N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-18.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-18.1
Use of terms
Status: in_force

Whenever the term "Division of Natural Resources" or "Director of the Division of Natural Resources" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Marine Services and the director thereof, respectively. Whenever the term "Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Parks and Forestry in the Department of Environmental Protection. Whenever the term "Division of Water Policy and Supply" or "Director of the Division of Water Policy and Supply" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Water Resources and the director thereof, respectively, in the Department of Environmental Protection. Whenever the term "Water Policy and Supply Council" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Water Policy and Supply Council in the Department of Environmental Protection. L.1971, c. 133, s. 3, eff. May 6, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.134c — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.134c
Violation against single-use utensil, condiment prohibition, penalties, exceptions.
Status: in_force

3. a. Any food service business that violates the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.298 (C.13:1E-99.134b) shall be subject to a warning for the first offense, a civil penalty of $100 for the second offense, and a civil penalty of $250 for the third and each subsequent offense. In the event a food service business is assessed a penalty for violating the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.298 (C.13:1E-99.134b), if that food service business does not commit a violation for a period of at least 12 months from the time the penalty was assessed, the subsequent penalty assessed for that food service business shall be considered a second offense. Each day on which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. b. A penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall be collected, by the commissioner, a municipality, or an entity certified pursuant to the "County Environmental Health Act," P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-21 et seq.), in a summary proceeding commenced, pursuant to the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), before a court of competent jurisdiction. The Superior Court and municipal courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.), for the purposes of this section. Entities certified pursuant to the "County Environmental Health Act," P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-21 et seq.) shall assume primary enforcement responsibility for violations of the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.298 (C.13:1E-99.134b). c. Any moneys collected from penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the "Clean Communities Program Fund," established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217), except that a municipality or entity certified pursuant to the "County Environmental Health Act," P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-21 et seq.) may retain 30 percent of any penalty it collects pursuant to this section . d. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.2025, c.298 (C.13:1E-99.134a et al.) to the contrary, a food service business shall be authorized to acquire, and to maintain on its premises, an adequate supply of non-bundled single-use utensils or condiments for the purposes of providing such single-use utensils or condiments to customers, upon request, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2025, c.298 (C.13:1E-99.134b), and no food service business shall be subject to a penalty, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, for acquiring, possessing, or maintaining a supply of single-use utensils or condiments for the limited purposes authorized by this subsection. L.2025, c.298, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-33 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-33
Rules, regulations; "Environmental Services Fund;" fees
Status: in_force

5. a. The commissioner shall adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. The commissioner shall in accordance with a fee schedule adopted as a rule or regulation establish and charge reasonable fees for the filing and review of any application for a construction permit. The fees imposed hereunder, except as may otherwise be provided by law, shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the "Environmental Services Fund," kept separate and apart from all other State receipts and appropriated only as provided herein. There shall be appropriated annually to the department revenue from such fund sufficient to defray in full the costs incurred in the processing and review of applications for construction permits. b. In establishing the fee schedule required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the commissioner shall not establish a fee in excess of $30,000 for the filing and review of any application for a construction permit pursuant to R.S.12:5-3 or the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.), except that a fee in excess of $30,000 may be charged if the department documents actual costs in excess of $30,000 for the review and processing of an application and the estimated cost of determining compliance with the conditions of the permit. L.1975,c.232,s.5; amended by L.2001, c.314.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.): "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids, except for source separated recyclable materials or source separated food waste collected by livestock producers approved by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to livestock on their own farms. "Solid waste collection" means the activity related to pick-up and transportation of solid waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other destination. "Disposal" means the storage, treatment, utilization, processing, resource recovery of, or the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid or hazardous waste into or on any land or water, so that the solid or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters. "Solid waste management" includes all activities related to the collection or disposal of solid waste by any person engaging in any such process. "Council" means the Advisory Council on Solid Waste Management. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. "Solid waste facilities" means and includes the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by, or on behalf of, any person, public authority or county pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-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. "Public authority" means a 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.); a county improvement authority created pursuant to the "county improvement authorities law," P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.); a 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. "Hackensack Meadowlands District" means the area within the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission created pursuant to the provisions of the "Hackensack Meadowlands Reclamation and Development Act," P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-1 et seq.). "Hackensack Commission" means the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission created pursuant to the provisions of the "Hackensack Meadowlands Reclamation and Development Act," P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-1 et seq.). "Public sewage treatment plant" means any structure or structures required to be approved by the department pursuant to P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.) or P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), by means of which domestic wastes are subjected to any artificial process in order to remove or so alter constituents as to render the waste less offensive or dangerous to the public health, comfort or property of any of the inhabitants of this State, before the discharge of the plant effluent into any of the waters of this State; this definition includes plants for the treatment of industrial wastes, as well as a combination of domestic and industrial wastes. "Resource recovery" means the collection, separation, recycling and recovery of metals, glass, paper and other materials for reuse; or the incineration of solid waste for energy production and the recovery of metals and other materials for reuse. "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. "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. "Transfer station" means a solid waste facility at which solid waste is transferred from a solid waste collection vehicle to a registered solid waste haulage vehicle, including a rail car, for transportation to an offsite sanitary landfill facility, resource recovery facility, or designated out-of-State disposal site for disposal. L.1970,c.39,s.3; amended 1975, c.326, s.4; 1984, c.7, s.1; 1987, c.449, s.1; 1990, c.113, s.4; 2003, c.231, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-103 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-103
Applicants advised and informed by department
Status: in_force

3. The department shall advise a prospective applicant of his right to request a pre-application conference with appropriate departmental staff, and of the estimated time period required by the department to review and take final action on a completed application. Within 20 days of the date that an application is determined to be complete, or is required to be deemed complete pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of this act, the department shall inform the applicant of the names of the individuals assigned to review the application. L.1991,c.421,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.124 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.124
Economic benefit for municipality.
Status: in_force

3. a. Any municipality within which an authorized food waste recycling facility is located, pursuant to an adopted district solid waste management plan approved after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.24 (C.13:1E-99.122 et al.), shall be entitled to an economic benefit of not less than the equivalent of $0.50 per ton, to be paid and adjusted quarterly, of all food waste accepted for processing at the authorized food waste recycling facility during the 2021 calendar year and each year thereafter. The owner or operator of the authorized food waste recycling facility shall pay quarterly to the municipality the full amount due under this subsection. The municipality is authorized to anticipate this amount for the purposes of preparing its annual budget. b. For the purposes of calculating the payments, the owner or operator of the authorized food waste recycling facility may, subject to the prior agreement of the municipality and approval of the Department of Environmental Protection, provide the municipality with any of the following benefits in consideration for the use of land within the municipality's boundaries as the location of the authorized food waste recycling facility: (1) quarterly payments of money in lieu of taxes on the land used for the authorized food waste recycling center or other authorized facility; (2) exemption from all fees and charges for the acceptance of food waste for composting, anaerobic or aerobic digestion, or other processing, as approved by the department, of food waste generated within the municipality's boundaries; (3) quarterly lump sum cash payments; or (4) any combination thereof. L.2020, c.24, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-19 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-19
Fees for services; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The department may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), charge and collect fees for any of the services it performs pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act, and adopt any other rules or regulations consistent with the provisions of P.L.1975, c. 363 (C. 13:1B-15.12a et seq.) necessary to carry out the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act. L.1983, c. 324, s. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.13 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.13
District recycling plan.
Status: in_force

3. a. Each county shall prepare and adopt a district recycling plan to implement the State Recycling Plan goals. Each district recycling plan shall be adopted as an amendment to the district solid waste management plan required pursuant to the provisions of the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and subject to the approval of the department. Each district recycling plan may be modified after adoption pursuant to a procedure set forth in the adopted plan as approved by the department. b. Each district recycling plan required pursuant to this section shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Designation of a district recycling coordinator; (2) Designation of the recyclable materials to be source separated in each municipality which shall include, in addition to leaves, at least three other recyclable materials separated from the municipal solid waste stream; (3) Designation of the strategy for the collection, marketing and disposition of designated source separated recyclable materials in each municipality; (4) Designation of recovery targets in each municipality to achieve the maximum feasible recovery of recyclable materials from the municipal solid waste stream which shall include, at a minimum, the following schedule: (a) The recycling of at least 15% of the total municipal solid waste stream by December 31, 1989; (b) The recycling of at least 25% of the total municipal solid waste stream by December 31, 1990; and (c) The recycling of at least 50% of the total municipal solid waste stream, including yard waste and vegetative waste, by December 31, 1995; and (5) Designation of countywide recovery targets to achieve the maximum feasible recovery of recyclable materials from the total solid waste stream which shall include, at a minimum, the recycling of at least 60% of the total solid waste stream by December 31, 1995. Within 24 months of the effective date of P.L.2007, c.311 (C.13:1E-96.2 et al.), each district recycling plan shall be modified to include the designation of a district certified recycling coordinator. For the purposes of this subsection, "district certified recycling coordinator" means a person who shall have completed the requirements of a course of instruction in various aspects of recycling program management, as determined and administered by the department; "total municipal solid waste stream" means the sum of the municipal solid waste stream disposed of as solid waste, as measured in tons, plus the total number of tons of recyclable materials recycled; and "total solid waste stream" means the aggregate amount of solid waste generated within the boundaries of any county from all sources of generation, including the municipal solid waste stream. c. Each district recycling plan, in designating a strategy for the collection, marketing and disposition of designated recyclable materials in each municipality, shall authorize municipalities that adopt a recycling ordinance pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.16) to limit the collection of designated recyclable materials to specified operating hours in order to preserve the peace and quiet in neighborhoods during the hours when most residents are asleep. d. A district recycling plan may be modified to require that each municipality within the county revise the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.16) to provide for the source separation and collection of used dry cell batteries as a designated recyclable material. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2008, c. 130) L.1987, c.102, s.3; amended 1991, c.521, s.24; 1992, c.167; 2001, c.92, s.7; 2007, c.311, s.8; 2007, c.347, s.22; 2008, c.130, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-20 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-20
Construction of act
Status: in_force

This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose and intent thereof. L.1973, c. 185, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-56 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-56
Certain public parking lots, use for commuter parking.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-13), section 13 of P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-31), section 13 of P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-47), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary, a parking lot located on, and which is used to provide public access to, lands acquired or developed for recreation and conservation purposes by a local unit with financial assistance from the State in the form of a grant or loan of Green Acres bond funds, may also be used by the public as a designated commuter parking lot, and that additional use shall not be deemed to constitute a disposal or diversion of those lands pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-13), section 13 of P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-31), section 13 of P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-47), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto; provided that the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, after holding at least one public hearing in the municipality wherein the lands are located, has approved the additional use of the parking lot for commuter parking. b. The commissioner shall grant the approval required pursuant to subsection a. of this section only if the commissioner finds that: (1) the local unit has adopted an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, designating the parking lot for dual use as a public park access and commuter parking lot, subject to the approval of the commissioner pursuant to this section; (2) the parking lot was constructed prior to June 30, 1999; (3) no Green Acres bond funds were used to pay for construction of the parking lot; and (4) the additional use of the parking lot, and any improvements which may be made thereto, for commuter parking (a) in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, fulfill a compelling public need or yield a significant public benefit, (b) would not substantially inhibit use of the parking lot for public access to the lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and (c) would not substantially harm the recreation and conservation purposes for which the lands were acquired. c. The expansion of any parking lot or the construction of any additional parking lot on lands acquired or developed for recreation and conservation purposes and for which an approval for a dual use public park access and commuter parking lot has been granted by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be deemed to constitute a disposal or diversion of those lands pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-13), section 13 of P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-31), or section 13 of P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-47), as the case may be. d. The commissioner, after holding at least one public hearing in the municipality wherein the lands are located, may revoke any approval granted pursuant to this section if the facts or findings upon which the approval was based have changed to the extent that the requirements for approval as prescribed in this section are no longer met. e. No improvements shall be made to any parking lot designated and approved for dual use as a public park access and commuter parking lot pursuant to this section without the approval of the commissioner. Such approval shall be granted only if the commissioner, after holding at least one public hearing in the municipality wherein the parking lot is located, finds that (1) the improvements meet the criteria set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection b. of this section, and (2) do not constitute an expansion of the parking lot. f. For the purposes of this section: "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection; "Green Acres bond funds" means proceeds from the sale of bonds 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; P.L.1989, c.183; P.L.1992, c.88; or P.L.1995, c.204, for the purpose of providing State grants or loans to assist local units to meet the cost of acquiring or developing lands for recreation and conservation purposes; "Local unit" means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-3), section 3 of P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-21), or section 3 of P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-37); and "Recreation and conservation purposes" means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-3), section 3 of P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-21), or section 3 of P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-37). L.2003,c.290,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.153 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.153
Act supersedes local laws.
Status: in_force

19. A municipality or county shall not adopt any rule, regulation, code, or ordinance regulating the postconsumer recycled content of rigid plastic containers, plastic beverage containers, glass containers, paper carryout bags, plastic carryout bags, or plastic trash bags after the effective date of this act. The provisions of this act shall supersede and preempt any municipal or county rule, regulation, code, or ordinance regulating the recycled content of rigid plastic containers, plastic beverage containers, glass containers, paper carryout bags, plastic carryout bags, or plastic trash bags that was enacted prior to the effective date of this act. L.2021, c.391, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-90 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-90
Powers, duties of trust; board of trustees.
Status: in_force

4. a. The powers and duties of the trust shall vest in and be exercised by a board of trustees, comprised of seven voting members, of whom four shall be private citizens appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The four trustees thus appointed shall serve for three-year terms and shall continue to serve until succeeded; except, of the four trustees first appointed, two shall serve a term of three years, one shall serve a term of two years, and one shall serve a term of one year. A trustee may be reappointed to a succeeding term or terms. The Governor shall appoint the four trustees from a list of 12 candidates that shall be provided by the following entities within 90 days of the effective date of this section: American Littoral Society - Baykeeper; The Nature Conservancy; New Jersey Audubon Society; New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club; New Jersey Conservation Foundation; and The Trust for Public Land. Each of those six entities shall provide two nominees for the list of 12 candidates. In the event that less than 12 candidates are provided by those six entities, persons suggested to the Governor by other nonprofit organizations having open space preservation or environmental education as their corporate purpose shall be added to the list to make a total of 12 candidates to be considered by the Governor for the four appointments. The remaining three trustees, all of whom shall serve ex officio, shall be: the Commissioner of Community Affairs or the commissioner's designee; the executive director of the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, or the executive director's designee; and a mayor, or elected chief executive of a municipality, appointed by, and who shall serve at the pleasure of, the Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee established pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-7). b. (1) A trustee may be removed for cause by the appropriate appointing authority. (2) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. (3) The trustees shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties. (4) A majority of the full membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the board at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full membership of the board. (5) The trustees shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from the members of the board. (6) The board shall meet regularly as it may determine, and shall also meet at the call of the chairperson of the board or the Governor. Meetings of the board shall be subject to the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). L.1999,c.31,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-213 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-213
Title amended.
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 10 and section 13 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-213 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "Clean Communities Program Act." L.2002, c.128, s.1; amended 2007, c.311, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8B-6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-6
Approval of commissioner of environmental protection
Status: in_force

