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NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-53 - Annual appropriation of moneys in fund.

26:2C-53 Annual appropriation of moneys in fund.  9. a. The annual appropriations act for each State fiscal year shall, without other conditions, limitations or restrictions, appropriate the moneys in the Global Warming Solutions Fund for the purposes set forth in subsections b. and c. of section 7 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-51). b. If the provisions 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 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 Commissioner of Environmental Protection that the requirements of subsection a. of this section have not been met. c. Sections 1 through 8 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 through C.26:2C-52) shall be without effect on and after the 10th day following a certification by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury pursuant to subsection b. of this section. L.2007, c.340, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-55 - Authority of commissioner, board president.

26:2C-55 Authority of commissioner, board president.  11. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, to further the purposes of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) and the "Global Warming Response Act," P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-37 et al.), the commissioner and the board president, or their respective designees, shall: (1) enter any agreement or arrangement with the appropriate representatives of other states, including the formation of a for-profit or non-profit corporation, any form of association, or any other form of organization, in this or another state; and (2) participate in any such corporation, association, or organization, and in any activity in furtherance of the purposes thereof, in any capacity including, but not limited to, as directors or officers. b. Any actions that are consistent with, and that further the purposes of, P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) and the "Global Warming Response Act," P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-37 et al.) taken by the commissioner or the board president, or any employee of the department or the board authorized to take such actions by the commissioner or the board president, to form such corporation, association or organization, to participate in its activities, or to enter an agreement or arrangement prior to the date of enactment of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.), are hereby validated. c. Nothing in P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity. By entering any agreement or arrangement authorized pursuant to this section, neither the commissioner nor the board president, nor their respective designees, nor the State consents to suit outside of New Jersey or consents to the governance of such suit under any law other than that of New Jersey. L.2007, c.340, s.11; amended 2019, c.328, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-56 - Action plan for ratepayer relief, certain circumstances.

26:2C-56 Action plan for ratepayer relief, certain circumstances.  14. a. If the price of allowances at two consecutive regional auctions in which the State of New Jersey is a participant exceeds $7 per allowance, the department and the board shall, within 90 days after the second auction, develop an action plan for immediate ratepayer relief and hold a joint public hearing or hearings regarding the allowance price. b. No later than 90 days after the final hearing is held, the department and the board shall jointly issue a report to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), with their findings and recommendations. L.2007, c.340, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-57 - Severability.

26:2C-57 Severability.  15. If any provision of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable. L.2007, c.340, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-58 - State required to join United States Climate Alliance.

26:2C-58 State required to join United States Climate Alliance.  1. The State shall join the United States Climate Alliance and uphold the Paris Climate Accord, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and address the threats posed by climate change in accordance with the goals established therefor by the alliance. L.2018, c.3, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-59 - 20-year time horizon for calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases.

26:2C-59 20-year time horizon for calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases.  1. a. Whenever the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency calculates a global warming potential for the purposes of assessing the global warming impact of a greenhouse gas, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or other State agency shall use a 20-year time horizon. b. Whenever relevant to assessing global warming impacts, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency shall use the most recent version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Assessment Report, or a substantially similar, more recent report that addresses global warming impacts at a comparably rigorous level.  c. Whenever the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency performs a socio-economic impact analysis pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-4), and that analysis involves the socio-economic impact of global warming, the agency shall use the lowest discount rates that are consistent with federal guidelines, including the federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-94, or successor guidance. L.2019, c.319, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-60 - Definitions relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

26:2C-60 Definitions relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.  1. As used in this act:  "Class I substance" and "class II substance" mean those substances listed in 42 U.S.C. s.7671a, as that section read on November 15, 1990, or those substances listed in Appendix A or B of Subpart A of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, as those appendices read on January 3, 2017.  "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Hydrofluorocarbons" means the class of greenhouse gases that are saturated organic compounds containing hydrogen, fluorine, and carbon. "Manufacturer" means any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, or joint venture that produces any product that contains or uses hydrofluorocarbons or is an importer or domestic distributor of such a product. "Residential consumer refrigeration product" means the same as that term is defined in 10 C.F.R. s.430.2, as that section read on January 3, 2017."Retrofit" means the same as that term is defined in 40 C.F.R s.82.152, as that section read on January 3, 2017.  "Substitute" means a chemical, product substitute, or alternative manufacturing process, whether existing or new, that is used to perform a function previously performed by a class I substance or class II substance and any substitute subsequently adopted to perform that function, including, but not limited to, hydrofluorocarbons. L.2019, c.507, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-63 - Requirements concerning refrigerants.

