site such that its release into the environment would produce a significant likelihood that persons exposed will suffer acute health effects resulting in death or permanent disability; f. "Extraordinarily Hazardous Substance List" means the substances or chemical compounds identified in subsection a. of section 4 of this act and adopted by regulation pursuant to subsection c. of that section; g. "Extraordinarily Hazardous Substance Risk Reduction Work Plan" or "work plan" means the document developed by the department for each facility at which is generated, stored, or handled an extraordinarily hazardous substance, setting forth the scope and detail of the EHSARA to which the facility will be submitted, as provided in section 6 of this act; h. "Facility" means a building, equipment, and contiguous area. Facility shall not include a research and development laboratory, which means a specially designated area used primarily for research, development, and testing activity, and not primarily involved in the production of goods for commercial sale, in which extraordinarily hazardous substances are used by or under the supervision of a technically qualified person; i. "Risk management program" means the sum total of programs for the purpose of minimizing extraordinarily hazardous accident risks, including, but not limited to, requirements for safety review of design for new and existing equipment, requirements for standard operating procedures, requirements for preventive maintenance programs, requirements for operator training and accident investigation procedures, requirements for risk assessment for specific pieces of equipment or operating alternatives, requirements for emergency response planning, and internal or external audit procedures to ensure programs are being executed as planned. L. 1985, c. 403, s. 3, eff. Jan. 8, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.38 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.38
Marketing studies
Status: in_force

a. Of the moneys appropriated from the General Fund to the "Statewide Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Program Fund" pursuant to section 52 of this amendatory and supplementary act, there is allocated the sum of $200,000.00 which shall be dedicated to studies of markets for recyclable materials, and of local, national and international distribution networks for recyclable materials. These funds shall be distributed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection through the New Jersey Office of Recycling as grants to qualified colleges and universities in this State or contracts to private firms which can demonstrate the administrative and technical capability to undertake studies of this nature. Each study shall focus on a particular recyclable material, including, but not limited to, automobile tires, paper, and plastic beverage containers. In contracting for these studies, the New Jersey Office of Recycling shall specify that consideration shall be accorded to alternative pricing structures and marketing strategies, including so-called "negative pricing," in order to determine whether the competitive disposition and marketing of recyclable materials may be achieved through means other than traditional price structures and commodity sales and transactions. b. The New Jersey Office of Recycling in the Department of Environmental Protection shall, within nine months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, transmit copies of the studies prepared pursuant to subsection a. of this section to the governing bodies of each county and municipality in the State. These studies shall be made available to the general public at a cost not to exceed the cost of reproduction and distribution. L. 1987, c. 102, s. 48.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-37 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-37
Definitions
Status: in_force

Except as the context may otherwise require: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or his designated representative; b. "Cost," as used with respect to cost of acquisition or cost of development, shall include, in addition to the usual connotations thereof, the cost of all things deemed necessary or useful and convenient in connection with the acquisition and development of lands by or with the assistance of the State, for recreation and conservation purposes, including expenditures by the State for the cost of issuance of bonds, the cost of engineering, inspection, relocation services, legal, financial, geological, hydrological and other professional services, the cost of organizational, administrative and other work and services of the State, including salaries, supplies, equipment and materials necessary to administer this act, and the cost of reimbursement of any fund or account from which moneys shall have been advanced to the State Recreation and Conservation Land Acquisition and Development Fund; c. "Development" means any improvement to land or water areas designed to expand and enhance their utilization for outdoor recreation and conservation purposes, including but not limited to engineering and architectural fees, site preparation, construction of recreation facilities, and equipment necessary to make a facility initially operable. Development may also include, but not be limited to, the following types of ancillary support facilities: roadways, parking, landscaping, fencing, lighting, utilities, and buildings in support of outdoor recreation; d. "Land" or "lands" means real property, including improvements thereof or thereon, rights-of-way, water, riparian and other rights, easements, privileges and all other rights or interest of any kind or description in, relating to or connected with real property; e. "Local unit" means a municipality, county or other political subdivision of this State, or any agency thereof authorized to administer, protect, develop and maintain lands for recreation and conservation purposes; f. "Recreation and conservation purposes" means use of lands for parks, natural areas, historic areas, forests, camping, fishing, water reserves, wildlife, reservoirs, hunting, boating, winter sports and similar uses for either public outdoor recreation or conservation of natural resources, or both. L.1975, c. 155, s. 3, eff. July 15, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-48.26 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-48.26
Allocation of fees
Status: in_force

The monies collected from the fees imposed pursuant to sections 7, 8, and 10 of this act shall be utilized by the departments to administer and enforce this act, and shall be allocated as follows: 75% to the Department of Environmental Protection and 25% to the Department of Health. L. 1989, c. 34, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.125 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.125
Food Waste Recycling Market Development Council.
Status: in_force

4. a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a Food Waste Recycling Market Development Council, which shall consist of 12 members. The members shall include the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the President of the Board of Public Utilities, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture, the State Treasurer, and the Attorney General, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio; and six citizens of the State appointed by the Governor. Of the appointed members: two shall be actively engaged in the composting industry, of whom one shall be a representative of the National Waste and Recycling Association and one shall be a representative of the National Biosolids Partnership or equivalent entities; two shall be actively engaged in the recycling or solid waste collection industry, of whom one shall be a representative of the Association of New Jersey Recyclers or equivalent entities; and two shall represent the general public. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall appoint the chairperson and the vice-chairperson of the council from the citizen members. b. Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending meetings and performing their duties to the extent funds are available therefor. c. Within 18 months after the date of enactment of this act, the Food Waste Recycling Market Development Council shall prepare a report on the existing markets for any products and energy produced from food recycling facilities, food waste composting facilities, and anaerobic and aerobic digestion facilities that accept food waste material. The council shall investigate the feasibility of providing preferences for products or energy produced from food recycling facilities, food waste composting facilities, and anaerobic and aerobic digestion facilities in the State procurement process, including how to stimulate the use in public projects of compost or soil amendment products derived from these facilities. The council shall provide recommendations on changes needed to State laws or rules or regulations to stimulate the market for products and energy produced from food recycling facilities, food waste composting facilities, and anaerobic and aerobic digestion facilities that accept food waste material. The report shall be transmitted to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. L.2020, c.24, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1M-3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1M / Section 1M-3
Written findings required
Status: in_force

A permit required by section 2 of this act shall be issued only upon a written finding by the department that the authorized activities will not result in: a. Any adverse consequences to groundwater and surface water; b. Any significant degradation of landscape; c. Any threat to public health and safety; and d. Any substantial air and noise pollution. L. 1985, c. 432, s. 3, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-30 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-30
Definitions relative to forest stewardship.
Status: in_force

2. As used in sections 1 through 8 of P.L.2009, c.256 (C.13:1L-29 through C.13:1L-36): "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Forest stewardship plan" means a plan prepared and implemented by an owner of forest land, and approved by the department, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.256 (C.13:1L-31). "Local government unit" means a municipality, county, or other political subdivision of the State, or any agency, board, commission, utilities authority or other authority, or other entity thereof. "Owner" means an owner of forest land. "Sustainability" means, with respect to forest land, having the ability to: (1) maintain its ecological processes, biodiversity, resource productivity, regeneration capacity, and vitality; and promote forest health, preclude the spread of invasive non-native species, maintain forest integrity and contiguity, preserve New Jersey's native biodiversity, and protect endangered and threatened species and species of special concern and the habitat that sustains them; and (2) realize the potential to fulfill now and for future generations, relevant ecological, environmental, economic, and social functions, including but not limited to protection and improvement of air quality and of water supply and water quality, stabilization of soils, prevention and suppression of uncontrolled wildfires, service of markets for forest products, provision of recreational opportunities, and improvement of quality of life. "Sustainable manner" means employing practices for the use and care of forest land that promote sustainability and do not cause damage to other ecosystems, and avoiding acts and omissions that undermine sustainability. L.2009, c.256, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-108.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-108.1
Biotechnology Permit Acceleration Task Force
Status: in_force