The provisions of section 5 of this act notwithstanding, no conservation restriction acquired pursuant to this act shall be released without the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. Approval of releases shall be evidenced by certificates of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and shall be recorded in the same manner as the restriction itself. In determining whether the release should be approved, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall take into consideration the public interest in preserving these lands in their natural state, and any State, regional or local program in furtherance thereof, as well as any State, regional or local comprehensive land use or development plan affecting such property. L.1979, c. 378, s. 6, eff. Feb. 5, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-135.5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-135.5
Rules, regulations; violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

17. a. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations establishing a schedule of penalties for violations of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), to be applied pursuant to this section. b. Whenever, on the basis of available information, the department finds that a person has violated any provision of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted, or license issued, pursuant thereto, the department may: (1) Issue an order requiring the person found to be in violation to comply in accordance with subsection c. of this section; (2) Bring a civil action in accordance with subsection d. of this section; (3) Levy a civil administrative penalty in accordance with subsection e. of this section; (4) Bring an action for a civil penalty in accordance with subsection f. of this section; or (5) Petition the Attorney General to bring a criminal action in accordance with subsection g. of this section. c. Whenever the department finds that a person has violated any provision of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted, or license issued, pursuant thereto, the department may issue an order specifying the provision or provisions of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), or the rule, regulation, or license of which the person is in violation, citing the action which constituted the violation, ordering abatement of the violation, and giving notice to the person of his right to a hearing on the matters contained in the order. The ordered party shall have 20 calendar days from receipt of the order within which to deliver to the department a written request for a hearing. Such order shall be effective upon receipt, and any person to whom such order is directed shall comply with the order immediately. A request for hearing shall not automatically stay the effect of the order. d. The department, a local board of health, or a county health department may institute an action or proceeding in the Superior Court for injunctive and other relief, including the appointment of a receiver for any violation of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), or of any rule or regulation adopted, or license issued, pursuant to P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner. In any such proceeding the court may grant temporary or interlocutory relief. Such relief may include, singly or in combination: (1) A temporary or permanent injunction; (2) Assessment of the violator for the costs of any investigation, inspection, or monitoring survey which led to the establishment of the violation, and for the reasonable costs of preparing and litigating the case under this subsection; (3) Assessment of the violator for any cost incurred by the State in removing, correcting, or terminating the adverse effects upon air quality or water quality resulting from any violation of any provision of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted, or license issued, pursuant thereto for which the action under this subsection may have been brought; (4) Assessment against the violator of compensatory damages for any loss or destruction of wildlife, fish or aquatic life, and for any other actual damages caused by any violation of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.) or any rule or regulation adopted, or license issued, pursuant thereto for which the action under this subsection may have been brought. Assessments under this subsection shall be paid to the State Treasurer, or to the local board of health, or to the county health department, as the case may be, except that compensatory damages may be paid by specific order of the court to any persons who have been aggrieved by the violation. If a proceeding is instituted by a local board of health or county health department, notice thereof shall be served upon the department in the same manner as if the department were a named party to the action or proceeding. The department may intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding brought by a local board of health or county health department. e. The department is authorized to assess a civil administrative penalty of not more than $50,000.00 for each violation provided that each day during which the violation continues shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense. The department shall not assess a civil administrative penalty in excess of $25,000.00 for a single violation, or in excess of $2,500.00 for each day during which a violation continues, until the department has adopted, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations requiring the department, in assessing a civil administrative penalty, to consider the operational history of the violator, the severity of the violation, the measures taken to mitigate or prevent further violations, and whether the penalty will maintain an appropriate deterrent. No assessment shall be levied pursuant to this section until after the violator has been notified by certified mail or personal service. The notice shall include a reference to the section of the statute, rule, regulation, or license violated, a concise statement of the facts alleged to constitute a violation, a statement of the amount of the civil administrative penalties to be imposed, and a statement of the party's right to a hearing. The ordered party shall have 20 calendar days from receipt of the notice within which to deliver to the department a written request for a hearing. After the hearing and upon finding that a violation has occurred, the department may issue a final order after assessing the amount of the fine specified in the notice. If no hearing is requested, the notice shall become a final order after the expiration of the 20-day period. Payment of the assessment is due when a final order is issued or the notice becomes a final order. The authority to levy a civil administrative penalty is in addition to all other enforcement provisions in P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.) and P.L.1970, c. 39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), and the payment of any assessment shall not be deemed to affect the availability of any other enforcement provisions in connection with the violation for which the assessment is levied. The department may settle any civil administrative penalty assessed under this section in an amount the department determines appropriate. f. Any person who violates the provisions of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted, or license issued, pursuant thereto shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $50,000.00 per day, to be collected in a civil action commenced by a local board of health, a county health department, or the department. Any person who violates an administrative order issued pursuant to subsection c. of this section, or a court order issued pursuant to subsection d. of this section, or who fails to pay an administrative assessment in full pursuant to subsection e. of this section is subject upon order of a court to a civil penalty not to exceed $100,000.00 per day of such violations. Any penalty imposed pursuant to this subsection may be collected with costs in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court and the municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of "the penalty enforcement law" in connection with this act. g. Any person who engages in soil and fill recycling services without a registration issued pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.397 (C.13:1E-127.1), or a soil and fill recycling license issued pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-133), as appropriate, or who knowingly makes any false or misleading statement to the department or the Attorney General in connection with a registration or license, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a crime of the third degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000.00 for the first offense and not more than $100,000.00 for the second and each subsequent offense and restitution, in addition to any other appropriate disposition authorized by subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:43-2. h. Any person who collects, transports, treats, stores, brokers, transfers, or disposes of solid waste or hazardous waste, or that engages in soil and fill recycling services, shall furnish the appropriate license or registration upon the request of any law enforcement officer or any agent of the department, a local board of health, or a county health department. i. Pursuit of any remedy specified in this section shall not preclude the pursuit of any other remedy provided by any other law. Administrative and judicial remedies provided in this section may be pursued simultaneously. L.2019, c.397, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-14 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-14
Approvals, certificates, licenses, consents, permits or financial assistance for construction of structure or disturbance of land; prohibition prior to adoption of plan and revisions; exceptions
Status: in_force

Subsequent to the effective date of this act, the provisions of any other law, ordinance, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding: a. No State department, division, commission, authority, council, agency or board shall grant any approval, certificate, license, consent, permit or financial assistance for the construction of any structure or the disturbance of any land within the pinelands area, for other than agricultural or horticultural purposes prior to the adoption of the comprehensive management plan; provided, however, that such grant may be made for such construction or disturbance within the protection area prior to such adoption if the commission finds that such grant is necessary to alleviate extraordinary hardship, or to satisfy a compelling public need, or is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act and the Federal Act, and would not result in substantial impairment of the resources of the pinelands area; and provided further, however, that such grant may be made for such construction or disturbance within the preservation area if the commission finds that such grant is necessary to alleviate extraordinary hardship or to satisfy a compelling public need, and is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act and the Federal Act, and would not result in substantial impairment of the resources of the pinelands area. b. No application for a major development in the protection area shall be approved by any municipality, county or agency thereof, prior to the adoption of the comprehensive management plan; provided, however, that such an application may be approved if the commission finds that such approval is necessary to alleviate extraordinary hardship or to satisfy a compelling public need, or is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act and the Federal Act, and would not result in substantial impairment of the resources of the pinelands area. c. No application for development in the preservation area shall be approved by any municipality, county, or agency thereof prior to the adoption of the comprehensive management plan and the approval, pursuant to section 11 of this act, of the master plan and land use ordinances applicable to any such municipality, county, or agency thereof; provided, however, that such an application may be approved prior to such adoption and approval if the commission finds that such approval is necessary to alleviate extraordinary hardship or to satisfy a compelling public need, and is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act and the Federal Act, and would not result in substantial impairment of the resources of the pinelands area. d. Any approval, certificate, license, consent, permit, or financial assistance granted in violation of this section shall be null and void and of no force and effect at law or equity. e. The commission shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this act, and after public hearing thereon, adopt rules and regulations which specify the standards for determining such extraordinary hardship, compelling public need, consistency and substantial impairment for the purposes of this section. f. The executive director is hereby authorized and directed to review all requests or applications for a commission finding pursuant to this section and to make such recommendations thereon to the commission as he shall deem appropriate; provided, however, that the commission shall take final action on all such requests or applications. g. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the granting of any State, county or municipal approval, certificate, license, consent or permit for the construction of any single family residence upon any existing lot in the protection area, provided that (1) the lot upon which such residence would be constructed was owned, as of February 7, 1979, by the person who would occupy such residence; and (2) that sewage treatment facilities, within the capacity of an existing sewage treatment plant, are available to service such residence, or, where no such facilities are available, that such residence would be constructed upon a lot greater than one acre. L.1979, c. 111, s. 13, eff. June 28, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9B-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9B / Section 9B-13.1
Permit not required for certain restoration work on manmade drainage ditch.
Status: in_force

35. Notwithstanding any rules or regulations to the contrary, no permit shall be required of a county or municipality by the Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of performing restoration work on any manmade drainage ditch located in the jurisdiction, provided that the restoration activity does not deviate in any manner from the original cross sectional area and location. For the purposes of this section, "ditch" means a linear topographic depression with bed and banks of human construction which conveys water to or from a site, but does not include channelized or redirected water courses. L.2000,c.126,s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 13:11A-1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-1
Definitions relative to maritime history, marine life preservation projects
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Accounts" means the "Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum Account" and the "Maritime History and Marine Life Preservation Project Account" created pursuant to section 6 of this act; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection; "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "Director" means the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation; "Division" means the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation. L.1997,c.74,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13-2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2
§ 13:13-2
Status: in_force

The department of conservation and development is empowered and directed to enter upon and take possession of the canal and feeder mentioned in section 13:13-1 of this title, except the properties and facilities now used for railroad purposes referred to in section 13:13-7 of this title, for and on behalf of the state of New Jersey.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-45 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-45
Definitions relative to the "Preserve New Jersey Act."
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.): "Acquisition" or "acquire" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Blue Acres cost" means the expenses incurred in connection with: all things deemed necessary or useful and convenient for the acquisition by the State or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization, for recreation and conservation purposes, of lands that have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such damage; the execution of any agreements or franchises deemed by the Department of Environmental Protection to be necessary or useful and convenient in connection with any Blue Acres project authorized by P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.); the procurement or provision of appraisal, archaeological, architectural, conservation, design, engineering, financial, geological, historic research, hydrological, inspection, legal, planning, relocation, surveying, or other professional advice, estimates, reports, services, or studies; the purchase of title insurance; the undertaking of feasibility studies; the demolition of structures, the removal of debris, and the restoration of lands to a natural state or to a state useful for recreation and conservation purposes; the establishment of a reserve fund or funds for working capital, operating, maintenance, or replacement expenses as the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury may determine; and reimbursement to any fund of the State of moneys that may have been transferred or advanced therefrom to any fund established by P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), or any moneys that may have been expended therefrom for, or in connection with, P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.). "Blue Acres project" means any project of the State or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization to acquire, for recreation and conservation purposes, lands that have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such damage. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. "Committee" means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-4). "Constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys" means any moneys made available pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution deposited in the funds established pursuant to sections 6, 7, 8, and 9 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48 through C.13:8C-51), and appropriated by law, for recreation and conservation, farmland preservation, or historic preservation purposes set forth in Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution or P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.). "Convey" or "conveyance" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Cost" means the expenses incurred in connection with: all things deemed necessary or useful and convenient for the acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, the acquisition of development easements or fee simple titles to farmland, or the preservation of historic properties, as the case may be; the execution of any agreements or franchises deemed by the Department of Environmental Protection, State Agriculture Development Committee, or New Jersey Historic Trust, as the case may be, to be necessary or useful and convenient in connection with any project funded in whole or in part using constitutionally dedicated CBT moneys; the procurement or provision of appraisal, archaeological, architectural, conservation, design, engineering, financial, geological, historic research, hydrological, inspection, legal, planning, relocation, surveying, or other professional advice, estimates, reports, services, or studies; the purchase of title insurance; the undertaking of feasibility studies; materials and labor costs for stewardship activities, but not overhead or administration costs for such activities; the establishment of a reserve fund or funds for working capital, operating, maintenance, or replacement expenses, as the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury may determine; and reimbursement to any fund of the State of moneys that may have been transferred or advanced therefrom to any fund established by P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), or any moneys that may have been expended therefrom for, or in connection with, P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.). "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Development" or "develop" means, except as used in the definitions of "acquisition" and "development easement" in this section, any improvement, including a stewardship activity, made to a land or water area designed to expand and enhance its utilization for recreation and conservation purposes, and shall include the construction, renovation, or repair of any such improvement, but shall not mean shore protection or beach nourishment or replenishment activities. "Development easement" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Emergency intervention" means an immediate assessment or capital improvement necessary to protect or stabilize the structural integrity of a historic property. "Farmland" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Farmland preservation," "farmland preservation purposes," or "preservation of farmland" means the same as those terms are defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Garden State Preservation Trust" or "trust" means the Garden State Preservation Trust established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-4). "Green Acres bond act" means: 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; P.L.1989, c.183; P.L.1992, c.88; P.L.1995, c.204; P.L.2007, c.119; P.L.2009, c.117; and any State general obligation bond act that may be approved after the date of enactment of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) for the purpose of providing funding for the acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes or for farmland preservation purposes. "Historic preservation," "historic preservation purposes," or "preservation of historic properties" means the same as those terms are defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3) and shall also include emergency intervention and the acquisition of a historic preservation easement. "Historic preservation easement" means an interest in land, less than fee simple title thereto, that is purchased from a private or governmental property owner to permanently protect a historic property, and that is granted by the property owner to the New Jersey Historic Trust, a local government unit, or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization. "Historic property" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Land" or "lands" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Local government unit" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "New Jersey Historic Trust" means the entity established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1967, c.124 (C.13:1B-15.111). "Permitted investments" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Preserve New Jersey Blue Acres Fund" means the Preserve New Jersey Blue Acres Fund established pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-49). "Preserve New Jersey Farmland Preservation Fund" means the Preserve New Jersey Farmland Preservation Fund established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-50). "Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund" means the Preserve New Jersey Green Acres Fund established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-48). "Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund" means the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund established pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-51). "Preserve New Jersey Fund Account" means the Preserve New Jersey Fund Account established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-46). "Project" means all things deemed necessary or useful and convenient in connection with the acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, the acquisition of development easements or fee simple titles to farmland, or the preservation of historic properties, as the case may be. "Qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "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). "Stewardship activity" means an activity, which is beyond routine operations and maintenance, undertaken by the State, a local government unit, or a qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization to repair, or restore lands acquired or developed for recreation and conservation purposes for the purpose of enhancing or protecting those lands for recreation and conservation purposes. For the purposes of the farmland preservation program, "stewardship activity" means an activity, which is beyond routine operation and maintenance, undertaken by the landowner, or a farmer operator as an agent of the landowner, to repair, restore, or improve lands preserved for farmland preservation purposes, including, but not limited to, soil and water conservation projects approved pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-24) and projects that improve the resiliency of farmland soils. L.2016, c.12, s.3; amended 2019, c.136, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-13.5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-13.5
Action by persons aggrieved
Status: in_force