26:2C-63 Requirements concerning refrigerants.  4. Any person who installs, repairs, maintains, services, replaces, recycles, or disposes of a stationary refrigeration or air conditioning appliance, and any person who distributes or reclaims refrigerants, shall follow the requirements, including the prohibitions on venting of refrigerants, set forth in Subpart F of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, as that subpart read on January 3, 2017. The department may by rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), modify or add to such requirements if the department determines that such modifications or additions reduce overall risk to human health or the environment. L.2019, c.507, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-64 - Violations, enforcement and penalty.

26:2C-64 Violations, enforcement and penalty.  5. A person who violates the provisions of sections 2 through 4 of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions of section 19 of P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-19). L.2019, c.507, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-65 - Reports.

26:2C-65 Reports.  6. a. No later than December 1, 2020, the department, in consultation with other relevant departments and agencies, shall prepare and submit, to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, a report providing recommendations on how to increase the use of substitutes with low global warming potential that reduce overall risk to human health and the environment in mobile sources, utility equipment, and consumer appliances, and how to reduce other uses of hydrofluorocarbons in the State, including recommendations, if deemed appropriate, concerning how to structure, fund, and prioritize a State incentive program to reduce uses of hydrofluorocarbons in the State. b. In lieu of submitting a separate report pursuant to this section, the department may include the information required to be submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section in the report required pursuant to subsection c. of section 6 of P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-42), provided that report is transmitted to the appropriate parties prior to December 1, 2020. L.2019, c.507, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-66 - Construction of act.

26:2C-66 Construction of act.  7. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose liability on any news media that accepts or publishes advertising for any product that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this act. L.2019, c.507, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2C-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2C-67 - Severability.

26:2C-67 Severability.  8. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. L.2019, c.507, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-1 - Short title

26:2D-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Radiation Protection Act." L.1958, c. 116, p. 592, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-2 - Definitions

26:2D-2. Definitions  As used in this act, unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent: (a) "Commission" means the Commission on Radiation Protection created pursuant to this act; (b) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; (c) "Unnecessary radiation" means the use or presence of electromagnetic radiation including microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gammaray; sonic, infrasonic, or ultrasonic waves; and particle radiation including alphas, betas, high energy electrons, neutrons, protons and other atomic or nuclear particles in such manner as to be or tend to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the people or the industrial or agriculture potential of the State, or to the ecology of the State and its wildlife. L.1958, c. 116, p. 592, s. 2. Amended by L.1971, c. 372, s. 1, eff. Dec. 30, 1971; L.1981, c. 296, s. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-3 - Commission on Radiation Protection

26:2D-3. Commission on Radiation Protection  There is hereby created in the Department of Environmental Protection the Commission on Radiation Protection, which shall consist of 10 members, three of whom shall be the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of Health, and the Commissioner of Labor, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio and seven members with scientific training in medicine, radiology, nonionizing radiation, infrasonics, ultrasonics, radiation physics, medical physics, epidemiology, atomic energy or biology or engineering, to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate.  L. 1958, c. 116, p. 593, s. 3. Amended by L. 1971, c. 372, s. 2, eff. Dec. 30, 1971; L. 1986, c. 28, s. 2, eff. June 17, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-4 - Commissioners' terms

26:2D-4. Commissioners' terms  Commissioners appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a term of four years commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment, except that of those first appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and one for a term of four years, which terms shall commence on July 1, 1958. Of the two commissioners first appointed to the commission pursuant to the provisions of this 1986 amendatory act, one commissioner shall serve a term of four years and one commissioner shall serve a term of two years. Each commissioner shall hold over after the expiration of his term until his successor has been appointed and has qualified.  Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms only in the manner provided for the original appointments.  L. 1958, c. 116, p. 593, s. 4. Amended by L. 1986, c. 28, s. 3, eff. June 17, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-5 - Compensation of commissioners

26:2D-5. Compensation of commissioners  Commissioners shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1958, c. 116, p. 593, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-6 - Organization, officers

26:2D-6. Organization, officers  The commission annually shall organize as soon as possible after July 1, and shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman and a secretary from its own membership. Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum to transact its business. Codes, rules and regulations shall be adopted, amended or repealed by an affirmative vote of at least six members.  L. 1958, c. 116, p. 593, s. 6. Amended by L. 1971, c. 372, s. 3, eff. Dec. 30, 1971; L. 1986, c. 28, s. 4, eff. June 17, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-7 - Promulgation of codes, rules or regulations