1. a. There is created within the Department of Environmental Protection a Biotechnology Permit Acceleration Task Force. In addition to the activities specifically enumerated in this section, it shall be the function of the task force to develop and recommend rules and regulations and to take such other actions within the department designed to accelerate the commercialization of biotechnology related products and services. Upon the development and recommendations of rules and regulations by the task force, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall take all appropriate action to propose and adopt those rules and regulations. The development of rules and regulations by the task force shall be undertaken in consultation with the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and the New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission. b. The task force shall be responsible: (1) for the development of rules and regulations designed to shorten the time period for persons involved in biotechnology related activities to obtain permits from the department; (2) for the coordination of the review and approval of permits for biotechnology related activities in various divisions within the department; and (3) for the development of policies to decrease the application and review costs imposed by the department on persons who apply for permits for biotechnology related activities. c. The task force shall be an internal working group within the department consisting of employees of the department. The task force shall be headed by an employee of the department of sufficient education and technical expertise to perform the functions of the position. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall vest in the task force sufficient authority to properly manage and expedite the permit approval process for biotechnology related permits. The commissioner shall assign sufficient and appropriate employees to the task force so as to allow the task force to perform its functions. d. As used in this section "biotechnology" means the continually expanding body of fundamental knowledge about the functioning of biological systems from the macro level to the molecular and sub-atomic levels, as well as novel products, services, technologies and sub-technologies developed as a result of insights gained from research advances which add to that body of fundamental knowledge. L.2004,c.14.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-40 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-40
Studies for designation of additional trails
Status: in_force

The department shall make studies for the purpose of determining the feasibility and desirability of designating additional trails as recreation or scenic trails. L.1974, c. 159, s. 11, eff. Nov. 14, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-48.18 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-48.18
Payments to county; surcharges
Status: in_force

a. Any county within which a solid waste facility is located pursuant to an adopted and approved district solid waste management plan, which facility is a designated recipient of regulated medical waste pursuant to an interdistrict or intradistrict waste flow order issued by the Board of Public Utilities, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection, may be entitled to an annual economic benefit in an amount established by agreement with the owner or operator of the solid waste facility. The governing body of the relevant county may negotiate with the owner or operator of the solid waste facility for the payment of an annual economic benefit. b. If the parties reach an agreement on the amount of an annual economic benefit, the owner or operator of the solid waste facility shall petition the board for an adjustment in its disposal tariff. The petition shall be accompanied by a copy of the agreement which reflects the proposed annual payments and shall be filed with the board prior to its implementation. The board, within 60 days of the receipt of the petition, shall issue an appropriate order that these payments shall be paid by the users of the facility as an automatic surcharge on any tariff filed with, and recorded by, the board for the regulated medical waste disposal operations of the facility. The surcharge shall be calculated and itemized in all appropriate tariffs on a per ton basis. In the event that any regulated medical waste is measured, upon acceptance for disposal, by other than tons, the surcharge shall be calculated and itemized by using the equivalents thereof as shall be determined by the board. c. In issuing any order required by this section, the Board of Public Utilities shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S. 48:2-21. L. 1989, c. 34, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-28 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-28
Grant to local unit; prerequisite of adoption of regulations governing administration, use and development of lands; alteration of regulations; approval
Status: in_force

A grant may not be made under this act until the local unit has adopted regulations governing the administration, use and development of the lands in question, and until the commissioner shall have approved such regulations. No such regulations may be altered thereafter without the approval of the commissioner. L.1971, c. 419, s. 10, eff. Jan. 24, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.92 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.92
DEP responsible for compliance, public education program.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall establish a means of addressing consumer complaints and a public education program to assure the widespread dissemination of information concerning the purpose of this act. b. The Department of Environmental Protection shall have the right to enter, at any time during normal business hours and upon presentation of appropriate credentials, any retail establishment at which mercury thermometers are sold or offered for promotional purposes in order to determine compliance with the provisions of this act. L.2005,c.80,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-120 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-120
Regulations or guidelines
Status: in_force

The department shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this act, adopt regulations or guidelines for determining the weighing requirements and number of scales necessary for the timely, efficient and reliable operation of solid waste facilities. L.1983, c. 93, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-3
Duties of and regulations governing firewardens
Status: in_force

The department shall have power from time to time, subject to the limitations of this chapter, to prescribe such duties and make such regulations for the government of firewardens for the prevention and extinguishing of forest fires, and for the employment, discharge and pay of firewardens, as, in its judgment, shall be efficacious to that purpose. Firewardens shall perform such service and have such authority as shall be determined by the department. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 13, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-25 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-25
Disadvantaged youth; agreements or grants to provide transportation or camping experiences
Status: in_force

Upon proper application to the department by a nonprofit association or corporation, or municipality, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with, and make grants of money to, the applicant for the purpose of providing to disadvantaged youth up to age 18: a. Transportation to and from State parks and forests, recreation areas and other recreational facilities, or b. Camping experiences at day or overnight camps approved by the department. L.1983, c. 324, s. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-134 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-134
Causes for revocation.
Status: in_force

9. Any license or soil and fill recycling license may be revoked by the department pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) for any of the following causes: a. Any cause which would require disqualification, pursuant to subsection a., b., c., e. or f. of section 8 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-133), from receiving a license or a soil and fill recycling license upon original application; b. Fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in securing or maintaining the license or soil and fill recycling license, or in the conduct of the licensed activity; c. Offering, conferring or agreeing to confer any benefit to induce any other person to violate the provisions of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), or of any other law relating to the collection, transportation, treatment, storage, brokering, transfer or disposal of solid waste or hazardous waste, or the provision of soil and fill recycling services, or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto; d. Coercion of a customer by violence or economic reprisal or the threat thereof to utilize the services of any permittee or licensee, or a business concern that holds a soil and fill recycling license; e. Preventing, without authorization of the department, any permittee or licensee, or business concern that has been issued a soil and fill recycling license from disposing of solid waste or hazardous waste at a licensed, authorized or approved treatment, storage, transfer or disposal facility; or f. Failing to file timely annual updates as directed by the Attorney General. L.1983, c.392, s.9; amended 1991, c.269, s.9; 2019, c.397, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-205 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-205
Solid waste collector not to collect used lead acid batteries
Status: in_force

No solid waste collector registered pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-4 and 13:1E-5) and holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-6 and 48:13A-9) shall knowingly collect used lead acid batteries placed for collection and disposal as solid waste. A solid waste collector may refuse to collect a solid waste container containing a used lead acid battery. L.1991,c.94,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-156 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-156
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

8. The department may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2019, c.81 (C.13:1D-150 et al.). L.2019, c.81, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-13 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-13
Guidelines for location and construction; periodic revision and transmittal to state, county and municipal agencies
Status: in_force

In order to assure that the actions, decisions, determinations and rulings of the State, county and municipal governments shall, to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, conform with the comprehensive management plan adopted by the commission pursuant to section 7 of this act, the commission shall prepare, periodically revise and transmit to all State, county or municipal agencies empowered to finance or construct any capital project within the pinelands area, and to all State agencies empowered to grant or deny any approval, certificate, license, consent, or permit for the construction of any structure or the disturbance of land therein, such guidelines for the location and construction of such capital projects or for the granting of any such approval, certificate, license, consent, permit, or financial assistance, as the case may be, as the commission deems necessary and appropriate. L.1979, c. 111, s. 12, eff. June 28, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-35 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-35
Conveyance of land acquired using dedicated money by State, county, local government unit, restrictions
Status: in_force

35. a. No lands acquired or developed by the State for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part may be conveyed except in accordance with the provisions of this act, P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-51 et seq.), and any other applicable law. b. No lands acquired or developed by a county for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part may be conveyed except in accordance with the provisions of this act, P.L.1993, c.36 (C.40A:12-13.5 et seq.), and any other applicable law. c. No lands acquired or developed by a local government unit, other than a county, for recreation and conservation purposes using constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part may be conveyed except in accordance with the provisions of this act and any other applicable law. L.1999,c.152,s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-53 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-53
Lien of assessment; confirmation of amount.
Status: in_force

53. Every assessment for any improvement together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith shall be upon authorization of the assessment by ordinance or resolution a first lien on the land described in the assessment, paramount to all prior or subsequent alienations and descents of such land or encumbrances thereon, shall constitute a lien in the same manner as taxes and assessments for State purposes notwithstanding any mistake in the name or names of any owner or owners, or any omission to name any owner or owners who are unknown, and notwithstanding any lack of form therein, or in any proceeding which does not impair the substantial rights of the owner or owners or person or persons having a lien upon or interest in any such land. Confirmation of the amount of the assessment by the commission or by the court shall be considered as determining the amount of the existing lien and not as establishing the lien. All assessments for improvements shall be presumed to have been regularly assessed and confirmed and every assessment or proceeding preliminary thereto shall be presumed to have been regularly made or conducted until the contrary be shown. L.1968,c.404,s.52; amended 2002, c.15, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-151 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-151
Regulations to be consistent with the public trust doctrine.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall ensure that any approval, permit, administrative order, or consent decree issued, or other action taken, by the department 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, is consistent with the public trust doctrine. b. The Department of Environmental Protection shall ensure that any public funding issued by the department, and any action taken on a project using such public funding, and any project or any aspect of a project utilizing federal funding that is regulated or reviewed by the department, is consistent with the public trust doctrine. L.2019, c.81, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-96.6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-96.6
Recycling tax suspended when beverage containers are refundable.
Status: in_force