(a) Any person aggrieved by a designation by the council that certain parcels are State-owned lands may file with the council pertinent information, maps, studies or other matters documenting his claim of title. Within 90 days the council shall determine either to issue a statement or quitclaim deed indicating that the State has no interest or releases its claim in the property or shall reaffirm that all or part of said property is or may be State-owned. (b) Any person aggrieved by a designation by the council that certain parcels are State-owned may, either initially or after requesting the review as provided by subsection (a), commence an action in the Superior Court to adjudicate the title dispute. L.1968, c. 404, s. 91. Amended by L.1973, c. 335, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-34.2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-34.2
Provisions of "Pinelands Protection Act" not modified
Status: in_force

5. Nothing in sections 1 through 4 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1 et al.), shall be construed to modify the provisions of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.) or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to that act and section 502 of the "National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978" (Pub.L.95-625). L.1994,c.99,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-116.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-116.1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Landfill Site Closure, Remediation and Redevelopment Act." L.1996,c.124,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-25 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-25
Biennial progress report to Governor, Legislature by the trust.
Status: in_force

25. Within one year after the date of enactment of this act, and biennially thereafter until and including 2008, the Garden State Preservation Trust, after consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, the State Agriculture Development Committee, the New Jersey Historic Trust, the Pinelands Commission, the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, and the Office of State Planning in the Department of Community Affairs, shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a written report, which shall: a. Describe the progress being made on achieving the goals and objectives of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and this act with respect to the acquisition and development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, the preservation of farmland, and the preservation of historic properties, and provide recommendations with respect to any legislative, administrative, or local action that may be required to ensure that those goals and objectives may be met in the future; b. Tabulate, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, the total acreage for the entire State, and the acreage in each county and municipality, of lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes and of farmland preserved for farmland preservation purposes that have been applied toward meeting the goals and objectives of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and this act with respect to the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and the preservation of farmland; c. Tabulate, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, the total acreage for the entire State, and the acreage in each county and municipality, of any donations of land that have been applied toward meeting the goals and objectives of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution and this act with respect to the acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and the preservation of farmland; d. List, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, and by project name, project sponsor, and location by county and municipality, all historic preservation projects funded with constitutionally dedicated moneys in whole or in part; e. Indicate those areas of the State where, as designated by the Department of Environmental Protection in the Open Space Master Plan prepared pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.76 (C.13:8C-25.1), the acquisition and development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes is planned or is most likely to occur, and those areas of the State where there is a need to protect water resources, including the identification of lands where protection is needed to assure adequate quality and quantity of drinking water supplies in times of drought, indicate those areas of the State where the allocation of constitutionally dedicated moneys for farmland preservation purposes is planned or is most likely to occur, and provide a proposed schedule and expenditure plan for those acquisitions, developments, and allocations, for the next reporting period, which shall include an explanation of how those acquisitions, developments, and allocations will be distributed throughout all geographic regions of the State to the maximum extent practicable and feasible; f. List any surplus real property owned by the State or an independent authority of the State that may be utilizable for recreation and conservation purposes or farmland preservation purposes, and indicate what action has been or must be taken to effect a conveyance of those lands to the department, the committee, local government units, qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organizations, or other entities or persons so that the lands may be preserved and used for those purposes; g. List, for the reporting period, all projects for which applications for funding under the Green Acres, farmland preservation, and historic preservation programs were received but not funded with constitutionally dedicated moneys during the reporting period, and the reason or reasons why those projects were not funded; h. Provide, for the reporting period, a comparison of the amount of constitutionally dedicated moneys annually appropriated for local government unit projects for recreation and conservation purposes in municipalities eligible to receive State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178 et seq.) to the average amount of Green Acres bond act moneys annually appropriated for such projects in the years 1984 through 1998; and i. Tabulate, both for the reporting period and cumulatively, the total acreage for the entire State, and the acreage in each county and municipality, of lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes that protect water resources and that protect flood-prone areas. L.1999,c.152,s.25; amended 2002, c.76, s.3; 2004, c.120, s.51.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9B-30 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9B / Section 9B-30
Local regulation preempted
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the program established by this act for the regulation of freshwater wetlands constitute the only program for this regulation in the State except to the extent that these areas are regulated consistent with the provisions of section 6 of this act. To this end no municipality, county, or political subdivision thereof, shall enact, subsequent to the effective date of this act, any law, ordinance, or rules or regulations regulating freshwater wetlands, and further, this act, on and subsequent to its effective date, shall supersede any law or ordinance regulating freshwater wetlands enacted prior to the effective date of this act. Between the enactment and effective date of this act, no municipality, county, or political subdivision thereof shall enact any law, ordinance, or rule and regulation requiring a transition area adjacent to a freshwater wetland; provided however, that any such law, ordinance, or rule and regulation adopted prior to the enactment of this act shall be valid until the effective date of this act. L. 1987, c. 156, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-2
Findings, declarations relative to open space, farmland, and historic preservation.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that enhancing the quality of life of the citizens of New Jersey is a paramount policy of the State; that the acquisition and preservation of open space, farmland, and historic properties in New Jersey protects and enhances the character and beauty of the State and provides its citizens with greater opportunities for recreation, relaxation, and education; that the lands and resources now dedicated to these purposes will not be adequate to meet the needs of an expanding population in years to come; that the open space and farmland that is available and appropriate for these purposes will gradually disappear as the costs of preserving them correspondingly increase; and that it is necessary and desirable to provide funding for the development of parks and other open space for recreation and conservation purposes. The Legislature further finds and declares that agriculture plays an integral role in the prosperity and well-being of the State as well as providing a fresh and abundant supply of food for its citizens; that much of the farmland in the State faces an imminent threat of permanent conversion to non-farm uses; and that the retention and development of an economically viable agricultural industry is of high public priority. The Legislature further finds and declares that there is an urgent need to preserve the State's historic heritage to enable present and future generations to experience, understand, and enjoy the landmarks of New Jersey's role in the birth and development of this nation; that the restoration and preservation of properties of historic character and importance in the State is central to meeting this need; and that a significant number of these historic properties are located in urban centers, where their restoration and preservation will advance urban revitalization efforts of the State and local governments. The Legislature further finds and declares that there is growing public recognition that the quality of life, economic prosperity, and environmental quality in New Jersey are served by the protection and timely preservation of open space and farmland and better management of the lands, resources, historic properties, and recreational facilities that are already under public ownership or protection; that the protection and preservation of New Jersey's water resources, including the quality and quantity of the State's limited water supply, is essential to the quality of life and the economic health of the citizens of the State; that the acquisition of flood-prone areas is in the best interests of the State to prevent the loss of life and property; that the preservation of the existing diversity of animal and plant species is essential to sustaining both the environment and the economy of the Garden State, and the conservation of adequate habitat for endangered, threatened, and other rare species is necessary to preserve this biodiversity; that there is a need to establish a program to serve as the successor to the programs established by the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995," P.L.1995, c.204, nine previous similar bond acts enacted in 1961, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1992, and various implementing laws; and that any such successor program should support implementation of Statewide policies, goals, and strategies concerned with and emphasizing the importance of preserving open space, sensitive environmental areas, critical wildlife habitat, farmland, and historic resources. The Legislature further finds and declares that the citizens of the State have indicated their very strong support for open space, farmland, and historic preservation efforts not only in the past approval of State Green Acres bond acts and numerous county and municipal dedicated funding sources for those purposes, but most recently in 1998 with the approval of an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution that provides for a stable and dedicated source of funding for those purposes for the next decade and beyond. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to preserve as much open space and farmland, and as many historic properties, as possible within the means provided by the 1998 constitutional amendment; that of the open space preserved, as much of those lands as possible shall protect water resources and preserve adequate habitat and other environmentally sensitive areas; that, in recognition of the recommendations of the Governor's Council on New Jersey Outdoors, it is a worthy goal to preserve one million more acres of open space and farmland in the Garden State in the next decade to protect the quality of life for New Jersey residents; and that, to accomplish that goal, it is also in the public interest to create the Garden State Preservation Trust and to enable it to raise revenue for those purposes, and to delegate to it such other duties and responsibilities as shall be necessary to further the purposes of the constitutional amendment and to advance the policies and achieve the goals set forth in this preamble. L.1999,c.152,s.2; amended 2002, c.76, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-231 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-231
Solar, photovoltaic energy generation facilities, actions after termination of use.
Status: in_force

1. a. Beginning 180 days after the finding by the Department of Environmental Protection made pursuant to subsection c. of this section has been published in the New Jersey Register and on the department’s Internet website, the owner, producer, distributor, or manufacturer of a solar or photovoltaic energy generation facility or structure shall remove and recycle or refurbish the facility or structure after the termination of its use, including any related equipment or infrastructure, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the department. b. Beginning 180 days after the finding by the department made pursuant to subsection c. of this section has been published in the New Jersey Register and on the department’s Internet website, 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 this section which shall include, but need not be limited to, minimum requirements for the removal and recycling of solar and photovoltaic energy generation facilities and structures and a fee schedule to cover the full costs incurred by the department to implement the provisions of this section. The rules and regulations may require recyclers to securely store any toxic components of solar panels that cannot be safely recycled until a viable and safe method of recycling the components is approved by the department. The department may engage in a public stakeholder process and consider establishing a product stewardship program or similar end-of-life recycling requirements and programs from other states when it develops the rules and regulations, in order to facilitate compliance with the provisions of this section. c. The department shall frequently evaluate the availability and accessibility of recycling facilities for solar or photovoltaic energy generation facilities, or components thereof, within the State. Once the department determines that recycling facilities for solar or photovoltaic energy generation facilities, or components thereof, are widely accessible and available within the State, the department shall publish that finding in the New Jersey Register and on the department’s Internet website no more than 30 days after making the finding. d. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be considered a violation of the “Solid Waste Management Act,” P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, and the commissioner shall have recourse to any of the actions or penalties provided for in section 9 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C 13:1E-9), in order to address the violation. L.2025, c.211.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.175 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.175
Notification of intent.
Status: in_force

6. a. Any group, organization, business, or individual interested in adopting a stormwater management basin for the purpose of planting milkweed in accordance with this act shall notify the department. Such notification may include a request to adopt, if possible, a specified stormwater management basin. Upon receipt of a notification of interest, the department shall: (1) assign an appropriate stormwater management basin to that group, organization, business, or individual for adoption; and (2) notify the group, organization, business, or individual of that assignment and provide thereto the materials required to be prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 5 of this act. b. Upon receipt from the department of notification of its assigned stormwater management basin, the program volunteer shall notify the clerk of the municipality in which the assigned stormwater management basin is located so that the municipality will be aware of the program volunteer's activities and may, at its discretion, provide assistance. c. The adoption period for a stormwater management basin shall be one year, but a program volunteer may renew its participation in the program by notifying the department annually at such time as shall be specified by the department. L.2017, c.252, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-12 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-12
Free admission for certain individuals to State parks, forests.
Status: in_force

12. a. The department shall not charge an admission fee for entrance into a State park or forest by any resident of the State of 62 or more years of age or who is totally disabled or who is an active member of the New Jersey National Guard who has completed Initial Active Duty Training. The department shall prescribe by regulation the types of evidence that may be used to qualify persons for the benefits of this subsection. b. The department shall not charge a disabled veteran a fee to obtain, replace, or renew a permit to operate a motorized vehicle on a State park beach. c. As used in this section : "Disabled veteran" means any resident of the State who has been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States and who has been declared by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or its successor, to have a service-connected disability of any degree. "Initial Active Duty Training" means Basic Military Training, for members of the New Jersey Air National Guard, and Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training, for members of the New Jersey Army National Guard. L.1983, c.324, s.12; amended 1993, c.304; 2019, c.398, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-33 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-33
Transport, dumping of certain dredged materials in certain ocean sites prohibited.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall not permit or otherwise authorize the transport in State waters of dredged material for the purpose of placing or dumping of such material into State waters of the Atlantic Ocean at a site designated for remediation if the material is found to exceed an effects level of 113 parts per billion of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the tissue of worms tested and analyzed in accordance with the applicable federal procedures, or a level or in accordance with a procedure subsequently determined by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to be more protective of human health and the environment. b. The Department of Environmental Protection shall implement the provisions of subsection a. of this section through the enforceable policies of the State, including, but not limited to, any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to R.S.12:5-3. c. Upon the effective date of this act, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall submit P.L.2003, c.65 (C.13:19-33) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the provisions of the federal "Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972", as amended, 16 U.S.C. s.1451 et seq., for incorporation into the enforceable policies of the approved State management program. L.2003,c.65,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9B-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9B / Section 9B-5.1
Regulation of freshwater wetlands area.
Status: in_force

38. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, major Highlands development as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3) that includes a regulated activity as defined in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-3) in a freshwater wetland or freshwater wetland transition area located in the Highlands preservation area as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3) shall also be regulated pursuant to sections 32 through 37 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-30 through C.13:20-35). L.2004,c.120,s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-52 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-52
Acquisition of lands from local unit by state; private sale
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lands to be acquired by the State under this act from any local unit may be sold to the State by the unit at private sale. L.1975, c. 155, s. 18, eff. July 15, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1H-9 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1H / Section 1H-9
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that urban communities, where the high population and building densities, aged housing stock, economic decline and incidence of poverty present special problems, have unique environmental concerns; and that State assistance can help environmental agencies meet such concerns. L.1979, c. 56, s. 2, eff. March 27, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-112 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-112
Effect of technical manual on filed applications; revisions
Status: in_force

