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NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-10.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-10.2 - Use of hazardous substance prohibited when children are expected to be present; exceptions.

34:5A-10.2 Use of hazardous substance prohibited when children are expected to be present; exceptions.  2. a. No person shall use or allow the use of any hazardous substance in or on any building or grounds used as a public school, a private school, or child care center at any time when children are expected to be present in the building. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply when an emergency condition, as deemed by the Board of Education or the chief school administrator in the case of any public school, or the person having responsibility for the operation of any private school or child care center, necessitates the use of a hazardous substance when children are present. b. Any person who uses or stores, or causes or allows the use or storage of any hazardous substance in or on any building or grounds used as a public school, a private school, or child care center shall ensure that the use or storage of that hazardous substance is in compliance with the regulations adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1997, c.364 (C.34:5A-10.5). L.1997, c.364, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.400.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-10.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-10.3 - Posting of notice of construction, activity involving hazardous substance

34:5A-10.3. Posting of notice of construction, activity involving hazardous substance  3. a. The Board of Education or the chief school administrator in the case of any public school, or the person having responsibility for the operation of any private school or child care center, shall post on a bulletin board located in the public or private school or child care center a notice of any construction or other activity to take place at that school or child care center that will involve the use of a hazardous substance. The notice shall state the activity to be conducted and the hazardous substances to be used. The notice shall be posted at least two days prior to the construction or other activity except where an emergency condition, as deemed by the Board of Education or the chief school administrator in the case of any public school, or the person having responsibility for the operation of any private school or child care center, prevents the two-day notice in which case the notice shall be posted as soon as practicable. b. The Board of Education or the chief school administrator in the case of any public school, or the person having responsibility for the operation of any private school or child care center shall make available to any person who requests it, the hazardous substance fact sheet for any hazardous substance being stored on site or that is being used in or on the school or center building or grounds during any construction or other activity. c. The Board of Education or the chief school administrator in the case of any public school, or the person having responsibility for the operation of any private school or child care center shall, at least once per year, send a notice to a parent or guardian of each child attending the school or child care center, which notice may be contained in the school's or center's annual handbook, stating that notice of any construction or other activities involving the use of any hazardous substances will be posted on a bulletin board in the school or child care center, that hazardous substances may be stored at the school or child care center at various times throughout the year, and that hazardous substance fact sheets for any of the hazardous substances being used or stored are available at the school or child care center. L.1997,c.364,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-10.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-10.4 - Responsibility for enforcement; violations, penalties

34:5A-10.4. Responsibility for enforcement; violations, penalties  4. The local health agency for the jurisdiction in which the public or private school or child care center is located shall enforce the provisions of this act. Whenever, on the basis of information available, a local health agency finds that a person has violated any of the provisions of P.L.1997, c.364 (C.34:5A-10.1 et seq.), the local health agency may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to impose a civil penalty for that violation. Any person who violates any provision of this act shall be subject, upon order of a court, to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each day during which the violation continues. Any penalty imposed pursuant to this section may be collected, and any costs incurred in connection therewith may be recovered, in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce "the penalty enforcement law." L.1997,c.364,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-10.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-10.5 - Regulations.

34:5A-10.5 Regulations.  401. Section 5 of P.L.1997, c.364 (C.34:5A-10.5) is amended to read as follows: 5. The Department of Health, in consultation with the Departments of Education, Human Services, Children and Families and Environmental Protection, and within 180 days of the enactment of P.L.1997, c.364 (C.34:5A-10.1 et seq.), shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act which are consistent with federal and State indoor air quality standards and standards governing the exposure of children to hazardous substances as they are adopted by the federal government. L.1997, c.364, s.5; amended 2006, c.47, s.183; 2012, c.17, s.401.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-11 - Request for Spanish translation

34:5A-11. Request for Spanish translation  a. An employer shall, upon request, provide an employee whose native language is Spanish with a Spanish translation of a workplace survey, hazardous substance fact sheet, and, if applicable, an environmental survey obtained from the Department of Health or the Department of Environmental Protection, as the case may be. An employer shall, upon request, provide employees whose native language is Spanish with the education and training program required pursuant to section 13 of this act in Spanish. b. A county health department shall, upon request, provide copies of the environmental survey and the workplace survey in a Spanish translation provided by the Department of Health and Department of Environmental Protection. L.1983, c. 315, s. 11, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-12 - Employer's central file; posting of notice; distribution of literature on employee rights; employee access to information

