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NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-11 - Municipal sewage; treatment required

32:18-11. Municipal sewage; treatment required  ARTICLE X. 1. Subject to the provisions of this compact the commission, as soon as may be after its organization, after an investigation and after conducting public hearings upon due notice, shall by order prescribe the reasonable date on or before which each municipality or other entity discharging sewage into the designated waters within the district shall be treating such sewage in accordance with the standards specified in this compact. And such order may prescribe that certain specific progress shall be made at certain definite times prior to the final date fixed in such order. It is the desire of all parties to accomplish the objects herein set forth with the least possible injury to investments which have already been made in the construction of sewage treatment plants within the district, and where changes or additions to such plants would be necessary to conform to the standards herein adopted, a reasonable time to effect such changes or additions may, in the discretion of the commission, be granted.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-12 - Enforcement of compact pledged; commission to compel enforcement

32:18-12. Enforcement of compact pledged; commission to compel enforcement  ARTICLE XI. 1. Each of the signatory states agrees that it will prohibit the pollution of the said waters within the district in accordance with the several articles of this compact, and that it will enact suitable and adequate legislation which will accomplish effectively the objects of this compact and which will enable its officers, departments, boards and agents to accomplish satisfactorily the obligations and duties assumed by the state under the terms of this compact, and it is further agreed that the courts of the several states shall have jurisdiction to enforce as against any person, corporation, municipality or other entity or any employee, department or subdivision of the respective signatory states any and all provisions of this compact. The commission shall have authority to investigate and determine if the requirements of the compact and/or the orders of the commission pursuant thereto are complied with and if satisfactory progress has not been made, to bring action in its own name in the proper court or courts to compel the enforcement of any and all of the provisions of this compact, and/or the orders of the commission pursuant thereto.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-13 - Co-operation with existing agencies; adoption of general plan; Passaic valley sewerage system

32:18-13. Co-operation with existing agencies; adoption of general plan; Passaic valley sewerage system  ARTICLE XII. 1. In order that future pollution be controlled and existing pollution be abated with the greatest possible economy and efficiency, the commission shall co-operate and advise with the respective state and district authorities having jurisdiction over stream pollution, with a view to co-ordinating their activities and securing the most satisfactory results at lower cost. For such purpose the commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards herein set forth, having in view the future growth and development of the district. Such plan when completed shall be submitted to the governor and the legislature of each state and to the state agency or agencies or district agencies in charge of sewage problems. The provisions of this act shall not affect the discharge from the outfall pipes of the Passaic valley sewerage system into the waters of New York harbor; provided, that said discharge shall be in accordance with the terms and provisions of the stipulation entered into on April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and ten, between the United States of America and Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-14 - Definitions.

32:18-14 Definitions. ARTICLE XIII. 1. Terms used in this compact are defined as follows: "District" means the area more particularly described in article II of this compact. "Commission" means the Interstate Environmental Commission. "Municipality" means any city, incorporated village, borough, county, town, township, district, or any municipality governed by an improvement commission, any joint sewer commission, or any other subdivision of any one of the signatory states, located within the district. "Rule or regulation" means any rule or regulation established by the commission not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or of any signatory state, promulgated by the commission touching the abatement of pollution of the waters of the district. "Tidal waters" means all those waters which ebb and flow within the designated district. "Dissolved oxygen" is the gaseous oxygen held in solution by the water at any given time. It is expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount of oxygen that would be required to saturate the water under the existing conditions of temperature and salinity. "Pollution" is any foreign matter which renders waters unfit to sustain fish life and unsatisfactory for bathing. "Sewage effluent" means the treated sewage discharged from a treatment plant. "Suspended solids" means those solid particles carried in suspension in the untreated sewage or sewage effluent. "Entity" means any organization or association owning, controlling or operating a sewerage system or treatment plant within a municipality. Amended 2000, c.6, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-14.1 - References to Sanitation Commission deemed to refer to Environmental Commission.

32:18-14.1 References to Sanitation Commission deemed to refer to Environmental Commission.  20. On and after the effective date of this act, reference in any law, contract or document to the "Interstate Sanitation District" or the "Interstate Sanitation Commission" shall be deemed to mean and refer to the "Interstate Environmental District" or the "Interstate Environmental Commission," as the case may be. L.2000,c.6,s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-15 - Annual appropriations; apportionment between states

32:18-15. Annual appropriations; apportionment between states  ARTICLE XIV. 1. The signatory states agree to appropriate annually for the salaries, office and other administrative expenses such sum or sums as shall be recommended by the commission and approved by the governors of the signatory states, the state of New York and the state of New Jersey agreeing each to appropriate forty-five per cent (45%) thereof, and the state of Connecticut agreeing to appropriate ten per cent (10%) thereof. The state of New York and the state of New Jersey obligate themselves hereunder, however, only to the extent of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) each in any one year, and the state of Connecticut obligates itself hereunder only to the extent of three thousand, three hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents ($3,333.34) in any one year.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-16 - Constitutionality of compact