2. a. Policies and interpretations contained in a technical manual developed pursuant to section 1 of this act and in force on the date that an application for a permit subject to that technical manual has been filed, shall be binding upon both the department and a permit applicant, except as otherwise required under federal or State law, or rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or an order of the court; however, if an application is determined to be incomplete, the date of filing shall be the date that the information required for a completed application is filed with the department. Any revision made to a technical manual shall have no effect upon a permit application that was submitted to the department prior to adoption of the revision. Nothing in this section shall be construed to: (1) exempt an applicant from complying with all applicable federal and State laws, or rules or regulations adopted thereunder, including compliance with the requirements of a permit issued by the department; or (2) compromise or limit any enforcement action available to the department pursuant to law. b. The department shall periodically, but not more frequently than every six months, except as otherwise required by federal or State law, or rules or regulations adopted thereunder, update and revise a technical manual. L.1991,c.422,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.120 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.120
Public education program; enforcement.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish a public education program to assure the widespread dissemination of information concerning the prohibition contained in section 1 of this act. b. The department shall have the right to enter, at any time during normal business hours, and upon presentation of appropriate credentials, any retail establishment in order to determine compliance with the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.114, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-60 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-60
Purpose; report to legislature
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a vital component of any comprehensive plan for the development of the meadowland district, is a program whereby the financial benefits and liabilities of each constituent municipality, are clearly established and equitably distributed. Article 9 of this act provides for such a program, by the creation of an intermunicipal account, and specifically provides that each constituent municipality will be guaranteed, in perpetuity, against loss of its present existing tax ratable values within the meadowland district occurring by reason of the acquisition of taxable real property, through purchase, eminent domain or gift, by a governmental body or agency to be used for a public purpose, to the extent that such loss of existing tax ratable values is not offset by increased true value of the remaining taxable real property within the district, and will equitably share in the new financial benefits and new costs resulting from the development of the meadowland district as a whole. This article further provides that the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission shall not be able to receive any funds from the intermunicipal account. (b) The Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission shall, in 1974, and every year thereafter, submit a report to the Meadowlands Municipal Committee and the Legislature, relating to the operation of the intermunicipal account in the prior year, and shall recommend, when it deems necessary, such amendments to this article as it may deem necessary, to carry out the legislative intent herein stated. L.1968, c. 404, s. 59. Amended by L.1972, c. 103, s. 1, eff. July 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-55.1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-55.1
Annual program analysis required.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall annually conduct an analysis of the program established in the Department of Environmental Protection for the cleanup of hazardous discharges in the State. This program analysis shall include an evaluation of the staff levels necessary to efficiently carry out the program and an analysis of the most efficient use of the various sources of funds dedicated to the cleanup program. b. The program analysis shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection for review and to the State Auditor for utilization in the preparation of the audit report. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.39). L.1989, c.243, s.3; amended 2007, c.39, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-25 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-25
Rules and regulations on administration, operation and use of acquired lands
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the administration, operation and use of lands acquired by the State under this act to effect the purpose of this act. L.1971, c. 419, s. 7, eff. Jan. 24, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-112 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-112
Tax and escrow collected as surcharge; adjustments
Status: in_force

13. a. The provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the owner or operator of any sanitary landfill facility may collect the tax imposed pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1981, c.306 (C.13:1E-104), and the escrow account payments required by section 10 of P.L.1981, c.306 (C.13:1E-109), as a surcharge on any tariff established pursuant to law for the solid waste disposal operations of the facility. b. The Board of Public Utilities may direct the owner or operator of a sanitary landfill facility to reduce the rate of payments to an escrow account required by section 10 of P.L.1981, c.306 (C.13:1E-109), but only to the extent that: (1) The current tariff established pursuant to law for the solid waste disposal operations of the facility specifically allocates a portion thereof for closing costs; and (2) The amount collected for closing costs pursuant to this tariff are deposited, on a monthly basis, in the escrow account for the facility. L.1981,c.306,s.13; amended 1991,c.381,s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9-6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-6
Divisions, sections and districts
Status: in_force

The department shall divide the forest areas of the State into divisions, sections and districts. Amended by L.1981, c. 369, s. 16, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-82 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-82
Assistance to commission by employees of state departments and agencies
Status: in_force

The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of such employees of any State department or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for said purpose. L.1968, c. 404, s. 80.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-186 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-186
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan.
Status: in_force

10. a. The department shall review the regional management plan developed by the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission pursuant to Article V of P.L.1983, c.329 (C.32:31-6), and revise and update the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan when, in the discretion of the department, changes in the amount or class of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region, or technological advances in the means of managing, storing, transporting, or disposing of low-level radioactive waste, so require. b. The plan shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) A current inventory of all low-level radioactive waste generators within the region; (2) A current inventory of the sources, volumes, classes, and hazardous life of the low-level radioactive wastes generated within the region; (3) Projections of the volumes, classes, and hazardous life of the low-level radioactive wastes which are expected to be generated in the region during the next 20 years; and (4) An analysis of transportation routes and transportation costs from low-level radioactive waste generators in the region to out-of-State processing and disposal sites. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.105). d. The department shall establish and maintain a public information program which addresses: (1) The nature and dimension of the low-level radioactive waste disposal problem; (2) The need for the proper and expeditious siting of a regional low-level radioactive waste disposal facility or the need to develop other disposal or management options that will be used to manage the State's low-level radioactive waste; and (3) The necessity and opportunities for public participation as provided herein. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.105). L.1987,c.333,s.10; amended 2002, c.105, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8A-14 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8A / Section 8A-14
Discrimination prohibited
Status: in_force

Use of lands acquired under this act by the State or with State assistance shall not be restricted by any conditions of race, creed, color or nationality, and shall not be restricted by any condition of residence except by direction of or with the approval of the commissioner. L.1961, c. 45, p. 481, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-16 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-16
Grants to municipalities and counties for revisions
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized to make grants to municipalities and counties for any revision of local master plans or the implementing ordinances thereto which is designed to bring such plans and ordinances into conformance with the comprehensive management plan prepared by the commission. The commission may make such grants from any State, Federal or other funds which may be appropriated or otherwise made available to it for such purpose. L.1979, c. 111, s. 15, eff. June 28, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-200 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-200
Disposal of used lead acid battery
Status: in_force

No person shall dispose of a used lead acid battery as solid waste at any time. Any person seeking to discard a used lead acid battery may deliver the used lead acid battery to: a. a retailer of lead acid batteries, or a distributor or manufacturer engaged in the sale at wholesale of lead acid batteries; b. a secondary lead smelter; c. a scrap processing facility at which used lead acid batteries are received, stored, processed or transferred for the purposes of recycling; or d. a household hazardous waste collection site established pursuant to a county household hazardous waste collection program. L.1991,c.94,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-94 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-94
Annual report.
Status: in_force

8. The trust shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New Jersey as to its activities during the preceding year, together with any recommendations or requests the trustees deem appropriate to further the purposes of the trust. L.1999,c.31,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-68 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-68
Terms of directors of Morris Canal and Banking Company to expire; persons to constitute board until successors qualify
Status: in_force

The terms of office of the present directors of the Morris Canal and Banking Company shall expire on the effective date of this act, and the persons 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, on the effective date of this act, shall constitute the board of directors, and shall exercise and perform the functions, powers and duties of the directors, of the Morris Canal and Banking Company until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of said company, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. L.1948, c. 448, p. 1844, s. 119.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17A-4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17A / Section 17A-4
Designation of site; Commission; establishment; members; term of office; designation of representative; oath; vacancies; meetings; actions; approval
Status: in_force

a. By December 31, 1983 the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission shall identify an appropriate site, if any, for a food distribution center within the Hackensack Meadowlands District and shall advise the Governor on whether the center is compatible with its master plan and is needed within the district. Upon receipt of this advice from the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission or in any event after December 31, 1983, the Governor may designate an appropriate site within the Hackensack Meadowlands District for a food distribution center and establish the Hackensack Meadowlands Food Distribution Center Commission. The site designated by the Governor need not be the site selected by the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission. b. The commission is established in, but not of, the Department of Community Affairs and constituted a body politic and corporate and an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare, and the exercise by the commission of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. c. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as follows: (1) The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, who shall be a member ex officio; (2) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, who shall be a member ex officio; (3) The State Treasurer, who shall be a member ex officio; (4) The Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, who shall be a member ex officio; (5) Two members of the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, to be appointed by the Governor; (6) Three members to be appointed by the Governor to represent the municipalities in which the site for the food distribution center is located. The members shall be selected from names submitted by the mayors of the municipalities and may include the mayors themselves; and (7) Two public members, to be appointed by the Governor. The members first appointed pursuant to subsections (6) and (7) above shall be designated to serve for terms respectively expiring on the first days of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Februaries next ensuing after the dates of their appointments. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of five years. Each member shall hold office for the term of his appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. A member of the commission shall be eligible for reappointment. d. Each ex officio member of the commission may designate an officer or employee of his department to represent him at meetings of the commission, and each designee may lawfully vote and otherwise act on behalf of the member for whom he constitutes the designee. Any designation shall be in writing, delivered to the commission and shall continue in effect until revoked or amended by writing, delivered to the agency. e. Each member of the agency before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe an oath to perform the duties of the office faithfully, impartially and justly to the best of his ability. A record of these oaths shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. f. Any vacancies in the membership of the commission occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments but for the unexpired terms only. g. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the commission shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification of the secretary thereof to the Governor. No action taken at such meeting by the commission shall have force or effect until 10 days, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays excepted, after the copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered, unless during the 10-day period the Governor shall approve the same, in which case such action shall become effective upon the approval. If, in said 10-day period, the Governor returns the copy of the minutes with veto of any action taken by the commission or any member thereof at the meeting, the action shall be null and void and of no effect. The Governor may approve all or part of the action taken at the meeting prior to the expiration of the said 10-day period. L.1983, c. 272, s. 4, eff. July 18, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.157 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.157
Educational, informational programs
Status: in_force

Within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the department for this purpose, the commissioner shall develop and implement any educational or informational programs deemed necessary to inform the public as to the status and significance of endangered plant species in the State. L.1989, c.56, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-207 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-207
Consumer complaints, dissemination of information
Status: in_force

a. The Department 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 shall have the right to enter, at any time during normal business hours and upon presentation of appropriate credentials, any recycling center as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.12), or any retail establishment or scrap processing facility at which used lead acid batteries are received, stored, processed or transferred for the purposes of recycling, in order to determine compliance with the provisions of this act. L.1991,c.94,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-83 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-83
Supplemental and additional provisions
Status: in_force

The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. L.1968, c. 404, s. 81.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-52 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-52
Rules and regulations; use by commissions created by municipalities; transmittal; veto by legislature
Status: in_force

a. The department is hereby empowered and directed, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act" (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), and after public hearings thereon, to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the development and use of designated adjacent areas of land, which rules and regulations shall also serve as minimum standards for the adoption of appropriate rules and regulations by any commission created by the affected municipalities in accordance with section 9 of this act; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be construed so as to affect any use of such lands which exists at the time of the effective date of this act; provided, further, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be construed so as to prohibit or adversely affect the expansion of any agricultural use of such lands which exists at the time of the effective date of this act. b. The department is further authorized, pursuant to the aforesaid, "Administrative Procedure Act," and after public hearings thereon, to adopt, amend or repeal such other rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. c. The department shall transmit copies of all rules and regulations proposed pursuant to this section to the Assembly Agriculture and Environment Committee and to the Senate Energy and Environment Committee. d. The department shall further transmit copies of all rules and regulations proposed pursuant to this section to the Senate and General Assembly on a day on which both Houses shall be meeting in the course of a regular or special session. The provisions of the aforesaid "Administrative Procedure Act' or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no such rule or regulation shall take effect if, within 60 days of the date of its transmittal to the Senate and General Assembly, the Legislature shall pass a concurrent resolution stating in substance that the Legislature does not favor such proposed rule or regulation. L.1977, c. 236, s. 8, eff. Sept. 28, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-58 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-58
Deposit of funds in improvement assessment account
Status: in_force

All assessments as collected shall be immediately placed in an account to be known as "improvement assessment account." Such moneys shall be used only to pay the cost of such improvements or indebtedness incurred for such improvements or interest or premium, if any thereon. L.1968, c. 404, s. 57.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13-10 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-10
Grants of easements along or across canal; sale of canal lands not needed
Status: in_force

The department of conservation and development shall have power: a. To grant to any public utility the right to cross the lands of the canal, including the canal itself, upon such conditions as in the judgment of the department may be necessary to protect the state in its use and occupancy thereof; b. To grant to the state highway commissioner or any other department of the state, or to any county or municipal authority, or any person or corporation owning or occupying lands abutting lands of the canal, an easement for highway, driveway or drainage purposes across or along any canal lands; and c. To sell, subject to the approval of the governor, any lands not needed for canal purposes. No grant or sale shall be made, or easement created, which shall interfere with the canal as a waterway for either drainage, recreational, or commercial use.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.3
Penalties for littering
Status: in_force

8. a. A person who throws, drops, discards or otherwise places any litter of any nature upon public or private property other than in a litter receptacle commits a petty disorderly persons offense, and notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3 to the contrary, for every such offense shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500. The Superior Court and every municipal court shall have jurisdiction to enforce this section. The State or any municipality may institute proceedings under this section. If a money judgment is rendered against a defendant, the payment made to the court shall be remitted to the chief financial officer of the municipality wherein the violation occurred, to be used by the municipality to help finance litter control activities in addition to or supplementing existing litter pickup and removal activities in the municipality. b. If a person violates subsection a. of this section the court, in addition to any penalty imposed under that subsection, may direct the person to perform community service, including litter pickup and removal from any public property, or any private property with permission of the owner, upon which the person deposited litter, for a term of not less than 20 hours nor more than 40 hours. c. A person who is convicted of an offense under subsection a. of this section within six months after the date of a previous conviction thereunder shall be sentenced to pay a fine not less than $250 or more than $1,000, may be sentenced to imprisonment for a definite term not to exceed 60 days, and may be directed to perform community service, including litter pickup and removal from any public property or from any private property if permission of the owner has been granted, for a term of not less than 40 nor more than 80 hours. L.1985,c.533,s.8; amended 1989, c.108, s.3; 2001, c.78.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-29 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-29
Immunity; waiver; volunteers not considered public employees
Status: in_force

8. a. No department, agency, bureau, board, commission, authority, or other entity of the State, or of any county or municipality, and no employee thereof, shall be liable to any person for any injury or damages that may be caused or sustained by a program volunteer during an "Adopt a Beach" event or activity. As a condition of participating in the program, a prospective program volunteer shall sign a waiver releasing the department, the State, and any other appropriate governmental entity, and all employees thereof, from liability for any injury or damages that may be caused or sustained by that volunteer during an "Adopt a Beach" event or activity. b. A program volunteer shall not be considered a "public employee" or "State employee" for purposes of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., or otherwise be accorded any of the protections set forth therein. L.1992,c.213,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-87 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-87
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the "Meadowlands Conservation Trust Act." L.1999,c.31,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1K-11.10 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1K / Section 1K-11.10
Notification of transfer, avoidance of penalty.
Status: in_force