34:5A-12. Employer's central file; posting of notice; distribution of literature on employee rights; employee access to information  Every employer shall establish and maintain a central file at his facility in which he shall retain a workplace survey for the facility, appropriate hazardous substance fact sheets, and, if applicable, a copy of the environmental survey for the facility. Every employer shall post on bulletin boards readily accessible to employees a notice of the availability of the information in the file. Every employer employing employees whose native language is Spanish shall also post the notice in Spanish. Every employer shall supply employees with any material designed and provided by the Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the Department of Labor to inform employees of their rights under this act. An employer shall provide an employee with access to a workplace survey, appropriate hazardous substance fact sheets, and, if applicable, an environmental survey, within five working days of a request therefor. L.1983, c. 315, s. 12, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-16 - Employee requests for information; refusal to work; complaint; civil actions; penalty

34:5A-16. Employee requests for information; refusal to work; complaint; civil actions; penalty  a. Any employee or employee representative may request, in writing, from his employer, a copy of a workplace survey, hazardous substance fact sheet, or, where applicable, an environmental survey filed pursuant to the provisions of this act for the facility at which he is employed. The employer shall supply this material within five working days of the request. Any employee or employee representative may request, in writing, the chemical name and Chemical Abstracts Service number of the substance contained in any container which is not labeled pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of this act, and the employer shall supply the employee or employee representative with this information within five working days of the request. An employee shall have the right to refuse to work with a hazardous substance for which a request was made and not honored without loss of pay or forfeit of any other privilege until the request is honored. b. Any employee or employee representative who believes that an employer has not complied with the provisions of subsection a. of this section may file a complaint with the Commissioner of the Department of Labor. Upon receipt of the complaint, the commissioner shall investigate the allegations contained in the complaint. If the commissioner, following an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), finds that the employer has violated the provisions of subsection a. of this section, he shall initiate a civil action by summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Any employer violating the provisions of subsection a. of this section is liable to a penalty of not less than $2,500.00 for each offense. L.1983, c. 315, s. 16, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-17 - Discharge or penalizing of employee for exercising rights; complaint; adjudication

34:5A-17. Discharge or penalizing of employee for exercising rights; complaint; adjudication  a. No employer shall discharge, cause to be discharged, or otherwise discipline, penalize, or discriminate against any employee because the employee or his employee representative has exercised any right established in this act. b. Any employee who believes that he has been discharged, or otherwise disciplined, penalized, or discriminated against by an employer in violation of subsection a. of this section may, within 30 days of the violation, or within 30 days of obtaining knowledge that a violation occurred, file a complaint with the Commissioner of the Department of Labor alleging the violation. Within 30 days of the receipt of a complaint, the commissioner shall conduct an investigation of the complaint. If after the investigation the commissioner determines that there is probable cause that the complaint is valid, he may refer the complaint to the Office of Administrative Law, which, upon the referral, shall commence an adjudicatory proceeding on the complaint, to be conducted as a contested case pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), and P.L. 1978, c. 67 (C. 52:14F-1 et seq.). If the Commissioner of Labor or the employee introduces evidence that prior to the alleged violation the employee exercised any right provided in this act, the employer shall have the burden to show just cause for his action by clear and convincing evidence. Within 45 days of the receipt of the recommendations of the administrative law judge, the commissioner shall adopt, reject, or modify the recommendations. The final decision of the commissioner shall be considered the final agency action thereon for the purposes of the "Administrative Procedure Act" and shall be subject only to judicial review as provided in the Rules of Court. L.1983, c. 315, s. 17, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-21 - Joint procedures concerning revision of workplace or environmental hazardous substance list.

34:5A-21 Joint procedures concerning revision of workplace or environmental hazardous substance list.  21. The Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall jointly establish a procedure for annually receiving information from the public and any other interested party, concerning any revision of the workplace hazardous substance list and any revision of the environmental hazardous substance list. This procedure shall include a mechanism for revising the workplace hazardous substance list and the environmental hazardous substance list. Any revision of the workplace hazardous substance list or environmental hazardous substance list shall be based on documented scientific evidence. The Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection shall publicly announce any revisions of the workplace hazardous substance list or the environmental hazardous substance list, and any such additions or revisions shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1983, c.315, s.21; amended 2010, c.87, s.19; 2012, c.17, s.403.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-22 - County health department file of surveys; public access

34:5A-22. County health department file of surveys; public access  Each county health department shall maintain a file of workplace surveys and environmental surveys transmitted to it pursuant to the provisions of this act. These surveys, pursuant to the provisions of subsection f. of section 15 of this act, shall be made available to the public at reasonable hours and at a fee not to exceed the cost of reproducing the surveys. L.1983, c. 315, s. 22, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-23 - Civil actions for violations; jurisdiction; award

34:5A-23. Civil actions for violations; jurisdiction; award  Any person may bring a civil action in law or equity on his own behalf against any employer for a violation of any provision of this act or any rule and regulation promulgated pursuant thereto or against the Department of Environmental Protection or the Department of Health for failure to enforce the provisions of this act or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over these actions. The court may award, whenever it deems appropriate, costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees. L.1983, c. 315, s. 23, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-24 - Substances not included on hazardous substance lists; reporting; liability