5. The recycling tax imposed pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.311 (C.13:1E-96.5) shall not be due and payable if, and as long as, any State of New Jersey or federal law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, requiring a deposit on, or establishing a refund value for, any beverage container shall be in effect. L.2007, c.311, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.81k — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.81k
Propulsion battery producer, register, Department of Environmental Protection.
Status: in_force

11. Each producer shall register with the department. A producer operating in the State on the effective date of this act shall register with the department no later than 12 months after the effective date of this act. The department shall establish an online registration program for the purposes of this section on its Internet website. L.2023, c.222, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-157 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-157
Findings, declarations relative to impact of pollution on overburdened communities.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that all New Jersey residents, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, have a right to live, work, and recreate in a clean and healthy environment; that, historically, New Jersey's low-income communities and communities of color have been subject to a disproportionately high number of environmental and public health stressors, including pollution from numerous industrial, commercial, and governmental facilities located in those communities; that, as a result, residents in the State's overburdened communities have suffered from increased adverse health effects including, but not limited to, asthma, cancer, elevated blood lead levels, cardiovascular disease, and developmental disorders; that children are especially vulnerable to the adverse health effects caused by exposure to pollution, and that such health effects may severely limit a child's potential for future success; that the adverse effects caused by pollution impede the growth, stability, and long-term well-being of individuals and families living in overburdened communities; that the legacy of siting sources of pollution in overburdened communities continues to pose a threat to the health, well-being, and economic success of the State's most vulnerable residents; and that it is past time for the State to correct this historical injustice. The Legislature further finds and declares that no community should bear a disproportionate share of the adverse environmental and public health consequences that accompany the State's economic growth; that the State's overburdened communities must have a meaningful opportunity to participate in any decision to allow in such communities certain types of facilities which, by the nature of their activity, have the potential to increase environmental and public health stressors; and that it is in the public interest for the State, where appropriate, to limit the future placement and expansion of such facilities in overburdened communities. L.2020, c.92, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.75 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.75
Implementation of countywide used dry cell battery source separation and collection program
Status: in_force

17. a. The provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the department, as a condition of any permit or approval required pursuant to P.L.1970, c.39, may require the owner or operator of any resource recovery facility, in conjunction with the governing body of the county wherein the resource recovery facility is located, to implement a countywide used dry cell battery source separation and collection program, which program shall be subject to approval by the department, to ensure that any used dry cell batteries found to be of particular concern are removed from the solid waste stream prior to acceptance for disposal at the resource recovery facility. b. As used in this section, "resource recovery facility" means a solid waste facility constructed and operated for the incineration of solid waste for energy production and the recovery of metals and other materials for reuse. L.1991,c.521,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.43 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.43
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt, within one year of the effective date of this act and 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. L.1989, c.268, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-14.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Division" means the Division of Parks and Forestry in the Department of Environmental Protection. "State entity" means a department, agency, or office of State government, including a State university or college, or an authority created by the State. L.1993,c.106,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.169 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.169
Donations.
Status: in_force

8. Any person may donate to the department, or to a county, municipality, or school, funds, supplies, or services for use in the "Adopt a Monarch Butterfly Waystation" program, and the department and any county, municipality, or school are authorized to accept such donations. L.2017, c.250, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:20-14 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-14
Submission of revisions to regional master plan by municipalities, counties in preservation area for conformance.
Status: in_force

14. a. Within nine to 15 months after the date of adoption of the regional master plan or any revision thereof, according to a schedule to be established by the council, each municipality located wholly or partially in the preservation area shall submit to the council such revisions of the municipal master plan and development regulations, as applicable to the development and use of land in the preservation area, as may be necessary in order to conform them with the goals, requirements, and provisions of the regional master plan. After receiving and reviewing the revisions, the council shall approve, reject, or approve with conditions the revised plan and development regulations, as it deems appropriate, after public hearing, within 60 days after the date of submission thereof. Upon rejecting or conditionally approving any such revised plan or development regulations, the council shall identify such changes therein that it deems necessary for council approval thereof, and the relevant municipality shall adopt and enforce the plan or development regulations as so changed. b. Within nine to 15 months after the date of adoption of the regional master plan or any revision thereof, according to a schedule to be established by the council, each county located wholly or partially in the preservation area shall submit to the council such revisions of the county master plan and associated regulations, as applicable to the development and use of land in the preservation area, as may be necessary in order to conform them with the goals, requirements, and provisions of the regional master plan. After receiving and reviewing the revisions, the council shall approve, reject, or approve with conditions those revised plans and associated regulations, as it deems appropriate, after public hearing, within 60 days after the date of submission thereof. Upon rejecting or conditionally approving any such revised plan or associated regulations, the council shall identify such changes therein that it deems necessary for council approval thereof, and the relevant county shall adopt and enforce the plan or associated regulations as so changed. c. The council may revoke a conformance approval granted pursuant to this section or section 15 of this act, after conducting a hearing, if the council finds that the local government unit has taken action inconsistent with the regional master plan. d. In the event that any municipality or county fails to adopt or enforce an approved revised master plan, development regulations, or other regulations, as the case may be, including any condition thereto imposed by the council, as required pursuant to subsection a. or b. of this section, the council shall adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the minimum standards contained in the regional master plan as applicable to any municipality or county within the preservation area. If any municipality or county fails to adopt or enforce an approved revised master plan, development regulations, or other regulations, as the case may be, including any condition thereto imposed by the council, as required pursuant to subsection a. or b. of this section, the council shall have all local enforcement authority provided pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.), R.S.40:27-1 et seq., and this act, as well as the authority to issue stop construction orders, as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act, any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and the requirements and provisions of the regional master plan. e. A municipality or county may adopt revisions to its master plan, development regulations, or other regulations for the purposes of this section that are stricter, as determined by the council, than the minimum necessary to obtain approval of conformance with the regional master plan. f. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any municipality or county located wholly within the planning area. Any municipality or county located partially within the preservation area and partially within the planning area shall be required to comply with the provisions of this section and the regional master plan only with respect to that portion of the municipality or county lying within the preservation area. Voluntary conformance with the regional master plan as it may apply to those portions of a municipality or county lying within the planning area shall be permitted as provided pursuant to section 15 of this act. L.2004,c.120,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13-12.2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12.2
Department to retain possession of canal
Status: in_force

The Department of Conservation and Development shall continue to retain possession of said canal and shall hold the same for the purposes of this act. L.1944, c. 172, p. 659, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-18 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-18
Publications
Status: in_force

The department may publish, from time to time, any information it deems to be in the public interest at a cost not to exceed that of publication and distribution. L.1983, c. 324, s. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-11 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-11
Transfer of industrial establishment; deferral of remedial action workplan
Status: in_force

6. a. The owner or operator of an industrial establishment planning to transfer ownership or operations may apply to the department for a deferral of the preparation, approval, and implementation of a remedial action workplan for the industrial establishment. The applicant shall submit to the department: (1) a certification signed by the purchaser, transferee, mortgagee or other party to the transfer, approved by the department, that the industrial establishment would be subject to substantially the same use by the purchaser, transferee, mortgagee or other party to the transfer; (2) a certification, approved by the department, that the owner or operator has satisfactorily completed a preliminary assessment, site investigation, and remedial investigation of the industrial establishment; (3) a cost estimate for the remedial action necessary at the industrial establishment, approved by the department based upon the information collected in the preliminary assessment, site investigation, and remedial investigation and developed in accordance with department regulations; and (4) a certification, approved by the department, that the purchaser, transferee, mortgagee or other party to the transfer has the financial ability to pay for the implementation of the necessary remedial action. The preparation, approval, and implementation of a remedial action workplan for the industrial establishment may be deferred for that transfer until the use changes or until the purchaser, transferee, mortgagee or other party to the transfer closes operations. b. Upon submission of a complete and accurate application, the department shall approve the deferral. Upon approval of the deferral, the preparation, approval, and implementation of a remedial action workplan at the industrial establishment shall be deferred. c. The authority to defer the preparation, approval, and implementation of a remedial action workplan set forth in this section shall not be construed to limit, restrict, or prohibit the department from directing site remediation under any other statute, rule, or regulation, but shall be solely applicable to the obligations of the owner or operator of an industrial establishment, pursuant to the provisions of this act, nor shall any other provisions of this act be construed to limit, restrict, or prohibit the department from directing site remediation under any other statute, rule, or regulation. For the purposes of this section, substantially the same use means that the industrial establishment shall retain the same three digit Industry Group Number, as designated in the Standard Industrial Classifications Manual prepared by the federal Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. In a manner and form, and in accordance with the specific criteria prescribed by the department, an applicant may petition for a finding by the department that the affected industrial establishment be deemed subject to substantially the same use based upon its retention of the same two digit Major Group Number, as designated in the Standard Industrial Classifications Manual. L.1983,c.330,s.6; amended 1993,c.139,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 13:20-25 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-25
Council may institute action, proceeding for injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