21. a. Any person who, prior to the effective date of P.L.1993, c.139, violated the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330 by closing operations or transferring ownership or operations of an industrial establishment without receiving departmental approval of a cleanup plan or a negative declaration pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330, or without entering into an administrative consent order that allows the closure of operations or transfer of ownership or operations, shall not be subject to a penalty for that violation if the person notifies the department of the closure of operations or of the transfer of ownership or operations of the industrial establishment, and, within one year of the effective date of P.L.1993, c.139, enters into an administrative consent order or a memorandum of agreement with the department to complete a remediation of the industrial establishment pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.330 and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, any person who enters into a memorandum of agreement or an administrative consent order with the department pursuant to this section and fails to remediate the industrial establishment in accordance with the memorandum of agreement or administrative consent order shall be subject to penalties for violations that occurred before the effective date of P.L.1993, c.139 as well as any penalties for subsequent violations. c. Any documents or information provided to the department pursuant to this section may not be used in a criminal investigation or criminal prosecution against the person providing the information or documents for those violations that occurred before the effective date of P.L.1993, c.139 as long as the person remediates the industrial establishment in conformance with the administrative consent order or memorandum of agreement entered into pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.1993,c.139,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-48 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-48
Establishment; components; administration; classification of river areas
Status: in_force

The department is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to establish a State system of rivers to be known as the New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers System, which shall comprise river areas classified, designated and administered as wild, scenic, recreational, or developed recreational rivers. Such river areas shall be administered by the department or by a local commission as provided in section 9 of this act. Such administration shall reflect the classification of such river area so as to prevent incompatible management or development which could detract from the quality or alter the character of such area. The administration of all State-owned lands within any wild river area shall be consistent with the administration of lands included within the New Jersey Natural Areas System pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1975, c. 363 (C. 13:1B-15.12a et seq.); provided, however that such lands within such river areas shall be deemed to be in addition to, and not a part of, the New Jersey Natural Areas System for the purposes of section 4 of P.L.1975, c. 363 (C. 13:1B-15.12a3). Such classifications shall be as follows: a. Wild river areas, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that are free of impoundment and generally inaccessible except by trail, with watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive and undeveloped and waters unpolluted. b. Scenic river areas, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that are free of impoundment, with watersheds or shorelines still largely primitive and undeveloped, but accessible in places by road. c. Recreational river areas, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that are readily accessible, that may have some development along their shorelines, and that may have undergone some impoundment or diversion prior to their inclusion in the New Jersey Scenic River System. d. Developed recreational rivers, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that are readily accessible, that may have substantial development along their shorelines, that may have undergone substantial impoundment or diversion, but which remain suitable for a variety of recreational uses. L.1977, c. 236, s. 4, eff. Sept. 28, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-48.3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-48.3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.1989, c.34 (C.13:1E-48.1 et al.): "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. "Collection" means the activity related to pick-up and transportation of regulated medical waste from a generator, or from an intermediate location, to a facility, or to a site outside the State, for disposal. "Commissioners" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services. "Departments" means the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Health and Senior Services. "Dispose" or "disposal" means the storage, treatment, utilization, processing, resource recovery of, or the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any regulated medical waste into or on any land or water so that the regulated medical waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters. "Facility" means a solid waste facility as defined in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-3); or any other incinerator or commercial or noncommercial regulated medical waste disposal facility in this State that accepts regulated medical waste for disposal. "Federal Act" means the "Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988" (42 U.S.C. s.6903 et seq.), or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. "Generator" means an ambulatory surgical or care facility, community health center, medical doctor's office, dentist's office, podiatrist's office, home health care agency, health care facility, hospital, medical clinic, morgue, nursing home, urgent care center, sterile syringe access program operating pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of P.L.2006, c.99 (C.26:5C-27 and C.26:5C-28), veterinary office or clinic, animal, biological, clinical, medical, microbiological, or pathological diagnostic or research laboratory, any of which generates regulated medical waste, or any other facility identified by the departments that generates regulated medical waste. "Generator" shall not include individual households utilizing home self-care. "Health care professional" means a person licensed or otherwise authorized pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes to practice a health care profession that is regulated by one of the following boards: the State Board of Medical Examiners, the New Jersey Board of Nursing, the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry, the New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy, the Acupuncture Examining Board, or the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. "Regulated medical waste" means blood vials; cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, including cultures from medical and pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biologicals, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures; pathological wastes, including tissues, organs, and body parts that are removed during surgery or autopsy; waste human blood and products of blood, including serum, plasma, and other blood components; sharps that have been used in patient care or in medical, research, or industrial laboratories engaged in medical research, testing, or analysis of diseases affecting the human body, including hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass, and scalpel blades; contaminated animal carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were exposed to infectious agents during research, production of biologicals, or testing of pharmaceuticals; any other substance or material related to the transmission of disease as may be deemed appropriate by the departments; and any other substance or material as may be required to be regulated by, or permitted to be exempted from, the Federal Act. The departments may adopt, by rule or regulation and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), a more specific definition of regulated medical waste upon the expiration of the demonstration program established under the Federal Act. "Noncommercial facility" means a facility or on-site generator, as the case may be, which accepts regulated medical waste from other generators for on-site disposal for a cost-based fee not in excess of the costs actually incurred by the facility or on-site generator for the treatment or disposal of the regulated medical waste. "Transporter" means a person engaged in the collection or transportation of regulated medical waste. L.1989, c.34, s.3; amended 2006, c.99, s.9; 2012, c.65, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-130 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-130
Subpoena power.
Status: in_force

5. a. Whenever the Attorney General determines that there exists a reasonable suspicion that any person may have information or knowledge relevant to an investigation conducted pursuant to this act, he may issue in writing and cause to be served upon that person a subpoena to appear and be examined under oath before the Attorney General. b. The subpoena shall: (1) Identify the licensee, permittee or applicant, or business concern that has been issued a soil and fill recycling license who is the subject of the investigation; (2) Advise that person that he may have an attorney present when he appears and testifies or otherwise responds to the subpoena, that he has a right, at any time before the return date of the subpoena, to file in Superior Court a petition to modify or set aside the subpoena, as provided in subsection f. of this section; (3) Prescribe a date and time at which that person must appear to testify, under oath, provided that this date shall not be less than seven days from the date of service of the subpoena. c. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no information derived pursuant to the subpoena shall be disclosed by the Attorney General or the department without the consent of the person testifying. In any investigation conducted pursuant to this act, the Attorney General may present before the department, court or grand jury any information disclosed pursuant to the subpoena, subject to any protective order deemed proper by the Superior Court. d. Service of a subpoena pursuant to this section shall be by any of those methods specified in the New Jersey Court Rules for service of summons and complaint in a civil action. e. Whenever any person fails to comply with any subpoena duly served upon him under this section, or whenever satisfactory copying or reproduction of any material cannot be done and he refuses to surrender the material, the Attorney General may file in the Superior Court a petition for an order of the court for the enforcement of the subpoena. f. At any time before the return date specified in the subpoena, the person who has been served with the subpoena may file in the Superior Court a petition for an order modifying or setting aside the subpoena. The time allowed for compliance with the subpoena shall not run during the pendency of this petition. The petition shall specify each ground upon which the petitioner relies in seeking relief, and may be based upon any failure of the subpoena to comply with the provisions of this section or upon any constitutional or other legal right or privilege of the petitioner. In this proceeding, the Attorney General shall establish the existence of an investigation pursuant to this act and the nature and subject matter of the investigation. L.1983, c.392, s.5; amended 1991, c.269, s.5; 2019, c.397, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-25 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-25
Payment of costs; adoption of County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law
Status: in_force

a. Every action taken pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act by any county is hereby declared to be a county purpose and the costs thereof may be paid out of the general funds of the county and from the proceeds of any grants for this purpose from the State, Federal Government or any agency thereof. b. In the performance of any responsibilities or requirements pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act, any county may adopt and come under the "County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law," P.L.1970, c. 242 (C. 40:66A-31.1 et seq.); provided, however, that after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act every action taken by any county under the aforesaid "County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law" shall be pursuant to the adopted and approved solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district constituting said county. L.1975, c. 326, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-209 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-209
DEP educational materials on computer recycling and reuse.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to state and Federal law, and in consultation with manufacturers, retailers and distributors of computers and other electronic equipment, and environmental groups, and with the cooperation of the Department of Education, shall prepare educational materials relating to the reclamation, recycling or reuse of used computer monitors and used consumer electronics. b. The materials shall promote the values of recycling used computer monitors and other used consumer electronics, such as television sets and other cathode ray tubes mercury lamps; provide information on the environmentally-sound disposal of such items; and encourage the reuse of all cathode ray tubes found in consumer electronics. L.2002,c.106,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-44 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-44
Findings, declarations relative to the "Preserve New Jersey Act."
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Enhancing the quality of life of the citizens of New Jersey is a paramount policy of the State, and the acquisition, preservation, and stewardship of open space, farmland, and historic properties in New Jersey protect and enhance the character and beauty of the State and provide its citizens with greater opportunities for recreation, relaxation, and education; b. The lands and resources now dedicated to these purposes will not be adequate to meet the needs of an expanding population in years to come, and the open space and farmland that is available and appropriate for these purposes will gradually disappear as the costs of preserving them correspondingly increase; c. The Delaware River, the Passaic River, and the Raritan River, and their respective tributaries, and many other areas throughout the State have been subject to serious flooding over the years, causing on some occasions loss of life and significant property damage; d. Beginning on October 28, 2012, the post-tropical storm commonly referred to as "Hurricane Sandy" struck New Jersey, producing unprecedented severe weather conditions, including enormous storm surges, devastating wind, and widespread flooding, crippling entire communities across New Jersey, and inflicting incalculable harm to the economy of the State; e. The acquisition of properties damaged by Hurricane Sandy and of other damaged and flood-prone properties throughout the State is in the best interests of the State to prevent future losses of life and property; f. "Blue Acres" is the term used to refer to the acquisition, for recreation and conservation purposes, of lands that have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such damage; g. Under the Blue Acres Program, structures on acquired property are demolished, the debris is removed, and the property is preserved for recreation and conservation purposes; h. Agriculture plays an integral role in the prosperity and well-being of the State as well as providing a fresh and abundant supply of food for its citizens; i. Much of the farmland in the State faces an imminent threat of permanent conversion to non-farm uses, and retention and development of an economically viable agricultural industry is of high public priority; j. There is an urgent need to preserve the State's historic heritage to enable present and future generations to experience, understand, and enjoy the landmarks of New Jersey's role in the birth and development of this nation; k. The restoration and preservation of properties of historic character and importance in the State are central to meeting this need, and a significant number of these historic properties are located in urban centers, where their restoration and preservation will advance urban revitalization efforts of the State and local governments; l. There is growing public recognition that the quality of life, economic prosperity, and environmental quality in New Jersey are served by the protection and timely preservation of open space and farmland and better management of the lands, resources, historic properties, and recreational facilities that are already under public ownership or protection; m. The protection and preservation of New Jersey's water resources, including the quality and quantity of the State's limited water supply, are essential to the quality of life and the economic health of the citizens of the State; n. The preservation of the existing diversity of animal and plant species is essential to sustaining both the environment and the economy of the Garden State, and the conservation of adequate habitat for endangered, threatened, and other rare species is necessary to preserve this biodiversity; o. As recognized by the voters of the State when they, on November 4, 2014, approved an amendment to the State Constitution to dedicate a portion of corporation business tax revenues specifically for the purposes of open space, farmland, and historic preservation, there is a need to continue the State open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs previously funded by the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009" (P.L.2009, c.117), the "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007" (P.L.2007, c.119), Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution, the "Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995" (P.L.1995, c.204), and the nine previous similar bond acts enacted in 1961, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1992, and various implementing laws; and p. It is therefore in the public interest to preserve and protect as much land for recreation and conservation purposes, including lands that protect water supplies and flood-prone lands, and for farmland preservation purposes, and as many historic properties, as possible within the means provided by Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 6 of the State Constitution. L.2016, c.12, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-20 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-20
Solid waste management plans
Status: in_force

a. (1) Within 360 days after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the respective boards of chosen freeholders, in the case of counties, and the Hackensack Commission, in the case of the Hackensack Meadowlands District, shall develop and formulate, pursuant to the procedures herein contained, a solid waste management plan for each respective solid waste management district; provided, however, that the commissioner may extend such period for a maximum of 45 additional days upon the certification of the board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, of the causes of the delay in developing and formulating a plan, and upon the commissioner's determination that an extension will permit the development and formulation of a solid waste management plan as required herein. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, each district shall make the necessary personnel, financial and legal arrangements to assure the development and formulation of the plan within 360 days of the effective date of this act. Every solid waste management plan shall be developed and formulated to be in force and effect for a period of not less than 10 years, upon the expiration of which a new plan shall be developed and formulated pursuant to the procedures herein contained; provided, however, that every such plan shall contain provisions for automatic review thereof not less than once every two years following the approval thereof by the department, which review shall be undertaken by the board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be; and provided further, however, that every such plan may be reviewed at any time by the department. Upon such review, if the board of chosen freeholders, the Hackensack Commission, or the department, as the case may be, determines that any solid waste management plan, or any part thereof, is inadequate for the purposes for which it was intended, such board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, shall develop and formulate a new solid waste management plan, or any part thereof, and such new plan, or part thereof, shall be adopted thereby pursuant to the procedures contained in section 14 of P.L. 1975, c. 326 (C. 13:1E-23). Nothing herein contained shall be construed as to prevent any board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission from readopting a solid waste management plan upon the expiration of same in a solid waste management district; provided, however, that any such readoption shall be pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of P.L. 1975, c. 326 (C. 13:1E-23). (2) Any two or more districts may formulate and adopt a single solid waste management plan which shall meet all the requirements of this act for the combined area of the cooperating solid waste management districts. b. (1) To assist each board of chosen freeholders in the development and formulation of the solid waste management plans required herein, an advisory solid waste council shall be constituted in every county and shall include municipal mayors or their designees, persons engaged in the collection or disposal of solid waste and environmentalists. The respective size, composition and membership of each such council shall be designated by the respective boards of chosen freeholders. In the Hackensack Meadowlands District, the Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee, established pursuant to article 4 of P.L. 1968, c. 404 (C. 13:17-7 and 13:17-8), is hereby designated an advisory solid waste council for the purposes of this amendatory and supplementary act; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any way altering the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee except as herein specifically provided. The respective boards of chosen freeholders and the Hackensack Commission shall consult with the relevant advisory solid waste council at such stages in the development and formulation of the solid waste management plan as each such board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, shall determine; provided, however, that a solid waste management plan shall be adopted as hereinafter provided only after consultation with the relevant advisory solid waste council. (2) In the development and formulation of a solid waste management plan for any solid waste management district, the board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, shall: (a) Consult with the county or municipal government agencies concerned with, or responsible for, water pollution control, water policy, water supply, or zoning or land use within the solid waste management district; (b) Review such plans for solid waste collection and disposal proposed by, or in force in, any municipality or municipalities within the solid waste management district, to determine the suitability of any such plan, or any part thereof, for inclusion within the solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district; and (c) Consult with persons engaged in solid waste collection and disposal in the solid waste management district. L. 1975, c. 326, s. 11. Amended by L. 1985, c. 38, s. 35, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.117 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.117
Legal counsel and services
Status: in_force