34:5A-24. Substances not included on hazardous substance lists; reporting; liability  Substances not included on the workplace hazardous substance list or the environmental hazardous substance list shall not be subject to the reporting provisions of this act. However, the absence of any substance from the workplace hazardous substance list or the environmental hazardous substance list, or the provision of any information by an employer to an employee or any other person pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall not in any way affect any other liability of an employer with regard to safeguarding the health and safety of an employee or any other person exposed to the substance, nor shall it affect any other duty or responsibility of an employer to warn ultimate users of a substance of any potential health hazards associated with the use of the substance pursuant to the provisions of any law or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. L.1983, c. 315, s. 24, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-25 - Local police or fire departments; availability of surveys to public; request for additional information; communications program with research and development laboratory

34:5A-25. Local police or fire departments; availability of surveys to public; request for additional information; communications program with research and development laboratory  a. No local police department or local fire department receiving workplace surveys or environmental surveys pursuant to the provisions of this act shall make the surveys available to the public. Any county health department, local police department, or local fire department may request from an employer submitting surveys to it further information concerning the surveys, and the employer shall provide the additional information upon the request therefor. The employer may require the requester to sign an agreement protecting the confidentiality of any additional information provided pursuant to this section. b. Every employer with a research and development laboratory at his facility shall establish a communications program with the local fire department, which shall be designed to assist the fire department in adequately preparing to respond to emergencies at the research and development laboratory. L.1983, c. 315, s. 25, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-26.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-26.1 - Fee refund

34:5A-26.1. Fee refund  The Department of Labor shall refund any fee collected pursuant to section 26 of P.L. 1983, c. 315 (C. 34:5A-26) to any employer who has paid this fee and is exempt from the fee pursuant to section 8 of P.L. 1983, c. 315 (C. 34:5A-8).  L. 1985, c. 534, s. 2, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-27 - Legislative intent

34:5A-27. Legislative intent  It is the intent of the Legislature that the program established by this act for the disclosure of information concerning hazardous substances to employees and the public constitute the principal program in this State. To this end, no municipality or county shall enact any law or ordinance requiring the disclosure of information about, or the identification of, hazardous substances in the workplace or the environment to the extent that the disclosure of information or identification is provided for under this act, and, further, the enactment of this act shall supersede any municipal or county law or ordinance enacted subsequent to May 11, 1983 providing for this disclosure or identification. L.1983, c. 315, s. 27, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-28 - Joint report

34:5A-28. Joint report  Within two years of the effective date of this act the Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Labor shall jointly prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report evaluating the implementation of this act, together with any recommendations for legislative or administrative action deemed necessary or appropriate. L.1983, c. 315, s. 30, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-29 - Right to enter facility to determine compliance

34:5A-29. Right to enter facility to determine compliance  a. The Department of Health shall have the right to enter an employer's facility during the normal operating hours of the facility to determine the employer's compliance with the provisions of subsection a. of section 7, and sections 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of this act, and any rules and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. b. The Department of Environmental Protection shall have the right to enter an employer's facility during the normal operating hours of the facility to determine compliance with subsection b. of section 7 and section 9 of this act, and any rules and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. L.1983, c. 315, s. 31, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-30 - Rules and regulations

34:5A-30. Rules and regulations  Except as otherwise provided in this act, the Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary to carry out their respective responsibilities under this act. L.1983, c. 315, s. 32, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-32 - Findings

34:5A-32. Findings  1. The Legislature finds that the application, enclosure, removal and encapsulation of asbestos when improperly performed creates unnecessary health and safety hazards which are detrimental to the State's interest in protecting the health, safety, and welfare of all citizens thereby exposed to such asbestos hazards.  L.1984,c.173,s.1; amended 1994,c.21,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-33 - Policy declaration

34:5A-33. Policy declaration  2. The Legislature declares it to be its purpose and policy to reduce asbestos-related hazards by:  a. Encouraging contracting parties, citizens and insurance companies in their efforts to reduce disabling asbestos hazards and to stimulate initiation of new and to perfect existing programs for controlling the application, use and removal of asbestos, an extremely dangerous substance;  b. Creating a climate for developing innovative methods, techniques and approaches for dealing with life-destroying asbestos materials;  c. Encouraging competence and knowledge in the field of asbestos application, enclosure, repair, removal, and encapsulation by the licensing of employers, including contractors, and the permitting of employees in an effort to ensure that incompetent work will not pose a health and safety threat to the public-at-large through subsequent exposure to asbestos;  d. Providing for the adoption of standards for the application, enclosure, removal, encapsulation, storage, sale, disposal and use of asbestos and asbestos-containing material; and  e. Establishing an enforcement program for these standards, which shall include reporting procedures.  L.1984,c.173,s.2; amended 1994,c.21,s.2.