27. The council may institute an action or proceeding in Superior Court for injunctive relief for any violation of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or, in the preservation area for any violation of, or nonconformance with, the regional master plan. The council may also institute an action or proceeding for injunctive relief for any violation of the regional master plan in the planning area as it relates to a municipality or county that has been approved to be in conformance with the regional master plan pursuant to section 15 of this act. In any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section, the court may proceed in a summary manner and may also grant temporary or interlocutory relief. L.2004,c.120,s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.84 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.84
Definitions relative to mercury switches in scrap vehicles.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Capture rate" means the annual removal, collection, and recovery of mercury switches as a percentage of the total number of mercury switches available for removal from end-of-life vehicles; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection; "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "End-of-life vehicle" means a vehicle that is sold, given or otherwise conveyed to a vehicle recycler or scrap recycling facility for the purpose of recycling; "Manufacturer" means a person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, combination, or joint venture which is the last person in the production or assembly process of a new vehicle that utilizes mercury switches, or in the case of an imported vehicle, the importer or domestic distributor of the vehicle; "Mercury minimization plan" means a plan for removing, collecting and recovering mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles and prepared pursuant to section 4 of this act; "Mercury switch" means each mercury-containing capsule, commonly known as a "bullet," that is part of a convenience light switch assembly or part of an anti-lock braking system assembly installed in a vehicle. An anti-lock braking system assembly may contain more than one mercury switch; "Scrap recycling facility" means a fixed location where machinery and equipment are utilized for processing and manufacturing scrap metal into prepared grades and whose principal product is scrap iron, scrap steel or nonferrous metallic scrap for sale for remelting purposes; "Vehicle" means any passenger car, station wagon, truck, van, or sport utility vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 12,000 pounds; and "Vehicle recycler" means an individual or entity engaged in the business of acquiring, dismantling or destroying six or more end-of-life vehicles in a calendar year for the primary purpose of resale of their parts. L.2005,c.54,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-8.4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-8.4
Powers, functions, New Jersey State Parks and Open Space Foundation.
Status: in_force

4. The New Jersey State Parks and Open Space Foundation shall have the power: a. to sue and be sued in its own name; b. to adopt a seal and alter the same at pleasure; c. to adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; d. to maintain an office or offices at such a place or places within the State as it may designate; e. to appoint such officers, who need not be members of the foundation, in addition to a secretary and a treasurer, as the foundation deems advisable, and to employ such other employees and agents as may be necessary or desirable in its judgment, to fix their compensation, and to promote and discharge such officers, employees and agents, all without regard to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes; f. to apply for and accept any grant of money from the federal government, which might be or may become available for programs in furtherance of its statutory goals, to subscribe to and comply with any rule or regulation made by the federal government with respect to the application of such a grant, and to enter into and perform any contract or agreement with respect to the application of such a grant; g. to make, enter into, and perform all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this act; h. to cooperate with and assist, insofar as practicable, any agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions, and any private agency or person in furtherance of the purposes of the foundation; and i. to do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this act. L.2023, c.256, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-8 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-8
Advice to commissioner on proposed regulations
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall consult with the council to afford them an opportunity to furnish advice concerning any proposed regulation at least 30 days prior to the public advertisement thereof. L.1971, c. 176, s. 8, eff. June 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-10 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-10
Conditions precedent to local assistance grant; rules and regulations governing administration, operation and use of lands
Status: in_force

A grant may not be made under this act until the local unit has adopted regulations governing the administration, use and development of the lands in question, and until the commissioner shall have approved such regulations. No such regulation may be altered thereafter without the approval of the commissioner. L.1961, c. 45, p. 481, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-124 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-124
Exemption applicable only to contracts signed prior to Jan. 1, 1982
Status: in_force

The exemption provided for in this supplementary act shall apply only to solid waste collected pursuant to contracts signed prior to January 1, 1982. The solid waste collector, at his initial disposal of the exempt waste, shall submit to the owner or operator of the sanitary landfill facility a copy of his contract with an agency of the federal government indicating an effective date of the contract prior to January 1, 1982. The owner or operator of the sanitary landfill facility, at his initial request for the exemption provided for in this act, shall submit the contract with the monthly tax return filed pursuant to the acts cited in section 1 of this act. L.1983, c. 267, s. 2, eff. July 14, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-23 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-23
Guidelines in acquisition of lands and making grants
Status: in_force

In acquiring lands and making grants to assist local units to acquire lands the commissioner shall: a. Seek to achieve a reasonable balance among all areas of the State in consideration of the relative adequacy of area recreation and conservation facilities at the time and the relative anticipated future needs for additional recreation and conservation facilities; b. Insofar as practicable, limit acquisition to predominantly open and natural land and to minimize the cost of acquisition and the subsequent expense necessary to render land suitable for recreation and conservation purposes; c. Wherever possible, select land for acquisition which is suitable for multiple recreation and conservation purposes; d. Give due consideration to coordination with the plans of other departments of State Government with respect to land use or acquisition; e. Acquisition of lands actively devoted to agriculture shall be avoided whenever possible and in lieu thereof, whenever feasible, development rights, conservation easements and other interests less than a fee simple shall be acquired. L.1971, c. 419, s. 5, eff. Jan. 24, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-19 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-19
§ 13:12-19
Status: in_force

The canal and banking company is hereby authorized and directed, as soon as the water shall have been drained off from the canal under authority of the act mentioned in section 13:12-13 of this title, to proceed promptly to remove such highway and road bridges as have heretofore been maintained by the canal and banking company at intersections of the canal with existing highways and roads and to refill the canal bed at these points and to grade down the approaches and to replace such bridges with roadways connecting with the adjoining highways or roads, graded, paved or surfaced to conform to the adjoining highways or roads respectively.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-5
Registration statement, engineering design; approval.
Status: in_force

5. a. No person shall engage in the collection or disposal of solid waste in this State without first filing an application for a registration statement or engineering design approval and obtaining approval thereof from the department. A person seeking to engage in solid waste disposal shall file a separate application for a registration statement and an engineering design approval for each particular solid waste facility. b. The application for a registration statement or an engineering design approval shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall contain whatever information as may be prescribed by the department. The State and any of its political subdivisions, public agencies and public authorities shall be deemed a person within the meaning of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.). c. The application for a registration statement or an engineering design approval shall not be approved by the department if the department determines that the solid waste collection activity, solid waste facility or solid waste disposal operation will not meet the standards or criteria set forth in P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) or in rules or regulations as may be adopted pursuant thereto. The department may require the amendment of an approved registration statement or engineering design approval if the department determines that the continued solid waste collection activity or continued operation of a solid waste facility in accordance with its approved registration would not meet these standards, criteria or regulations. L.1970,c.39,s.5; amended 1975, c.326, s.6; 2003, c.231, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-48 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-48
Designation of priority industrial facilities to receive permit
Status: in_force

14. a. Within 18 months of adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to section 6 of this act, the department shall designate no fewer than 10 but not more than 15 individual priority industrial facilities to each receive a facility-wide permit on the basis of criteria adopted by the department. These criteria shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The potential for a priority industrial facility to serve as a State-wide model for multimedia pollution prevention programs; (2) The potential for a priority industrial facility that does not meet industry-wide pollution prevention goals to meet these goals through a facility-wide permit; and (3) The potential for a priority industrial facility that has not met the pollution prevention goals set forth in its pollution prevention plan to meet these goals through a facility-wide permit. At the time of the designation of priority industrial facilities pursuant to this subsection, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a report summarizing the designation process and progress made to date in establishing a facility-wide permitting program. b. Within 30 months of the adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to section 6 of this act, the department shall issue facility-wide permits to the priority industrial facilities designated pursuant to subsection a. of this section. c. Within 36 months of the adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to section 6 of this act, the department shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report analyzing the facility-wide permit program, evaluating the successes or shortcomings of the facility-wide permit program, evaluating the ability of the department to conduct and expand the facility-wide permit program, and proposing, if warranted, a schedule to expand the applicability of the facility-wide permit program. The department shall not expand the facility-wide permitting program beyond the number of priority industrial facilities designated pursuant to subsection a. of this section without authorization by law. L.1991,c.235,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-48 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-48
Payment of funds into court in event of uncertainty or dispute
Status: in_force

When owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement undertaken pursuant to this act, and such award has been or shall have been duly confirmed, the amount thereof shall be tendered to the person or persons entitled thereto. If there is uncertainty as to the person entitled to receive the award or if the party entitled to receive the amount awarded shall refuse upon tender thereof to receive the same, or shall be out of the State or under any legal disability, or if several parties interested in the fund shall not agree as to the distribution thereof, or the lands damaged are encumbered by any mortgage, judgment or other lien, or if for any other reason the commission cannot safely pay the amount awarded to any person, in all such cases the amount awarded may, with leave of the Superior Court, be paid into said court and shall there be distributed according to law, on the application of any person interested therein. L.1968, c. 404, s. 47.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.158 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.158
Definitions; postconsumer recycled content requirements for plastic construction materials; exceptions.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section: "Construction material" means an article, material, or supply that is brought to the site of a construction project for incorporation into the building or work, which meets applicable standards related to performance, and is of a satisfactory quality. "Construction material" includes an item that is brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or supplies. “Construction material” does not include any road surface materials or any hazard, caution, or traffic signs, signage, markings, or symbols. "Construction project" means a project for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, modernization, alteration, conversion, extension, repair, or improvement of buildings, structures, roads, parks, or other real property, or for the production, delivery, or disposal of water, waste, wastewater, energy, fuel, information, or communications. "Governmental entity" means any agency, board, bureau, commission, department, division, office, publicly owned utility, or other instrumentality of the State or a county or municipality. "Overall cost" means the total cost of a State-funded construction project, calculated in accordance with any applicable regulations or standards and including the cost of labor, materials, and any other costs. "Plastic construction material" means a construction material that is made of greater than 50 percent plastic, measured in terms of cost. "Postconsumer recycled content" means a material or product that has completed its intended end use and product life cycle, and which has been separated from the solid waste stream for the purposes of collection and recycling. "Postconsumer recycled content" shall not include secondary waste material or materials and by-products generated from, and commonly used within, an original manufacturing and fabrication process. "State-funded construction project" means a construction project supported, in whole or part, by funds granted, loaned, or otherwise provided by the State. b. Commencing one year after the effective date of this section, a State-funded construction project carried out by a governmental entity shall not incorporate plastic construction material unless the plastic construction material: (1) contains at least 10 percent postconsumer recycled content, for plastic construction material purchased prior to two years after the effective date of this section; or (2) contains at least 15 percent postconsumer recycled content, for plastic construction material purchased thereafter. c. The provisions of subsection b. of this section shall not apply if: (1) the use of plastic construction materials that meet the provisions of subsection b. of this section would increase the overall cost of the State-funded construction project by 20 percent; (2) construction materials, other than plastic construction materials that meet the postconsumer recycled content criteria in the provisions of subsection b. of this section, do not exist for the intended application, are not available in sufficient quantities, or are not available within 60 days of the start of construction of the State-funded construction project; (3) the licensed architect or engineer of record has certified in writing that (a) the use of construction materials that meet the provisions of subsection b. of this section would cause structural integrity issues with the State-funded construction project at issue that are likely to materially and negatively impact the safety of any future occupants of the State-funded construction project, and (b) the structural integrity issues cannot be reasonably mitigated without the use of construction materials that do not meet the provisions of subsection b. of this section; or (4) the construction is creating residential housing deed restricted as low-income housing or moderate-income housing pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-304). L.2025, c.308.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-13.9 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-13.9
Approval of application; fixing of consideration; conveyance by deed of bargain and sale or quitclaim deed
Status: in_force

The council shall, subject to the provisions of applicable law, approve an application for lease, conveyance, license or permit, if after investigation and a review of the recommendations submitted to it pursuant to section 94, it is satisfied that the lease, conveyance, license or permit will be in the public interest. In determining whether a lease, conveyance, license or permit is in the public interest, the council shall consider the environmental impact of the use proposed to be made of the property in question. The council shall further determine the fair market value of the property at the time of the lease, conveyance, license or permit and shall fix the proper consideration to be charged for the lease, conveyance, license or permit of the lands owned by the State or quitclaim of any claim asserted by the State. In determining such consideration the council shall take into account the actions of a claimant under color of title who in good faith made improvements or paid taxes, or both, on the lands in question. Upon receipt of the payment of the consideration for a conveyance, the council and the appropriate State officers in accordance with the riparian statutes, shall convey the premises by deed of bargain and sale or quitclaim deed under the seal of the State. The council and the appropriate State officers shall require such terms and conditions in the conveyance instrument as it deems necessary and appropriate. L.1968, c. 404, s. 95. Amended by L.1973, c. 335, s. 4, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-53 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-53
Notice of public hearing
Status: in_force

3. In addition to any other applicable requirements of law, rule, or regulation, the department shall provide notice of any public hearing required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection a. of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act at least 30 days in advance of the date of the hearing as follows: a. By mailing a copy of the notice to: (1) all parties to the proposed conveyance; (2) the governing body, county clerk, and municipal clerk of every county and municipality in which the lands proposed to be conveyed are located; and (3) any person who requests in writing of the department to receive in advance such notices; b. By publishing the notice in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in each county and municipality in which the lands proposed to be conveyed are located; c. By publishing a notice in the New Jersey Register; and d. By publishing a notice in the Department of Environmental Protection Monthly Bulletin. L.1993,c.38,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.12a6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.12a6
Registry of lands suitable for inclusion
Status: in_force

The department shall, in keeping with the findings of the studies conducted pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this act, maintain a registry of all lands, public and private, which are suitable for inclusion within the system under the provisions of this act and the act to which this act is a supplement. L.1975, c. 363, s. 7, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9A-10 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9A / Section 9A-10
Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as "The Wetlands Act of 1970." L.1970, c. 272, s. 10, eff. Nov. 5, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.134a — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.134a
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.2025, c.298 (C.13:1E-99.134a et al.): “Casual dining establishment” means any food service business that is not a full-service restaurant. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. "Condiment" means packaged ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, hot sauce, salt, pepper, or any other herb, spice, seasoning, sauce, sweetener, or substance that is used to give a special flavor to food. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Food service business" means and includes a restaurant, café, food truck, vendor station, cafeteria, or any other facility or premises, or section or part thereof, including, but not limited to, a section or part of a grocery store, convenience store, hospital, school, sports arena, entertainment venue, or other similar facility or venue, where meals are prepared and served to customers for immediate consumption thereby on or off the premises, whether on a take-out, eat-in, drive-thru, or delivery basis. “Food service business” shall include both full-service restaurants and casual dining establishments. “Full-service restaurant” means a food service business whose primary NAICS classification in accommodation and food services is 722511, or any successor classification code as designated by the NAICS. “NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System used by federal statistical agencies for classifying business establishments. “Self-serve condiment station” means a dedicated appliance, fixture, or other similar system for the dispensing of condiments, which provides individual condiments for customer access, provided that such items are not bundled, packaged, or otherwise wrapped together. “Self-serve condiment station” shall include an open tray or other similar system from which more than one condiment may be taken at a time. “Single-use portion cup” means a small container, with or without a lid, used for serving sauces and dressings, or similar accompaniments to food, that are necessary to prevent leakage, allergen cross-contamination, or spillage during on-site consumption, or take-out and delivery orders. "Single-use utensils or condiments" means utensils or condiment packets or packages which are designed to be discarded, by the consumer, after a single use. "Utensil" means an instrument, including, but not limited to, a knife, fork, chopstick, or spoon, which is commonly used by humans to eat meals served thereto by a food service business. “Utensil dispenser” means a dedicated appliance for the dispensing of food utensils, which dispenses a single-use utensil at the push of a button, lever, or other similar method. With the exception of utensil dispensers located in sports arenas and entertainment centers, "utensil dispenser" shall not include an open tray or other similar system from which more than one single-use utensil may be taken at a time. L.2025, c.298, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-47 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-47
Funding of the bank; proceeds from the sale of credits.
Status: in_force