The trustees may request, and upon request shall receive from the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, all legal counsel and services necessary to carry out the purpose of the trust. L.1967, c. 124, s. 10, eff. June 21, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-65 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-65
Right of entry of local inspector
Status: in_force

The department and the local board of health, or the county health department, as the case may be, shall have the right to enter any major hazardous waste facility at any time in order to determine compliance with the registration statement and engineering design, and with the provisions of all applicable laws or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. L.1981, c. 279, s. 17, eff. Sept. 10, 1981. Amended by L.1981, c. 511, s. 5, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.133 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.133
Program to assist businesses with compliance.
Status: in_force

8. No later than six months after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.117 (C.13:1E-99.126 et al.): a. the Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall establish a program to assist businesses in complying with the provisions of P.L.2020, c.117 (C.13:1E-99.126 et al.), including, but not limited to, developing and publishing on its Internet website guidance on compliance with the act, and establishing an online clearinghouse of vendors who provide environmentally sound alternatives to single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, polystyrene foam food service products, and single-use plastic straws; and b. the organization under contract with the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-218) shall, in cooperation with local governments and the business community, develop and implement a Statewide public information and education program concerning the provisions of P.L.2020, c.117 (C.13:1E-99.126 et al.). The program shall include, but need not be limited to, educational programs, public service announcements, and the distribution of free reusable carryout bags throughout the State. The program established pursuant to this subsection shall include the distribution of 500,000 free reusable carryout bags proportionally distributed to the State's food banks, as defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1982, c.178 (C.24:4A-2), based on the population served by each food bank. L.2020, c.117, s.8; amended 2022, c.6, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:9B-29 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 9B / Section 9B-29
Report
Status: in_force

The department shall, within two years of the effective date of this act, prepare and submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Senate Energy and Environment Committee and the Assembly Energy and Natural Resources Committee, or their designated successors. The report shall describe: (1) The success or failure of mitigation measures performed in actual development situations, both within the State and in other states, the nature of the mitigation measures, and the state-of-the-art techniques used for mitigation; and (2) Recommendations for legislative or administrative action necessary to ensure the long term protection of freshwater wetlands from damage and degradation resulting from land use activities, pollution, and hydrologic changes which occur in upstream regions of the same watersheds of particular freshwater wetlands. L. 1987, c. 156, s. 29.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-13 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-13
Ordinances, rules or regulations of municipality, county or board of health; effect of act
Status: in_force

No ordinances of any governing body of a municipality or county or board of health more stringent than this act or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be superseded by this act. Nothing in this act or in any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall preclude the right of any governing body of a municipality or county or board of health, subject to the approval of the department, to adopt ordinances or regulations more stringent than this act or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. L.1971, c. 176, s. 13, eff. June 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-223 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-223
Annual appropriations; conditions.
Status: in_force

13. a. The annual appropriations act for each State fiscal year shall, without other conditions, limitations or restrictions on the following: (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.311). (2) appropriate the amount specified pursuant to subsection f. of section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217) to the Department of Environmental Protection for use by the organization under contract with the department pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-218) for a Statewide public information and education program concerning antilittering activities and other aspects of responsible solid waste handling behavior; and (3) appropriate the balance of the Clean Communities Program Fund established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217) for the purposes set forth in subsections a., b., c. and d. of that section. b. If the requirements of subsection a. of this section are not met on the effective date of an annual appropriations act for the State fiscal year, or if an amendment or supplement to an annual appropriations act for the State fiscal year should violate any of the requirements of subsection a. of this section, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall, not later than five days after the enactment of the annual appropriations act, or an amendment or supplement thereto, that violates any of the requirements of subsection a. of this section, certify to the Director of the Division of Taxation that the requirements of subsection a. of this section have not been met. L.2002, c.128, s.13; amended 2007, c.311, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.27 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.27
Increasing percentage of recycled paper
Status: in_force

19. a. (1) On or after December 1, 1992, not less than 55% of the total dollar amount of paper or paper products purchased by the State shall be made from recycled paper or recycled paper products having a total weight consisting of not less than 50% secondary waste paper material and with not less than 10% of its total weight consisting of post-consumer waste material. (2) On or after July 1, 1993, not less than 60% of the total dollar amount of paper or paper products purchased by the State shall be made from recycled paper or recycled paper products having a total weight consisting of not less than 50% secondary waste paper material and with not less than 15% of its total weight consisting of post-consumer waste material. (3) On or after January 1, 1995, not less than 65% of the total dollar amount of paper or paper products purchased by the State shall be made from recycled paper or recycled paper products having a total weight consisting of not less than 50% secondary waste paper material and with not less than 25% of its total weight consisting of post-consumer waste material; except that high-grade office paper, fine paper, bond paper, offset paper, xerographic paper, mimeo paper and duplicator paper shall be made from recycled paper having a total weight consisting of not less than 50% secondary waste paper material and with not less than 15% of its total weight consisting of post-consumer waste material. Priority procurement consideration shall be given to recycled paper or recycled paper products with the highest percentage of post-consumer waste material. b. The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property, after formal advertisement and solicitation of proposals for recycled paper or recycled paper products, and having received no competitive proposals for recycled paper or recycled paper products, may award the contract for paper or paper products manufactured or produced from virgin paper products in the manner prescribed by law. Any award or contract made for virgin paper products shall not relieve the director of any future obligation to purchase recycled paper or recycled paper products as provided in subsection a. of this section. For the purposes of this section, "competitive" means a price no more than 10% above the price of items which are manufactured or produced from virgin paper products; except that the director, upon consultation with the department, may make contracts available for recycled paper or recycled paper products at a price no more than 15% above the price of virgin paper products whenever the director determines that a 15% price preference is in the best interest of the State. L.1987,c.102,s.19; amended 1993,c.109,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-45 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-45
District solid waste management plans; sludge; inventory and plans for disposal
Status: in_force

The solid waste management plan developed and formulated for every solid waste management district in this State pursuant to sections 11 through 15 of P.L.1975, c. 326 (C. 13:1E-20 to 13:1E-24) shall provide: a. An inventory of the sources, composition, and quantity of sludge presently generated within the solid waste management district; b. Projections of the amounts and composition of sludge which will be generated within the district in each of the subsequent 10 years; c. An inventory and appraisal, including the identity, location and life expectancy, of any solid waste facility or recycling facility located within the district which could be utilized for the processing or land disposal of sludge; d. An analysis of the present systems of sludge disposal for the district; e. A statement of the sludge disposal strategy to be applied in the district, which strategy shall provide for the maximum practical processing of all sludge generated within the district following the adoption of the solid waste management plan by such district and for the processing or land disposal of any sludge generated within the district after December 31, 1981; provided, however, that such strategy takes into account, and incorporates where possible, facilities planning for environmentally sound land-based alternatives to the ocean dumping of sludge prepared by local agencies under Section 201 of P.L. 92-500, the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972" and conforms to the sludge management strategy developed by the department pursuant to section 4 of this supplementary act; f. A site plan, which shall include all existing solid waste facilities or recycling facilities which could be utilized for the processing or land disposal of sludge, provided that they are operated and maintained in accordance with all applicable health and environmental standards, and sufficient additional available suitable sites to provide for the processing or land disposal of the amounts of sludge presently generated within the district as well as the amounts of sludge projected to be generated in each of the subsequent 10 years. L.1977, c. 328, s. 3, eff. Jan. 10, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 13:19-22 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-22
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the "New Jersey Adopt a Beach Act." L.1992,c.213,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-155 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1D / Section 1D-155
Reasons for restriction of public access.
Status: in_force

6. The Department of Environmental Protection may restrict public access to tidal waters and adjacent shorelines to protect critical habitat areas from injurious uses, or threatened or endangered species or their habitat areas from injury or injurious uses, but only to the extent necessary according to the needs of the habitat areas or species. L.2019, c.81, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 13:13-8 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-8
§ 13:13-8
Status: in_force

The department of conservation and development is empowered to lease any buildings acquired by the state under the provisions of this chapter, which buildings are not required for use in the maintenance and operation of the canal, and shall have authority to determine the terms of such lease or leases.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-70 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-70
Conservator; powers and duties
Status: in_force

a. Upon his appointment, the conservator shall become vested with the title of all the property of the former or suspended registrant relating to the major hazardous waste facility, subject to any and all valid liens, claims, and encumbrances. The conservator shall have the duty to conserve and preserve the assets so acquired to the end that such assets shall continue to be operated on a sound and businesslike basis. b. Subject to the general supervision of the commission and pursuant to any specific order it may deem appropriate, a conservator shall have power to: (1) Take into his possession all the property of the former or suspended registrant relating to the major hazardous waste facility, including its books, records and papers; (2) Institute and defend actions by or on behalf of the former or suspended registrant; (3) Settle or compromise with any debtor or creditor of the former or suspended registrant, including any taxing authority; (4) Continue the business of the former or suspended registrant and to that end enter into contracts, borrow money and pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber the property of the former or suspended registrant as security for the repayment of the conservator's loans; except that such power shall be subject to any provisions and restrictions in any existing credit documents; (5) Hire, fire and discipline employees; (6) Reach agreements with the department for the cleanup or removal of any discharge of a hazardous substance, or make any payment for any direct or indirect damage claim pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1976, c. 141 (C. 58:10-23.11 et seq.). c. Except during the pendency of a suspension or during the pendency of any appeal from any action or event set forth in section 21 of this act which precipitated the conservatorship or in instances in which the commission finds that the interests of justice so require, the conservator, subject to the prior approval of and in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the commission and after appropriate prior consultation with the former registrant as to the reasonableness of such terms and conditions, shall endeavor to and be authorized to sell, assign, convey or otherwise dispose of in bulk, subject to any and all valid liens, claims, and encumbrances, all the property of a former registrant relating to the major hazardous waste facility only upon prior written notice to all creditors and other parties in interest and only to such persons who shall qualify as a major hazardous waste facility owner or operator pursuant to the provisions of this act and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto. Prior to any such sale, the former registrant shall be granted, upon request, a summary review by the commission of such proposed sale. d. The commission may direct that the conservator, for an indefinite period of time, retain the property and continue the business of the former or suspended registrant relating to the major hazardous waste facility. During such period of time or any period of operation by the conservator, he shall pay when due, without in any way being personally liable, all secured obligations and shall not be immune from foreclosure or other legal proceedings to collect the secured debt, nor with respect thereto shall the conservator have any legal rights, claims, or defenses other than those which would have been available to the former or suspended registrant. L.1981, c. 279, s. 22, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-4
Powers of commissioner relative to use of pesticides under certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

4. a. The commissioner shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, amend and repeal orders, rules and regulations prohibiting, conditioning and controlling the sale, purchase, transportation, labeling, use and application, or any thereof, of pesticides which cause or may tend to cause adverse effects on man or the environment by any person within this State. State rules and regulations with respect to the labeling of any pesticide, the labeling of which is prescribed by Federal law and regulations, shall to the extent practicable conform to the Federal requirements. b. In addition to any other training and licensing requirements established by the commissioner pursuant to P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.), a person seeking certification and licensing as a pesticide applicator or a commercial pesticide operator shall be required to complete a continuing education or training course, approved by the department, concerning the impact of pesticides on pollinating bees. For the purposes of this subsection, "pollinating bee" means any bee that causes a plant to make fruits or seeds by transferring pollen from a plant anther to a plant stigma, resulting in fertilization. L.1971, c.176, s.4; amended 2017, c.296, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8B-2 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8B / Section 8B-2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Charitable conservancy" means a corporation or trust whose purposes include the acquisition and preservation of land or water areas or of a particular land or water area, or either thereof, in a natural, scenic or open condition, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and which has received tax exemption under section 501(c) of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code; b. "Conservation restriction" means an interest in land less than fee simple absolute, stated in the form of a right, restriction, easement, covenant, or condition, in any deed, will or other instrument, other than a lease, executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land, appropriate to retaining land or water areas predominantly in their natural, scenic or open or wooded condition, or for conservation of soil or wildlife, or for outdoor recreation or park use, or as suitable habitat for fish or wildlife, to forbid or limit any or all: (1) Construction or placing of buildings, roads, signs, billboards or other advertising, or other structures on or above the ground; (2) Dumping or placing of soil or other substance or material as landfill, or dumping or placing of trash, waste or unsightly or offensive materials; (3) Removal or destruction of trees, shrubs or other vegetation; (4) Excavation, dredging or removal of loam, peat, gravel, soil, rock or other mineral substance; (5) Surface use except for purposes permitting the land or water area to remain predominantly in its natural condition; (6) Activities detrimental to drainage, flood control, water conservation, erosion control or soil conservation, or fish and wildlife habitat preservation; (7) Other acts or uses detrimental to the retention of land or water areas according to the purposes of this act. c. "Local unit" means a municipality, county or other political subdivision of this State, or any agency thereof. d. "Historic preservation restriction" means an interest in land less than fee simple absolute, stated in the form of a right, restriction, easement, covenant, or condition, in any deed, will or other instrument, other than a lease, executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land, appropriate to preserving a structure or site which is historically significant for its architecture, archeology or associations, to forbid or limit any or all: (1) Alteration in exterior or interior features of such structure; (2) Changes in appearance or condition of such site; (3) Uses of such structure or site which are not historically appropriate; (4) Other acts or uses detrimental to the appropriate preservation of such structure or site. L.1979, c. 378, s. 2, eff. Feb. 5, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-5 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-5
Establishment and organization
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of Community Affairs a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission." The commission shall constitute a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the commission of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. (b) The commission shall consist of 7 members appointed and qualified as follows: (1) The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, ex officio; provided that he may appoint an alternate to act in his place and stead, with the authority to attend, vote and perform any duty or function assigned to the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs in his absence. The alternate shall serve during the term of the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, subject to removal at his pleasure. In the event of a vacancy in the position of alternate, it shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment and only for the unexpired term. (2) Six citizens of the State, appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate and no more than 3 of whom shall be of the same political party; 2 of whom shall be residents of the constituent municipalities of Bergen county and 2 of whom shall be residents of the constituent municipalities of Hudson county; provided, however, no more than one citizen shall be appointed from any one constituent municipality; one of whom shall be a resident of Bergen county and one of whom shall be a resident of Hudson county. The Commissioner of the State Department of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, and a representative of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, may, within the limits of their respective responsibilities and at the request of the commission, serve as non-voting advisors to the commission. The members of the liaison committee established, as hereinafter provided, by the Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee, shall also serve as non-voting advisors to the commission; (c) The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall serve on the commission during his term of office and shall be succeeded by his successor in office. Each member appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of 5 years; provided that of the first members appointed by the Governor one shall serve for a term of 1 year, one for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 3 years, one for a term of 4 years, and 2 for a term of 5 years. Each member shall serve for the term of his appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term only. (d) Any member of the commission may be removed by the Governor for cause after a public hearing. (e) Each member of the commission before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe an oath to perform the duties of his office faithfully, impartially and justly to the best of his ability. A record of such oaths shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. (f) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but the commission may reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. (g) The Governor shall designate one of the members of the commission as chairman. The commission shall select from its members a vice-chairman and a treasurer, and shall employ an executive director, who shall be secretary, and a chief fiscal officer. The commission may also appoint, retain and employ, without regard to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, such officers, agents, employees and experts as it may require, and it shall determine their qualifications, terms of office, duties, services and compensation. (h) The powers of the commission shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time and a majority of the total authorized membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the commission at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members, unless in any case the by-laws of the commission or any of the provisions of this act shall require a larger number; provided that the commission may designate one or more of its agents or employees to exercise such administrative functions, powers and duties as it may deem proper, under its supervision and control. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission, except as provided by section 8. (i) Before the issuance of any bonds under the provisions of this act, the members and the officer of the commission charged with the handling of the commission's moneys shall be covered by a surety bond or bonds in such sum as provided by the rules and regulations of the commission conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices, and executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the State of New Jersey as a surety. Each such surety bond shall be submitted to the Attorney General for his approval and upon his approval shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State prior to the issuance of any bonds by the commission. At all times after the issuance of any bonds by the commission the officer of the commission charged with the handling of the commission's moneys and each member shall maintain such surety bonds in full force and effect. All costs of such surety bonds shall be borne by the commission. (j) On or before March 31 in each year the commission shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor and to the Legislature. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. (k) The commission shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year and the cost thereof shall be treated as one incurred by the commission in the administration of this act, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the State Treasurer, all as more fully provided in section 76 of this act. (l)(1) No member, officer, employee or agent of the commission shall be financially interested, either directly or indirectly, in any project or any part of a project area (other than a residence) or in any contract, sale, purchase, lease or transfer of real or personal property to which the commission is a party; (2) Any contract or agreement knowingly made in contravention of this section is voidable; (3) Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit his office or employment and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1968, c. 404, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.85 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.85
Development of mercury minimization plan for vehicles by manufacturers.
Status: in_force