32:18-16. Constitutionality of compact  ARTICLE XV. 1. Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory state or of the United States, all other severable objects of this compact shall continue to be in full force and effect.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-17 - When compact to become effective; proviso as to Connecticut

32:18-17. When compact to become effective; proviso as to Connecticut  ARTICLE XVI. 1. This compact shall become effective as to the state of New Jersey and the state of New York immediately upon the signing thereof by the representatives of such states, and thereafter it shall also become effective as to the state of Connecticut immediately upon the signing thereof by the representatives of such state; provided, however, that prior to the signing of this compact by the representatives of the state of Connecticut the district as set forth in article II shall not embrace any territory within the jurisdiction of the state of Connecticut, nor shall the commission exercise any jurisdiction or perform any duties or acts affecting such territory; and the appropriations for salaries, office and other administrative expenses shall be borne equally by the state of New York and the state of New Jersey. L.1935, c. 321, s. 1, pp. 1041 to 1052.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-18 - Pending actions unaffected

32:18-18. Pending actions unaffected  Nothing herein contained shall affect or abate any action now pending brought by any governmental board or body created by or existing under any of the signatory states. L.1935, c. 321, s. 2, p. 1053.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-19 - Compact binding

32:18-19. Compact binding  The said agreement or compact when signed or sealed by the commissioners of each state, as hereinbefore provided, shall become binding upon the state of New Jersey and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New Jersey. L.1935, c. 321, s. 3, p. 1053.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-20 - Vacancies among New Jersey commissioners

32:18-20. Vacancies among New Jersey commissioners  If by death, resignation or otherwise, a vacancy occurs among those appointed hereunder by the state of New Jersey, the governor of the state of New Jersey is hereby authorized to fill the same. L.1935, c. 321, s. 4, p. 1053.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-21 - Consent of congress

32:18-21. Consent of congress  The said commissioners together with the commissioners appointed from the state of New York, shall have power to apply to the congress of the United States for its consent or approval of the agreement or compact signed by them; but in the absence of such consent of congress and until the same shall have been secured, the said agreement or compact shall be binding upon the state of New Jersey in all respects permitted by law of the two states of New Jersey and New York without the consent of congress to co-operate, for the purpose enumerated in said agreement or compact and in the manner provided therein. L.1935, c. 321, s. 5, p. 1053.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-23 - Other standards of purity and classifications of waters

32:18-23. Other standards of purity and classifications of waters  ARTICLE XVII (1) In addition to, or in substitution for, the classifications of waters set forth in Articles VI and VII of this compact and the effluent standards made applicable thereto, the commission may develop and, after public hearing place in force other classifications of waters and effluent standards within the district. Such classifications shall be on the basis of present or intended uses of the waters in question and shall be accompanied by requirements governing the quality of effluents, receiving waters, or both, as the public interest may make appropriate. Classifications, standards, and requirements adopted pursuant to this article shall be developed and may be revised with due consideration for uniformity of requirements relating to the quality of effluents and receiving waters within the same classification in all parts of the district. Classifications made pursuant to this article shall be governed by and shall implement any water and related land resource plans, water use plans or pollution control plans adopted by appropriate agencies of the signatory states, acting singly or in concert, or through joint intergovernmental agencies. Any exercise of authority by the commission pursuant to this article shall be subject to any procedural requirements, if applicable, that may be contained in Federal law. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to abridge or limit any power otherwise existing of a signatory state to make and enforce classifications, standards, and requirements for effluents and receiving waters. L.1970, c. 212, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:19-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:19-1 - Appointment of commissioners to Interstate Environmental Commission.

32:19-1 Appointment of commissioners to Interstate Environmental Commission.  32:19-1. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three commissioners to the Interstate Environmental Commission created by the agreement or compact between the states of New York and New Jersey and Connecticut, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the State of New Jersey. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall serve as commissioners ex officio, and may designate a representative of their respective departments to represent them at all meetings, hearings and proceedings of the Interstate Environmental Commission with full power to vote and act on their respective behalf. In the event that either the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall not qualify in accordance with the provisions of the compact, said commissioner shall designate a representative of his respective department to serve as an Interstate Environmental Commissioner until such time as the commissioner ex officio shall qualify. Each appointive commissioner shall hold office, for a term of five years or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. At the expiration of the term of each appointive commissioner, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a successor who shall hold office for a term of five years or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of an appointive commissioner by death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint his successor, who shall hold office for the unexpired term. Any commissioner may be removed upon charges and after hearing by the Governor. The commissioners shall have the powers and duties and be subject to the limitations provided for in the compact and agreement entered into between the signatory states and laws adopted by said states, and together with five commissioners from the states of New York and Connecticut shall form the Interstate Environmental Commission. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties. Amended 1971, c.106, s.1; 2000, c.6, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:19-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:19-2 - Organization of commission; officers and assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum

32:19-2. Organization of commission; officers and assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum  The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required in the discharge of the duties of the commission and shall fix and determine their duties, qualifications and compensations. It shall adopt a seal and suitable by-laws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. It may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states. A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers or the performance of any duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:19-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:19-4 - Initiation of action, proceeding due to violations, threatened violations.

32:19-4 Initiation of action, proceeding due to violations, threatened violations.  32:19-4. Whenever the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be of the opinion that any person, association or corporation, municipal or otherwise, within the district is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by its order or by the laws governing the control or elimination of pollution of the waters of the district, or is doing or is about to do anything or permitting or about to permit anything to be done contrary to or in violation of such orders or such laws or the provisions of the compact, it may direct its legal representative to commence an action or a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ in the name of the Interstate Environmental Commission in the Superior Court for the purpose of preventing the continuance of such violations or threatened violations either by injunctive or other relief. The court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such action or proceeding upon the merits and grant such relief as may be appropriate. Amended 1953, c.31, s.19; 2000, c.6, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:19-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:19-5 - Interstate Environmental Commission, powers regarded as in aid of, supplemental.

32:19-5 Interstate Environmental Commission, powers regarded as in aid of, supplemental.  32:19-5. Any powers herein granted to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by the states of New York and New Jersey and/or by congress or the terms of the compact. Amended 2000, c.6, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:19-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:19-6 - Creating source of pollution prohibited

32:19-6. Creating source of pollution prohibited  No person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall create, establish, cause or maintain any source of pollution within the district, not existing on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-five; provided, that after hearing and investigation on application of such person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, the commission may issue such order relating to any such pollution as it shall find will best serve the public interest.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:19-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:19-7 - Discontinuance of pollution; order to show cause; notice and hearing

32:19-7. Discontinuance of pollution; order to show cause; notice and hearing  Whenever the commission shall determine upon investigation that sewage or other polluting matter from any city, village, town, county, borough, municipality or other entity as defined in the compact, building, steamboat or other vessel, or any garbage, offal or any decomposable or putrescible matter of any kind is being discharged into any waters of the district, and whenever in the opinion of the commission such discharge is polluting such waters in a manner injurious to or so as to create a menace to public health, welfare and recreational purposes, or so as to create a public nuisance, or so as to be obnoxious, the commission may order the municipality, corporation or person so discharging sewage, refuse or other matter, to show cause before it or its duly designated representative why such discharge should not be discontinued or why said commission should not issue an order regulating such pollution. A notice shall be served on the municipality, corporation or person so discharging sewage, refuse or other matter, directing such municipality, corporation or person to show cause before the said commission on a date specified in such notice why an order should not be made directing the discontinuance of such discharge or otherwise regulating the said pollution. Such notice shall specify the time when and place where a public hearing will be held by the commission or its duly delegated representative and shall be served personally or by mail at least fifteen days before said hearing, and in case of a municipality or a corporation, such service shall be upon an officer thereof. The person or persons presiding at such hearing shall take evidence, and after conducting such public hearing, the commission shall by order prescribe a reasonable date on or before which such municipality, corporation or person discharging sewage, refuse or other matter into the designated waters within the district, shall cease to discharge such refuse or other matter and shall treat such sewage in accordance with the standards specified in the compact, and such order may prescribe that certain specific progress shall be made at definite times prior to the final date fixed in such order. The commission shall have authority to require, from the officials and persons responsible for the execution of such orders, satisfactory evidence at specified times of proper progress in the execution of such orders.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:19-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:19-8 - General plan; commission to prepare; co-operation with other commissions, authorities, etc.

32:19-8. General plan; commission to prepare; co-operation with other commissions, authorities, etc.  The commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards set forth in the compact, having in view the future growth and development of the district, and to that end shall co-operate and advise with the respective state authorities having jurisdiction over stream pollution and any other bodies having to do with sewage and garbage disposal and the pollution of the waters of the district, with the secretary of war of the United States, with appropriate committees of congress and any and all other federal authorities having jurisdiction in the premises, with representatives of chambers of commerce and other civic bodies within the district, and with such bodies, commissions and legislative committees as may exist or be created in any of the signatory states, for the purpose of bringing about a comprehensive program for the abatement and elimination of pollution.