18. a. There is appropriated to the bank, from the General Fund, the sum of $5,000,000.00. This sum shall be used for the purchase of pinelands development credits and to extend pinelands development credit guarantees, as herein provided. b. The proceeds from the sale of pinelands development credits by the board or a county board shall remain available to the board or county board for the purposes of this act. Within 60 days after December 31, 2015 the board shall transfer to the General Fund all funds remaining on deposit in the bank. The board may transfer part or all of the funds on deposit in the bank to the General Fund prior to this date upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the board. c. Within 30 days after December 31, 2015 a county board shall transfer to the board that percentage of the funds remaining on deposit in the county bank which reflects the percentage of the matching grant made by the board to the county board pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1985, c.310 (C.13:18A-45). L.1985, c.310, s.18; amended 1997, c.282, s.1; 2005, c.241.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-11.8 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-11.8
Application for certificate of limited conveyance
Status: in_force

19. a. The owner of an industrial establishment may transfer a portion of the real property on which an industrial establishment is situated without conducting a remediation of the entire industrial establishment pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330, if, upon application by the owner, the department issues a certificate of limited conveyance pursuant to subsections b. through e. of this section, or if the owner transfers the portion of real property in accordance with the provisions of subsection f. of this section. b. An application for a certificate of limited conveyance shall be in the form of a certification by the owner which shall include a description of the real property to be transferred, an appraisal of the real property to be transferred, the sale price or market value of the real property to be transferred, an appraisal of the entire industrial establishment, and an appraisal of the remaining property if the certificate of limited conveyance were issued, as well as any other information the department deems necessary to make the findings required in subsection c. of this section. c. The department shall issue a certificate of limited conveyance for a portion of the real property on which an industrial establishment is situated after the submission of a complete and accurate application and upon a finding that the sales price or market value of the real property to be conveyed, together with any additional diminution in value to the remaining property as a result of the conveyance is not more than one third of the total appraised value of the industrial establishment prior to the transfer, and that the remaining real property is an industrial establishment subject to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330. The appraisals shall be made no more than one year prior to the submission of application for a certificate of limited conveyance. Conveyances made pursuant to this section shall not exceed one third of the value of the industrial establishment during the period of ownership of the applicant. d. Upon issuance of the certificate of limited conveyance, the owner or operator shall, prior to the conveyance, comply with the provisions of section 4 of P.L.1983, c.330 for that portion of the real property certified for conveyance. The remediation that may be required on the real property subject to the certificate of limited conveyance shall include any hazardous substances or hazardous wastes that are migrating from the remaining portion of the industrial establishment onto the real property being conveyed. The remaining portion of the industrial establishment, upon the subsequent closing of operations or transferring of ownership or operations, shall be subject to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330 and P.L.1993, c.139 (C.13:1K-9.6 et al.). e. A certificate of limited conveyance shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance. f. An owner, either as part of or subsequent to a conveyance made in accordance with subsections b. through e. of this section, may transfer additional portions of the real property of the industrial establishment in excess of the conveyance limitation set forth in subsection c. of this section; provided, however, that the additional portions proposed for transfer do not constitute a closing of operations or transferring of ownership or operations, subject to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.330. The amount paid for the additional portion of real property, or any part thereof, which exceeds the permissible conveyance limitation under subsection c. of this section shall be used exclusively for the purposes of remediating that parcel of real property in accordance with the provisions of subsection d. of this section; provided, however, if any portion of that amount shall remain unexpended for the remediation of the parcel, that unexpended amount shall be deposited in a remediation trust fund as provided in subsection g. of this section. g. To provide for the subsequent remediation of that portion of the real property of an industrial establishment which was not transferred pursuant to subsection f. of this section, the owner shall establish a remediation trust fund in accordance with subsection c. of section 25 of P.L.1993, c.139 (C.58:10B-3) and shall deposit any unexpended amounts, as provided in subsection f. of this section, into that fund. L.1993,c.139,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-4
Delegation of powers by commissioner
Status: in_force

The commissioner may delegate to subordinate officers or employees in the department such of his powers as he may deem desirable, to be exercised under his supervision and direction. He shall, by order, rule or regulation filed with the Secretary of State, designate one or more of the officers or employees in the department who may act for him and on his behalf in the event of his absence or disability. L.1948, c. 448, p. 1785, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-137 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-137
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Contract file" means a file established and maintained by a contracting unit, in which the contracting unit shall maintain a copy of its request for qualifications issued pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1985, c.38 (C.13:1E-154), a list of vendors responding to its request for qualifications, a copy of its request for proposals issued pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1985, c.38 (C.13:1E-155), a list of qualified vendors submitting proposals, and a document outlining the general criteria used by the contracting unit in selecting a proposal; "Contracting unit" means any county; any municipality; any bistate authority; or any public authority which has statutory power to enter into contracts or agreements for the design, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a resource recovery facility; "County" means any county of this State of whatever class; "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "Director" means the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury; "Division" means the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury; "Division of Local Government Services" means the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; "Franchise" means the exclusive right to control and provide for the disposal of solid waste, except for recyclable material whenever markets for those materials are available, within a district as awarded by the Board of Public Utilities or the department prior to November 10, 1997; "Independent public accountant" means a certified public accountant, a licensed public accountant or a registered municipal accountant; "Person or party" means any individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, political subdivision of this State, or any State, bistate, or interstate agency or public authority; "Proposed contract" means a contract negotiated by a contracting unit pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1985, c.38 (C.13:1E-136 et al.); "Public authority" means any municipal or county utilities authority created pursuant to the "municipal and county utilities authorities law," P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.); county improvement authority created pursuant to the "county improvement authorities law," P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.); pollution control financing authority created pursuant to the "New Jersey Pollution Control Financing Law," P.L.1973, c.376 (C.40:37C-1 et seq.), or any other public body corporate and politic created for solid waste management purposes in any county, pursuant to the provisions of any law; "Qualified vendor" means any person or party financially qualified for, and technically and administratively capable of, undertaking the design, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a resource recovery facility or of providing resource recovery services, as provided in section 19 of P.L.1985, c.38 (C.13:1E-154); "Recyclable material" means those materials which would otherwise become solid waste, which may be collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products; "Recycling" means any process by which materials which would otherwise become solid waste are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products; "Resource recovery facility" means a solid waste facility constructed and operated for the incineration of solid waste for energy production and the recovery of metals and other materials for reuse; or a mechanized composting facility, or any other solid waste facility constructed or operated for the collection, separation, recycling, and recovery of metals, glass, paper, and other materials for reuse or for energy production; "Sanitary landfill facility" means a solid waste facility at which solid waste is deposited on or in the land as fill for the purpose of permanent disposal or storage for a period exceeding six months, except that it shall not include any waste facility approved for disposal of hazardous waste; "Vendor" means any person or party proposing to undertake the design, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a resource recovery facility or of providing resource recovery services. L.1985, c.38, s.2; amended 2007, c.311, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-27 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-27
§ 13:12-27
Status: in_force

The canal and banking company, by its general manager or by any officer thereunto duly authorized by its board of directors, shall be entitled to and is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for the purchase price, rentals or other income of any property sold or let as authorized by any of the provisions of this chapter, and to receive and receipt for the consideration paid upon the granting of any consent, as authorized by any of the provisions of this chapter. All moneys so received by the canal and banking company shall be paid into the state treasury not later than the tenth of the month following that during which such moneys were collected or received.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1H-8 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1H / Section 1H-8
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Aid for Urban Environmental Concerns Act." L.1979, c. 56, s. 1, eff. March 27, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-10 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-10
Division of economic development; economic development council; New Jersey Area Redevelopment Authority; department of institutions and agencies; veterans' services council
Status: in_force

a. The Division of Economic Development, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, transferred and constituted the Division of Economic Development in the Department of Labor and Industry. The Economic Development Council, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, transferred and constituted the Economic Development Council in the Department of Labor and Industry. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the council. The members of the council shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law. b. The New Jersey Area Redevelopment Authority, established pursuant to the laws of 1962, chapter 204, as amended and supplemented (C. 13:1B-15.13 et seq.), together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued and transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the authority. The members of the authority shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law, except that the Commissioner of Banking shall serve as an ex-officio member of the authority in the place and stead of the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance as heretofore. c. The functions, powers and duties of the Division of Veterans Services in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development are transferred to and shall be exercised and performed by the Department of Institutions and Agencies through an appropriate organizational unit to be established by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies with the approval of the State Board of Control. The term of office of the Director of the Division of Veterans Services shall expire on the effective date of this act. The Veterans' Services Council, together with all its functions, powers and duties, is continued and constituted the Veterans' Services Council in the Department of Institutions and Agencies. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the council. The members of the council shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law. L.1970, c. 33, s. 13, eff. April 22, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 13:12-8 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-8
Board of directors of canal and banking company; voting capital stock
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the canal and banking company shall consist of three members, two of whom shall constitute a quorum. The members of the board shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the canal company, and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development, the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury and their successors in office shall be eligible to serve as directors of the canal and banking company. The capital stock of the canal and banking company, the title to which is vested in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development in trust for the State by section 13:12-6 of this Title, shall, at each election of directors of the canal and banking company, be voted in favor of the election as such directors of the persons then holding the offices of Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development, State Treasurer, and Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, respectively. Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1793, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-59 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-59
Component river area within flood hazard area or part of state park, wildlife refuge or similar area; acts governing
Status: in_force