4. a. Within 90 days after the effective date of this act, every manufacturer of vehicles sold within the State, individually or as part of a group, shall develop, in consultation with the department, a mercury minimization plan prepared pursuant to this section and submit the mercury minimization plan to the commissioner for review and approval pursuant to section 5 of this act. b. The mercury minimization plan prepared and submitted pursuant to this section shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) information identifying the make, model, and year of vehicles, including current or anticipated future production models, that may contain one or more mercury switches; a description of the mercury switches; the location of these mercury switches; and the safe and environmentally sound methods for their removal from end-of-life vehicles. To the extent a manufacturer is uncertain as to the content of a switch installed during the manufacture of a vehicle, the mercury minimization plan shall presume that the switch is a mercury switch; (2) educational materials to assist a vehicle recycler or a scrap recycling facility in undertaking a safe and environmentally sound method for the removal of the mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles, including information on the hazards related to, and the proper handling of, mercury; (3) a proposal for the method of storage or disposal of the mercury switches, including the method of packaging and shipping mercury switches to authorized recycling, storage, or disposal facilities; (4) a proposal for the storage of mercury switches collected and recovered from end-of-life vehicles in the event that environmentally appropriate management technologies are not available; and (5) a plan for implementing and financing the system, in accordance with subsection d. of this section. c. A mercury minimization plan shall, to the extent practicable, utilize the existing end-of-life vehicle recycling infrastructure. Where the existing end-of-life vehicle recycling infrastructure is not utilized, the mercury minimization plan shall include the reasons for establishing a separate infrastructure. d. A mercury minimization plan must provide for the financing of the removal, collection, and recovery system for mercury switches as provided in this subsection. These costs shall be borne by the manufacturers of vehicles sold in the State, and the manufacturers shall develop a method that ensures the prompt payment to vehicle recyclers, scrap recycling facilities and the department, for costs associated with mercury switch removal and disposal. Costs shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) a minimum of $2 for each mercury switch removed by a vehicle recycler pursuant to subsection a. of section 6 of this act as partial compensation for the labor and other costs incurred by a vehicle recycler in the removal of the mercury switch; (2) a minimum of $2 for each mercury switch removed by a scrap recycling facility pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of this act as partial compensation for the labor and other costs incurred by a scrap recycling facility in the removal of the mercury switch; (3) $0.25 for each mercury switch removed by a vehicle recycler pursuant to subsection a. of section 6 of this act or by a scrap recycling facility pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of this act as partial compensation for the department for costs incurred in administering and enforcing the provisions of this act; (4) packaging in which to transport mercury switches to recycling, storage or disposal facilities; (5) shipping of mercury switches to recycling, storage or disposal facilities; (6) recycling, storage or disposal of the mercury switches; (7) the preparation and distribution to vehicle recyclers and scrap recycling facilities of the educational materials required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section; and (8) maintenance of all appropriate record-keeping systems. e. Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, every manufacturer of vehicles sold within the State, individually or as part of a group, shall provide to vehicle recyclers and scrap recycling facilities containers suitable for storing mercury switches until such time that vehicle recyclers and scrap recycling facilities can be reimbursed pursuant to this section. f. Manufacturers of vehicles sold within the State shall provide recyclers or scrap recycling facilities with reimbursement for each mercury switch in the amount set pursuant to this section regardless of when these switches were removed from the vehicles, provided that the vehicle recyclers or scrap recycling facilities record and provide the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) associated with each mercury switch as required pursuant to section 6 of this act. L.2005,c.54,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-61 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-61
Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. L.1977, c. 236, s. 17, eff. Sept. 28, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.124 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.124
Annual report; recommendations or requests
Status: in_force

The trust shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New Jersey as to their activities during the preceding year, together with any recommendations or requests the trustees deem appropriate to further the purposes of the trust. L.1968, c. 425, s. 6, eff. Jan. 23, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-81 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-81
Eminent domain
Status: in_force

a. In addition to the other powers conferred by this act, the commission may acquire, in the name of the State, by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may deem proper, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain as hereinafter provided, and to lease, sell, or otherwise convey, as hereinafter provided, to hazardous waste industries, any land and other property which it may determine is reasonably necessary for a major hazardous waste facility or for the relocation or reconstruction of any highway by the commission and any and all rights, title, interest or option in that land and other property, including public lands, highways or parkways, owned by or in which the State or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State has any right, title or interest, or parts thereof or rights therein and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, and any fee simple absolute in, easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon, abutting property for the purposes of this act. b. Notwithstanding its land acquisition and conveyance powers provided in subsection a., the commission shall not implement those powers with respect to any land or interest therein unless: (1) The site on which the facility would be constructed has been adopted by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this act; (2) An agreement has been entered into between the commission and the hazardous waste industry whereby compensation for the land or any interest therein acquired by the commission will be provided by the hazardous waste industry; (3) The hazardous waste industry has sought to obtain the land or any interest therein from the owner thereof in good faith bargaining; and (4) The hazardous waste industry has already obtained the approval of the department for the registration statement and engineering design for the major hazardous waste facility to be constructed on the land. c. Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the commission, the compensation to be paid thereunder shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.), and the commission may file with the clerk of the Superior Court a declaration of taking in the manner provided in that act. d. Nothing in this section shall authorize the exercise of the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of any land which has been specifically designated as a site for a solid waste disposal facility by any solid waste management district in any solid waste plan or amendment thereto approved by the department pursuant to the provisions of the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c. 39 (C. 13:1E-1 et seq.), unless the prior approval of the affected solid waste management district shall have been obtained by the commission. L.1981, c. 279, s. 33, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-21 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-21
Powers and duties of Veterans' Services Council.
Status: in_force

23. The Veterans' Services Council shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, formulate comprehensive policies for the co-ordination of all services for the benefit of veterans and their dependents. The council shall also: a. Consult with and advise the commissioner and the director of the Division of Veterans' Services with respect to the work of the division. b. Study the activities of the Division of Veterans' Services and hold hearings with respect thereto as it may deem necessary or desirable. c. Report to the Governor and the Legislature annually, and at such other times as it may deem in the public interest, with respect to its findings and conclusions. L.1948, c.448, s.23; amended 2010, c.60, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-6 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-6
Powers
Status: in_force

The commission shall have perpetual succession and shall have the following powers: (a) To adopt and from time to time amend and repeal suitable by-laws for the management of its affairs; (b) To adopt and use an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure; (c) To maintain an office at such place or places within the State as it may designate; (d) To sue and be sued in its own name; (e) To issue bonds or notes of the commission and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof as provided in this act; provided, however, that prior to the issuance of any bonds or notes and prior to incurring any financial obligation in excess of $1,000,000.00, the commission shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey to inspect its accounts and certify to the State Treasurer that such bonds or such obligations may be issued or incurred by the commission without prejudice to any bonds or obligations of the commission outstanding, and that such bonds or obligations are, or may reasonably be expected to be, within the ability of the commission to meet. (f) To enter upon any building or property in order to conduct investigations, examinations, surveys, soundings, or test borings necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, all in accordance with due process of law. (g) To acquire in the name of the commission by purchase, lease as lessee, or otherwise, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any land or interest therein and other property, including land under water and riparian lands, land or highways held by any municipality or other governmental subdivision of the State, or any fee simple absolute in, easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon abutting property, that it may determine is reasonably necessary for the performance of any of its duties under this act; provided that the power of eminent domain shall not be exercised by the commission to acquire any property owned or used by a public utility, as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in furnishing any commodity or service which by law it is authorized to furnish; (h) To receive and accept, from any Federal or other public agency or governmental entity, grants or loans for or in aid of the planning or construction of any project or improvement, or the acquisition of any property, and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any other source, of either money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which such grants, loans and contributions may be made, and to enter into co-operative agreements with the Federal Government or any other public or governmental agency for the performance of such acts as may be necessary and proper for the reclamation of the meadowlands and to comply with other requirements for such participation; (i) To prepare, adopt and implement a master plan for the physical development of all lands, or a portion thereof, lying within the district; and to adopt and enforce codes and standards for the effectuation of such plan; (j) By contract or contracts with a redeveloper or by its own employees to undertake any development or other project or improvement as it finds necessary to reclaim, develop, redevelop and improve the land within the district; (k) To establish engineering standards for land reclamation, including the type of fill, drainage and grading, and to promulgate a building code specifying the maximum weight, size and density of all buildings and structures to be placed on any land within its jurisdiction according to the method of reclamation employed and the load-bearing quality of the reclaimed land; (l) To recover by special assessments the cost of improvements from the increase of property values attributable to such improvements; (m) Generally to fix and revise from time to time and to charge and collect rates, fees and other charges for the use of any facilities operated and maintained by the commission; (n) To make such legal arrangements for the use of the property of the school fund so as to increase the capital of such fund as may be necessary or desirable; (o) To enter into any and all agreements or contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the commission or to carry out any power expressly given in this act; (p) To conduct examinations and investigations, hear testimony and take proof under oath at public or private hearings, of any material matter, require attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of State, unable to attend, or excused from attendance; (q) To publish and disseminate information and to make known to potential users, by advertisement, solicitation or other means, the availability for development of lands in the district; (r) To review and regulate plans for any subdivision or development within the district; (s) To subordinate, waive, sell, assign, or release any right, title, claim, lien, or demand however acquired, including any equity or right or redemption; to foreclose, sell, or assign any mortgage held by it, or any interest in real or personal property; and to purchase at any sale upon such terms and at such prices as it determines to be reasonable and to take title to property, real, personal, or mixed, so acquired, and to sell, exchange, assign, convey, lease, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of any such property, subject to such conditions and restrictions as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this act; (t) To cause to be prepared plans, specifications, designs and estimates of costs for the construction of projects and improvements under the provisions of this act, and from time to time to modify such plans, specifications, designs or estimates; (u) To determine the existence of renewal areas, and to undertake redevelopment projects therein; (v) To exercise all authorized powers of the commission which shall be deemed to be for a public purpose and to acquire any property which shall be deemed for public use, which use shall be deemed superior to the public use of any municipality, county, school district, or other local or regional district, authority or agency; (w) To provide solid waste disposal facilities for the treatment and disposal of solid waste, as hereinafter provided. L.1968, c. 404, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8-31 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-31
Legislative findings and declaration
Status: in_force

a. The Legislature hereby finds that in order to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding population, and in order to promote public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the outdoor, natural and remote areas of this State trails should be established both in natural and scenic areas of New Jersey, and in and near the urban areas of this State. b. The Legislature, therefore, declares that it is the policy of this State to provide the means for attaining these objectives by instituting a Statewide system of recreation and scenic trails, by designating the Appalachian trail as the initial component of that system, and by prescribing the methods by which, and standards according to which, additional components may be added to the system. L.1974, c. 159, s. 2, eff. Nov. 14, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-63 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-63
Construction and operation; inapplicability of local government approval or zoning ordinance; compliance with state law; inspections
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of any major hazardous waste facility which has received departmental approval of the registration statement and engineering design for the such facility may construct and operate that facility without regard to any local zoning ordinance, and the use shall not be required to be submitted to or approved by any county or municipal governing body, zoning or planning board or other agency, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. All major hazardous waste facilities shall be constructed in compliance with the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.). The department shall conduct inspections during construction under the supervision of the State Uniform Construction Code Office. L.1981, c. 279, s. 15, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-9 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-9
Goals of comprehensive management plan
Status: in_force

a. The goal of the comprehensive management plan with respect to the entire pinelands area shall be to protect, preserve and enhance the significant values of the resources thereof in a manner which is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act and the Federal Act. b. The goals of the comprehensive management plan with respect to the protection area shall be to: (1) Preserve and maintain the essential character of the existing pinelands environment, including the plant and animal species indigenous thereto and the habitat therefor; (2) Protect and maintain the quality of surface and ground waters; (3) Promote the continuation and expansion of agricultural and horticultural uses; (4) Discourage piecemeal and scattered development; and (5) Encourage appropriate patterns of compatible residential, commercial and industrial development, in or adjacent to areas already utilized for such purposes, in order to accommodate regional growth influences in an orderly way while protecting the pinelands environment from the individual and cumulative adverse impacts thereof. c. The goals of the comprehensive management plan with respect to the preservation area shall be to: (1) Preserve an extensive and contiguous area of land in its natural state, thereby insuring the continuation of a pinelands environment which contains the unique and significant ecological and other resources representative of the pinelands area; (2) Promote compatible agricultural, horticultural and recreational uses, including hunting, fishing and trapping, within the framework of maintaining a pinelands environment; (3) Prohibit any construction or development which is incompatible with the preservation of this unique area; (4) Provide a sufficient amount of undeveloped land to accommodate specific wilderness management practices, such as selective burning, which are necessary to maintain the special ecology of the preservation area; and (5) Protect and preserve the quantity and quality of existing surface and ground waters. L.1979, c. 111, s. 8, eff. June 28, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.66 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.66
Submission of battery management plan
Status: in_force