26:2D-7. Promulgation of codes, rules or regulations  The commission shall have the power to formulate, adopt, promulgate, amend and repeal codes, rules and regulations as may be necessary to prohibit and prevent unnecessary radiation in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1958, c. 116, p. 594, s. 7. Amended by L.1981, c. 296, s. 2, eff. Oct. 9, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-8 - Review of policies and program of department of health

26:2D-8. Review of policies and program of department of health  It shall be the duty of the commission to review the policies and program of the department as developed under authority of this act; to make recommendations thereon to the department; to provide the department with such technical advice and assistance as may be requested by the department. L.1958, c. 116, p. 594, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-9.1 - Agreements with federal government; assumption of regulatory authority by state

26:2D-9.1. Agreements with federal government; assumption of regulatory authority by state  The Governor, on behalf of the State, may enter into agreements with the Federal Government providing for discontinuance by the Federal Government and assumption by the State of the authority, in the interest of the protection of the public from radiation hazards, to regulate sources of radiation including by-product materials, source materials and special nuclear materials in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass. Subject to the terms of such agreements, regulatory authority assumed by the State by virtue of such agreements shall be exercised by the department in the manner provided in this act and as may be further provided by codes, rules and regulations of the commission promulgated pursuant to this act. L.1961, c. 124, p. 745, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-9.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-9.2 - Agreements with federal government or other states or agencies; performance of functions on co-operative basis

26:2D-9.2. Agreements with federal government or other states or agencies; performance of functions on co-operative basis  The department may (a) enter into agreements, subject to the approval of the Governor, with the Federal Government, other States or interstate agencies to perform inspections and other radiation protection functions on a co-operative basis with the Federal Government, other States or interstate agencies; and (b) subject to available appropriations, make its personnel available for participation in training programs of the Federal Government and otherwise secure assistance from the Federal Government to maintain and improve the department's administration of this act. L.1961, c. 124, p. 745, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-10 - Prevention of exposure to unnecessary radiation

26:2D-10. Prevention of exposure to unnecessary radiation  All sources of radiation shall be shielded, transported, handled, used and kept in such manner as to prevent all users thereof and all persons within effective range thereof from being exposed to unnecessary radiation. L.1958, c. 116, p. 595, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-11.1 - Embargo of articles with radiation hazards; tagging; prohibition of use, sale or disposal, or impoundment; disposal or return; conditions

26:2D-11.1. Embargo of articles with radiation hazards; tagging; prohibition of use, sale or disposal, or impoundment; disposal or return; conditions  Notwithstanding any other remedy available to the department, whenever an agent of the department finds or has probable cause to believe that any material, machine, appliance, apparatus or device, or any part thereof, is a radiation hazard or danger of such nature as to constitute a threat to public health or welfare, or is being operated in a manner as to result in such a threat, he may embargo such article by affixing thereto a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected to be, a radiation hazard or danger and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to use, remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until permission for use, removal or disposal is given by the department, or he may cause any material, machine, appliance, apparatus or device to be secured or impounded. It shall be a violation of this act for any person to remove or dispose of such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such permission. Within 10 days after embargoing or impounding any source of radiation, the department shall give notice to the person causing the violation or hazardous condition prescribing circumstances under which the source of radiation will be returned to the custody of the person. If the person, within a reasonable time as may be fixed by the department, does not furnish satisfactory evidence to the department of present and intended future compliance with the conditions, the rights of the person, with respect to the source of radiation so secured or impounded, shall become the property of the State to be disposed of by the department on behalf of the State in any manner consistent with public health and safety. L.1971, c. 372, s. 4, eff. Dec. 30, 1971. Amended by L.1981, c. 296, s. 5, eff. Oct. 9, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-11.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-11.2 - Embargo; hearing; stay; conditions

26:2D-11.2. Embargo; hearing; stay; conditions  Any person aggrieved by an embargo imposed under the provisions of this act who shall apply therefor within 30 days after the imposition of such embargo, shall be granted a hearing before the department. Pending the determination by the department before or after such hearing, the department may stay the operation of the embargo upon such terms and conditions, including performance bonds, as it may deem proper. L.1971, c. 372, s. 5, eff. Dec. 30, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:2D-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:2D-12 - Emergency orders; hearing

26:2D-12. Emergency orders; hearing  Whenever the department finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or welfare, it may issue an order reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as it deems necessary to meet the emergency. Such order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such order is directed shall comply therewith immediately, but, on application to the department, shall be afforded a hearing within 5 days. On the basis of such hearing the department may continue such order in effect or revoke, amend or modify such order. L.1958, c. 116, p. 596, s. 12.