Any portion of a component river area included in the system which is delineated as within the boundaries of a flood hazard area pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1962, c. 19 (C. 58:16A-52), or which is or shall become a part of any State park, wildlife refuge or similar area shall be subject to the provisions of this act and the acts under which such other areas may be administered; in the case of conflict between the provisions of such acts, the more restrictive provisions shall apply. L.1977, c. 236, s. 15, eff. Sept. 28, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-10.1
Surplus moneys from operation of solid waste disposal facilities; disposition
Status: in_force

In the event that surplus moneys become available from the operation of solid waste disposal facilities by the Hackensack Commission, which are not required by any contract with the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations of the commission to be retained in any fund or account established by any such contract for the security of the commission's bonds, notes or other obligations, then 75% of that surplus shall be used by the Hackensack Commission for any lawful purpose and 25% of that surplus shall be apportioned among the municipalities in the Hackensack Meadowlands District in the same ratio as the number of acres within the district of each such municipality bears to the total number of acres in the district. L.1975, c. 326, s. 35.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-5
Adoption, amendment or repeal of rule or regulation; notice to interested party of determination
Status: in_force

No rule or regulation, and no amendment or repeal thereof, shall be adopted except after 30 days prior notice thereof by public advertisement of the date, time and place of such hearing at which opportunity to be heard by the department with respect thereto shall be given to the public, except as to emergent matters presenting imminent peril to the public health, safety or welfare and provided, further, that no rule or regulation and no such amendment or repeal shall be or become effective, except as otherwise provided, until after notice and public hearing before the department as required under the Administrative Procedure Act (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). Any interested party heard at such public hearing shall be given written notice of the determination of the department. L.1971, c. 176, s. 5, eff. June 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-44 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-44
Regulations by local unit governing administration and use of lands
Status: in_force

A grant may not be made under this act until the local unit has adopted regulations governing the administration and use of the lands in question. L.1975, c. 155, s. 10, eff. July 15, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.81c — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.81c
Propulsion battery, permanent label, information.
Status: in_force

3. Commencing January 1, 2027, a propulsion battery sold in the State, whether embedded in a vehicle or not, shall include a permanent label providing information about the battery, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the department. Any person who remanufactures or repurposes a propulsion battery shall relabel the remanufactured or repurposed propulsion battery pursuant to the labeling standard adopted by the department prior to selling, importing, or distributing the propulsion battery for use in the State. L.2023, c.222, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-40 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-40
Acquisition of lands; purchase or condemnation
Status: in_force

a. Lands acquired by the State shall be acquired by the commissioner in the name of the State. They may be acquired by purchase or otherwise on such terms and conditions as the commissioner shall determine, or by condemnation in the manner provided in the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.). This power of acquisition shall extend to lands held by any local unit. b. At any time contemporaneous with or after the institution of an action and service of process, the condemnor may file in the action, a declaration of taking pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-17) and simultaneously therewith shall, pursuant to section 18 of P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-18) deposit the amount of the estimated compensation with the clerk of the Superior Court. c. The condemnor shall have the right to the immediate and exclusive possession of the property upon complying with section 19 of P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-19). Thereafter, upon application of any condemnee, or any other party in interest, and on notice to all parties to the action, and pursuant to section 23 of P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-23), the court may direct that the estimated compensation on deposit, or any part thereof, be withdrawn. L.1975, c. 155, s. 6, eff. July 15, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.39 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.39
Report to Legislature
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall prepare a report to the Legislature concerning the implementation of this amendatory and supplementary act, including a recommendation that the continuation of the tax imposed pursuant to section 4 of P.L. 1981, c. 278 (C. 13:1E-95) is necessary to ensure the achievement of the State Recycling Plan goals and the success of county and municipal recycling programs in meeting the designated recovery targets set forth in the district recycling plans, if warranted by the circumstances. This report shall be transmitted to the Legislature not later than April 1, 1990, and shall be revised, and modified if necessary, at least once every three years thereafter. L. 1987, c. 102, s. 50.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.125 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.125
Approval mandatory
Status: in_force

The trust may not purchase any lands directly or indirectly through the Department of Environmental Protection which will result in the incurrence of any financial obligations on the part of the State of New Jersey, without express approval of the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection or the Legislature. L. 1968, c. 425, s. 7, eff. Jan. 23, 1969. Amended by L. 1973, c. 64, s. 5, eff. March 22, 1973; L. 1986, c. 178, s. 5, eff. Dec. 9, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.115a — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.115a
"Historic Preservation Revolving Loan Fund" created
Status: in_force

There is created a revolving loan fund to be known as the "Historic Preservation Revolving Loan Fund," authorized pursuant to subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.1987, c.265. The "Historic Preservation Revolving Loan Fund" shall be administered by the New Jersey Historic Trust. Monies in the fund shall be used for loans for historic preservation projects. L.1991,c.41,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-25 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-25
Sportsmen's clubs eligible for membership
Status: in_force

In order to permit for the broadest possible representation of sportsmen in the making of recommendations for appointment of sportsmen to membership in the council, every sportsmen's club, duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State, and having a membership of twenty-five or more persons interested in the conservation of the natural resources of the State, shall be eligible for membership in the appropriate county federation of sportsmen's clubs. Any refusal by any such county federation of sportsmen's clubs to accept any such club into membership shall be subject to reversal by the State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs. Any sportsmen's club consisting of less than twenty-five members may be accepted by the county federation of sportsmen's clubs if said federation desires to accept said club. L.1948, c. 448, p. 1797, s. 27. Amended by L.1951, c. 179, p. 666, s. 1, eff. June 5, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-9 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-9
Hearing, comment period
Status: in_force

9. a. The commissioner, or a member of the department designated by the commissioner, may hold a hearing to afford interested parties the opportunity to present, orally or in writing, their position concerning the filed application and any data they may have developed in reference to the environmental or other relevant effects of the proposed development. The department shall adopt rules and regulations which set forth the conditions under which a hearing is to be held. If no hearing is held, the department shall provide for a 30-day comment period and shall provide sufficient public notice as to the commencement of the comment period. b. The commissioner, within 15 days after the hearing, if one is held, or 15 days after the close of the comment period if no hearing is held, may require an applicant to submit any additional information necessary for the complete review of the application. c. The department shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove an application for a permit pursuant to P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.) within 60 days after the hearing, if one is held, or within 60 days after the close of the comment period if no hearing is held. In the event the commissioner requires additional information as provided in subsection b. of this section, the department shall approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove an application within 90 days following receipt of the additional information. L.1973,c.185,s.9; amended 1979,c.86,s.3; 1993,c.190,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-23 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-23
Designation of integrated pest management coordinator
Status: in_force

5. a. Each local school board of a school district, each board of trustees of a charter school, and each principal or chief administrator of a private school, as appropriate, shall designate an integrated pest management coordinator to carry out the school integrated pest management policy required pursuant to section 4 of this act. b. The integrated pest management coordinator for a school or school district shall: (1) maintain information about the school or school district's school integrated pest management policy and about pesticide applications on the school property of the school or the schools within the school district; (2) act as a contact for inquiries about the school integrated pest management policy; and (3) maintain material safety data sheets, when available, and labels for all pesticides that are used on the school property of the school or of the schools in the school district. L.2002,c.117,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-4.1
Rules, regulations relative to application of pesticide products near beehives and beeyards; registration.
Status: in_force