8. a. (1) Within nine months of the effective date of this act, every manufacturer of mercuric oxide batteries, nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries or sealed lead rechargeable batteries sold or offered for promotional purposes in this State shall prepare and submit a battery management plan, in writing, to the department for the environmentally sound collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of each specified used dry cell battery produced by that manufacturer. (2) Prior to submission to the department of a battery management plan, every manufacturer of nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries shall consult with distributors and retailers of the rechargeable batteries produced by that manufacturer. No battery management plan shall require a retail establishment where food or food products are sold or offered for sale directly to the consumer for consumption off the premises of the retail establishment to accept the return of used rechargeable batteries. b. Each battery management plan submitted by a manufacturer shall include, as appropriate, but need not be limited to: (1) Designation of the collector, transporter, processor or collection system to be utilized by the manufacturer, or by the county or municipality, institutional generator, retailer or small quantity generator on behalf of the manufacturer, for the collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of used mercuric oxide batteries or used rechargeable batteries in each county, including, as appropriate, evidence of contracts or agreements entered into therefor; (2) Designation of the funding source or mechanism to be utilized by the manufacturer to defray the costs of implementing the battery management plan; (3) A strategy for informing consumers, on any store display promoting the sale or use of the rechargeable batteries he manufactures, that these types of used dry cell batteries may not enter the solid waste stream, and that a convenient mechanism for the collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of used rechargeable batteries is available to the consumer; (4) A Statewide consumer education program to assure the widespread dissemination of information concerning the environmental impact of the improper disposal of used mercuric oxide batteries or rechargeable batteries, and to inform consumers that manufacturers of these types of dry cell batteries are liable for their environmentally sound disposal; and (5) A strategy for establishing and implementing, as the department deems necessary, an industry-wide uniform coding system for the identification and labeling of all mercuric oxide batteries or rechargeable batteries by brand name, electrode type, product type or shape; except that the commissioner may grant a waiver from this requirement based on evidence furnished to the department that it is not technologically feasible to label a specified dry cell battery. The commissioner shall maintain on file in the department for public inspection copies of any uniform coding system implemented pursuant to this paragraph. The department shall provide a copy to any person upon request. c. Any manufacturer seeking approval of a battery management plan for the environmentally sound collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of any specified used mercuric oxide battery, used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable battery that he manufactures shall submit the plan to the department for its review and approval. Notice of any battery management plan received by the department pursuant to this subsection shall be published in the New Jersey Register. The commissioner shall maintain on file in the department for public inspection copies of any battery management plan received by the department pursuant to this subsection. The department shall provide a copy to any person upon request at a cost not to exceed the cost of reproduction. (1) The department shall promptly review all plans submitted pursuant to this subsection. The department shall, within 30 days of receipt of a plan, request that the manufacturer submit additional information to assist in its review if it deems that such information is necessary. If no such request is made, the plan shall be construed to be completed. In the event that additional information is requested, the plan shall be construed to be completed when the additional information is received by the department. (2) The department shall approve or deny a plan within 45 days of receipt of a completed plan. In the event that the department fails to take action on a plan within the 45-day period specified herein, then the plan shall be deemed to have been approved. (3) The department shall review any battery management plan submitted by a manufacturer and approved pursuant to this subsection at least once every 24 months following its initial approval. If the department finds, in writing, that the plan is no longer a convenient or economically feasible method for the collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of these types of used dry cell batteries, the department may require the manufacturer to submit a new or revised plan for its review and approval; except that any previously approved plan shall remain in effect until such time as a new or revised plan is approved by the department. d. Within 15 months of the effective date of this act and at least once every six months thereafter, every manufacturer of mercuric oxide batteries or rechargeable batteries shall submit a written report to the department on used dry cell battery return or recovery rates in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the department therefor. e. Manufacturers may establish an advisory council comprised of members of the dry cell battery industry, institutional generators, retailers, small quantity generators and county representatives in order to facilitate the collection, transportation, recycling or proper disposal of used mercuric oxide batteries or used rechargeable batteries in this State. L.1991,c.521,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1L-1 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1L / Section 1L-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Park and Forestry Resources Act." L.1983, c. 324, s. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-61 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-61
Criteria for new major hazardous waste facilities; failure to meet requirements; approval; findings
Status: in_force

a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, all new major hazardous waste facilities shall be: (1) Totally or partially constructed above existing grade; (2) Physically accessible to inspection personnel; (3) Designed to allow 99.9% extraction of all hazardous waste stored or disposed of therein; and (4) Designed to prevent any significant adverse impact on the environment or public health. b. Registration statements and engineering designs for secure landfills or other facilities which do not meet the requirements of criterion (1) or (2) of subsection a. of this section may be approved by the department only upon a finding that: (1) All alternatives to the proposed facility design are technologically or economically impracticable; (2) All hazardous waste to be treated, stored or disposed of in the proposed facility can be effectively monitored; (3) The requirements of criteria (3) and (4) of subsection a. of this section will not be violated; and (4) Such approval is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act. L.1981, c. 279, s. 13, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-75 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-75
Conservator; subjection to laws, rules and regulations and conditions and restrictions in statement or design
Status: in_force

A conservator appointed pursuant to section 21 of this act shall at all times be subject to the provisions of any relevant law or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, as well as any condition or restriction in the registration statement or engineering design for the particular major hazardous waste facility. L.1981, c. 279, s. 27, eff. Sept. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 13:8C-36 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-36
Operation, maintenance of lands
Status: in_force

36. A local government unit that receives a grant or loan for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to this act shall satisfactorily operate and maintain the lands acquired or developed pursuant to the conditions of the agreement between the local government unit and the department when the grant or loan is made. In the event that the local government unit cannot or will not correct deficiencies in the operation and maintenance within a reasonable time period, the commissioner may require the repayment of all or a portion of the grant or loan amount received by the local government unit. L.1999,c.152,s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 13:20-15 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-15
Municipalities, counties in planning area may petition council relative to revision.
Status: in_force

15. a. (1) For any municipality located wholly in the planning area or for any portion of a municipality lying within the planning area, the municipality may, by ordinance, petition the council of its intention to revise its master plan and development regulations, as applicable to the development and use of land in the planning area, to conform with the goals, requirements, and provisions of the regional master plan. The municipality shall proceed in revising its master plan and development regulations in accordance with the framework adopted by the council pursuant to subsection a. of section 14 of this act. After receiving and reviewing those revisions, and after consulting with the State Planning Commission, 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. (2) 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 municipality may adopt and enforce the plan or development regulations as so changed in order for them to be deemed approved in conformance with the regional master plan. (3) Any municipality approved by the council to be in conformance with the regional master plan pursuant to this subsection shall be entitled to any financial or other assistance or incentives received by a municipality from the State as a benefit or result of obtaining council approval pursuant to section 14 of this act. (4) Upon the commencement of each reexamination by the municipality of its master plan and development regulations as required pursuant to section 76 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-89) which have been previously approved by the council to be in conformance with the regional master plan pursuant to this subsection, the municipality shall so notify the council and, thereafter, submit to the council the draft revision of its master plan and development regulations for review, by the council, of conformance with the regional master plan. If, after conducting the reexamination, the municipality does not resubmit to the council its master plan and development regulations as they pertain to the planning area and obtain reapproval thereof from the council in accordance with this subsection, or if the council finds the reexamined master plan or development regulations not to be in conformance with the regional master plan, the council may require the municipality to reimburse the council or the State, as appropriate, in whole or in part for any financial or other assistance or incentives received by the municipality from the State as a benefit or result of obtaining council approval pursuant to this subsection. (5) A municipality may adopt revisions to its master plan or development regulations for the purposes of this subsection that are stricter, as determined by the council, than the minimum necessary to obtain approval of conformance with the regional master plan. b. (1) Each county with lands in the planning area may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, petition the council of its intention to revise its master plan and associated regulations, as applicable to the development and use of land in the planning area, to conform with the goals, requirements, and provisions of the regional master plan. The county shall proceed in revising its master plan and associated regulations in accordance with the framework adopted by the council pursuant to subsection b. of section 14 of this act. After receiving and reviewing those revisions, and after consulting with the State Planning Commission, the council shall approve, reject, or approve with conditions the revised plan and associated regulations, as it deems appropriate, after public hearing, within 60 days after the date of submission thereof. (2) 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 county may adopt and enforce the plan or associated regulations as so changed in order for them to be deemed approved in conformance with the regional master plan. (3) Any county approved by the council to be in conformance with the regional master plan pursuant to this subsection shall be entitled to any financial or other assistance or incentives received by a county from the State as a benefit or result of obtaining council approval pursuant to section 14 of this act. L.2004,c.120,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-79 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-79
Aid and cooperation by public bodies
Status: in_force

For the purpose of aiding and co-operating with the commission; the planning, undertaking construction or operation of its activities, any public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (a) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its property to the commission or the Federal Government; (b) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with projects of the commission; (c) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake; (d) Plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of such public body; make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances and change its map; (e) Enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with the commission or the Federal Government respecting action to be taken by such public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act; (f) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and co-operate in planning undertakings, construction, or operations of the commission; (g) Cause services to be furnished to the commission of the character which such public body is otherwise empowered to furnish; (h) Purchase or legally invest in any of the bonds of the commission and exercise all of the rights of any holder of such bonds; (i) In connection with any public improvements made by a public body in exercising the powers herein granted, such public body may incur the entire expense thereof. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any grant, sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this section, may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding; (j) Upon such terms as it may deem advisable, with or without consideration, grant, sell, convey or lease any of its property, including real property already devoted to a public use, whether held in a proprietary or governmental capacity to the commission, provided, that the public body making the grant or lease determines that the premises are no longer required for the public purposes to which the property is devoted, and that it is in the public interest so to grant, sell, convey or lease said property. L.1968, c. 404, s. 77.
N.J. Stat. § 13:17-73 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-73
Payment of excessive funds to constituent municipalities; reduction of service payments
Status: in_force

If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and service payments exceeds the amount payable to said account pursuant to section 65 of this act, the total service payments payable to all constituent municipalities shall be reduced by the amount of the deficit and the service payment payable to each constituent municipality shall be reduced by the same ratio as the total service payment to all constituent municipalities was reduced. L.1968, c. 404, s. 71. Amended by L.1972, c. 103, s. 10, eff. July 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.109 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.109
Use of division employees
Status: in_force

Insofar as possible, the council shall make use of the employees of the division in carrying out the provisions of this act. L.1967, c. 124, s. 2, eff. June 21, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-135.4 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-135.4
Reciprocal information exchange.
Status: in_force

16. The Attorney General shall seek to establish with the State of New York and other states in the region a reciprocal information exchange method to facilitate the sharing of information among the states on the solid waste, hazardous waste, and recycling industries in the respective states. Each year for the first three years after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.397 (C.13:1E-127.1 et al.), the Attorney General shall prepare and submit, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature a report on the progress made toward establishing and implementing this interstate cooperative effort. L.2019, c.397, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1B-15.148 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1B / Section 1B-15.148
Functions
Status: in_force

The functions of the program shall include, but need not be limited to: a. Maintaining and updating, through data collection and field work, a partially computerized data base which includes lists of rare and endangered species, and natural communities ranked according to rarity, as well as information on the location, quality, protection status, and sources of information of individual occurrences of the above species and natural communities; and b. Providing information on species and natural community occurrences to other government agencies, consultants, and private landowners seeking to preserve natural diversity and advice on how best to protect these occurrences. L. 1988, c. 127, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1F-14 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1F / Section 1F-14
Construction of act; severability
Status: in_force

This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose and intent thereof. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall for any reason be judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. L.1971, c. 176, s. 14, eff. June 1, 1971. Amended by L.1981, c. 538, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-157 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-157
Vendor designation; contract negotiations
Status: in_force

Upon a review of the proposals submitted by qualified vendors pursuant to section 21 of this amendatory and supplementary act, a contracting unit shall designate one or more qualified vendors whose proposal or proposals the contracting unit finds in writing to be the most advantageous to the public, taking into consideration price and the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals. Upon making this designation, the contracting unit may begin negotiations with the qualified vendor or vendors, and may negotiate a proposed contract with a qualified vendor or vendors, which shall include the accepted proposal. L. 1985, c. 38, s. 22, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1E-99.72 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1E / Section 1E-99.72
Retailers, distributors, manufacturers to accept used batteries
Status: in_force

14. a. Except as otherwise provided in a battery management plan approved by the department pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of this act, every retailer shall: (1) Accept from customers at any time during business hours up to three used nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries or sealed lead rechargeable batteries derived from household use, of the type and size he sells or offers for sale; (2) Conspicuously post and maintain, at or near the point of display, a legible sign, not less than 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, informing customers that used rechargeable batteries of the type and size sold or offered for sale by the retailer may not enter the solid waste stream, and that the retail establishment is a collection site for the recycling or proper disposal of these types of used dry cell batteries. The sign shall contain the following inscription: "It is illegal to dispose of used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries in this State as solid waste"; and "State law requires us to accept used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries for return to the manufacturer"; and (3) Conspicuously provide or maintain, at a convenient location within the retail establishment, collection boxes or other suitable receptacles into which customers may deposit used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries accepted by the retailer. b. Except as otherwise provided in a battery management plan approved by the department pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of this act, a distributor or his agent shall accept the return of all used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries he distributes in his service area from a retailer. c. Every manufacturer, at his own expense, shall accept the return of all used nickel-cadmium or sealed lead rechargeable batteries he manufactures from distributors or retailers as provided in a battery management plan approved by the department pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of this act. A manufacturer shall, upon return of a used dry cell battery, provide for its proper disposal or recycling. d. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any retail establishment where food or food products are sold or offered for sale directly to the consumer for consumption off the premises of the retail establishment. L.1991,c.521,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 13:1H-3 — NJ Code / Title 13 / Chapter 1H / Section 1H-3
Purposes for grant
Status: in_force

State aid may be granted by the department to a local environmental agency for any purpose that the agency is authorized to perform by law and for the preparation of an environmental index. L.1972, c. 49, s. 3, eff. June 1, 1972.