1. a. Within 180 days after the effective date of P.L.2017, c.295 (C.13:1F-4.1), the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations: (1) permitting beekeepers to register their honey or native beehives or beeyards with the department; and (2) requiring pesticide applicators to notify a registered beekeeper before making an outdoor application of a pesticide product that may be toxic to bees within three miles of a registered honey or native beehive or beeyard. b. A beekeeper who wishes to receive the notice required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section shall register his beehives or beeyards with the department by March 1 each year. c. The department shall adopt, by rule or regulation, specific requirements for the registration of beehives and beeyards and for the notification required pursuant to this section. The department may also provide for exceptions to the notification requirement. L.2017, c.295, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-59 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-59
Definitions relative to acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Governmental entity" means the State or a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State, or any agency, authority, department, or other entity thereof. "Recreation and conservation purposes" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). L.2019, c.174, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-50 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-50
Funds for land acquisition; "limited practical use" defined
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection, utilizing any monies that may be made available from any source for the purpose, may acquire on behalf of the State from willing sellers any land or interest therein that qualifies for acquisition pursuant to the limited practical use program for the pinelands area as set forth in section 502(k)(2)(C) of the "National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978," Pub.L.95-625 (16 U.S.C.471i(k)(2)(C)), and pay any necessary costs associated with those acquisitions. The commissioner may not expend more than $100,000 on any single acquisition pursuant to this subsection without the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. For the purposes of this act, "limited practical use" means the designation given to any land or interest therein that has limited practical use because it is located in the pinelands area and is held by a landowner who both owns less than 50 acres in the pinelands area and has exhausted existing remedies to secure relief, or has such meaning as may be otherwise provided by federal law. b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, if the commissioner determines that the costs for surveys, appraisals, or other technical or administrative processes, procedures, or matters associated with the proposed acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant to subsection a. of this section are disproportionate to the estimated cost of the land or interest therein to be acquired, the commissioner may waive the surveys, appraisals, or other technical or administrative processes, procedures, or matters to the extent necessary to ensure that the transaction shall be cost effective; provided, however, that the current owner of record has marketable title to the land or interest therein at issue, as verified by a 60-year search. L.1995,c.232,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-22 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-22
Required provisions in agreements, leases, deeds or other instruments from or between commission and to or with a redeveloper
Status: in_force

All agreements, leases, deeds and other instruments from or between the commission and to or with a redeveloper shall contain, without being limited to, the following provisions: (a) a covenant running with the land to the effect that the land, and any buildings or improvements thereon, shall only be used for the purposes designated in the redevelopment plan; (b) a provision that the redeveloper shall be without power to sell, lease or otherwise transfer the redevelopment area or project or any part thereof without the prior written consent of the commission; (c) any lease to a redeveloper may provide that all improvements shall become the property of the commission; (d) such other covenants, provisions and continuing controls as may be deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1968, c. 404, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 13:11A-4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-4
Recommendation for appropriation; purposes
Status: in_force

8. a. The Governor shall include in the annual budget recommendations to the Legislature, pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1944, c.112 (C.52:27B-20), a recommendation for an appropriation from the accounts created pursuant to section 6 of this act for the purposes set forth in this section. The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the department from the first $600,000 in license plate fees collected pursuant to section 5 of this act and deposited in the accounts: (1) An amount not to exceed $400,000 for a grant to the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum for the purposes of supporting and maintaining the museum, to be appropriated from the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account created pursuant to section 6 of this act; and (2) An amount not to exceed $200,000 for a grant to an agency, group, organization or individual responsible for a maritime history or marine life preservation project selected by the department as eligible for a special license plate issued pursuant to section 3 of this act, to be appropriated from the Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account created pursuant to section 6 of this act and allocated as provided in the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 4 of this act . b. If an amount less than $600,000 is collected from license plate fees pursuant to section 5 of this act in any given year, the amounts provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection a. of this section shall be reduced proportionately. L.1997,c.74,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-2
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds that: (a) The provision of lands for public recreation and the conservation of natural resources promotes the public health, prosperity and general welfare and is a proper responsibility of government; (b) Lands now provided for such purposes will not be adequate to meet the needs of an expanding population in years to come; (c) The expansion of population, while increasing the need for such lands, will continually diminish the supply and tend to increase the cost of public acquisition of lands available and appropriate for such purposes; (d) The State of New Jersey must act now to acquire and to assist local governments to acquire substantial quantities of such lands as are now available and appropriate for such purposes so that they may be used and preserved for use for such purposes; and (e) The sum of $60,000,000.00 is needed now to make such acquisition possible. (f) Such sum will be made available by the sale of bonds authorized by the New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1961, if the same be approved by the people; (g) It is desirable to appropriate said sum for prompt use and to specify the manner in which the Legislature now proposes that such sum, and such other funds as may be appropriated, shall be used for such purposes. L.1961, c. 45, p. 478, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.65 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.65
Sale of certain batteries dependent on battery management plan
Status: in_force

7. a. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this State any mercuric oxide battery, or any nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable battery, unless the manufacturer thereof has obtained the prior written approval of the department of a plan for the collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of that used dry cell battery pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of this act. Any two or more manufacturers may submit a joint plan to the department for any specified mercuric oxide battery or rechargeable battery that they manufacture. b. Every manufacturer shall be liable, at his own expense, for the environmentally sound collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of every used mercuric oxide battery, or used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable battery, as the case may be, produced by him and sold or offered for promotional purposes in this State. c. Manufacturers may establish or utilize a trade association or a consortium comprised of members of the dry cell battery industry, as appropriate, in order to facilitate compliance with the requirements of this act. L.1991,c.521,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-71 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-71
Definitions.
Status: in_force

12. As used in sections 12 through 14 of this act: “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection. “Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” or “PFAS” means substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. L.2025, c.202, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-14.4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-14.4
Public forum to present plan for deforestation, reforestation by State entities
Status: in_force

2. Whenever a State entity owns or maintains land on which an area of at least one acre in size is scheduled for deforestation, at least 180 days prior to the deforestation of the area the State entity shall hold at least one public forum within the municipality in which the deforestation is scheduled, or, if the forested area scheduled for deforestation spans more than one municipality, in any one of the municipalities in which deforestation is scheduled, to present its plan for deforestation and its plan for reforestation. The public shall be permitted to present oral and written comments to the State entity within a comment period of 60 days from the date of the forum. No more than 60 days after the comment period has closed, the State entity shall provide written responses to the comments presented. Whenever a public process is already required by any other State or federal law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, for a project that includes forested land scheduled for deforestation, the State entity shall not be required to conduct a separate public forum to comply with the provisions of this section, provided that the public forum requirements established herein are also met at the public forum or hearing conducted pursuant to any other State or federal law. The State entity shall clearly advise the public in its agenda for the public forum that a reforestation plan will be presented. Copies of written responses to the public comments shall be provided by the State entity to the division at the close of the comment period. L.2001,c.10,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9B-15 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9B / Section 9B-15
Powers of Wetlands Mitigation Council
Status: in_force

15. a. The Wetlands Mitigation Council shall be responsible for disbursements of funds from the bank to finance mitigation projects. The council shall have the power to purchase land to provide areas for the enhancement or restoration of degraded freshwater wetlands, to engage in the enhancement or restoration of degraded freshwater wetlands on any public lands, including public lands other than those acquired by the bank, and to preserve freshwater wetlands and transition areas determined to be of critical importance in protecting freshwater wetlands. The council shall assist the department in preparing the portions of the report required pursuant to section 29 of this act which pertain to mitigation. b. The council may contract with nonprofit organizations, the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife in the department, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other appropriate agencies to carry out its responsibilities, and may aggregate mitigation actions to achieve economies of scale. Any contract proposed by the council pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to review and approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. c. The council, in consultation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, may transfer any funds or lands restricted by deed, easement or other appropriate means to mitigation and freshwater wetlands conservation purposes, to a state or federal conservation agency that consents to the transfer, to expand or provide for: (1) Freshwater wetlands preserves; (2) Transition areas around existing freshwater wetlands to preserve freshwater wetland quality; (3) Future mitigation sites for freshwater wetlands enhancement, restoration, or other mitigation efforts; or (4) Research to enhance the practice of mitigation. L.1987,c.156,s.15; amended 1993,c.298,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-25 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-25
Compliance with chapter; civil liability for damages
Status: in_force

Compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall not bar any action for damages for which any person or corporation would otherwise be liable; but conformance with the provisions of this chapter and with the terms of any notice or order issued by the department may be shown and considered as evidence of the use of due care on the part of such person or corporation. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 30, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-15 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15
Effect of denial on future submittal of new application
Status: in_force

The denial of an application shall in no way adversely affect the future submittal of a new application. L.1973, c. 185, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 13:10-1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1
§ 13:10-1
Status: in_force

The board of conservation and development, hereinafter designated as the board, shall have the control, direction and supervision of the state geological survey, with all the authority, powers and duties in regard thereto formerly held and exercised by the board of managers of the geological survey.