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NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-28 - Promulgation of environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedure; delegation of powers; comprehensive model ordinances

26:3A2-28. Promulgation of environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedure; delegation of powers; comprehensive model ordinances  10. a. The commissioner shall promulgate, after consultation with the Commissioner of Health, environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedure for certified local health agencies pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act" (P.L.1968, c.410; C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The standards shall include provisions for the delivery to the department of periodic reports on the results of the monitoring and enforcement activities of the certified local health agencies.  b. The commissioner may, in the same manner, delegate the administration of one or more aspects of the environmental health laws of this State or of the rules and regulations adopted thereto, which are administered by the department, to a, certified local health agency, after he has adopted specific standards and guidelines for the administration of such programs by certified local health agencies, for so long as he determines that a certified local health agency, has the capability and determination to adhere to those specific standards and guidelines. In determining whether to delegate authority to administer all or a portion of any program, or whether a certified local health agency has the capability or determination to assume or retain delegation of program administration, the commissioner shall consider:  (1) The consistency of the delegation with applicable federal or State law; (2) The probable effects of the delegation on the effectiveness and efficiency of program administration, and the need for uniform program administration;  (3) The availability of technical expertise, adequate staff levels and other resources needed to adequately perform program administration.  Under a delegation of program administration for the "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act," P.L.1985, c.403 (C.13:1K-19 et seq.) and the "Worker and Community Right to Know Act," P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.), delegation may not include authority to require documentation that is in addition to that required to be retained by an employer under those laws.  c. The commissioner shall develop one or more comprehensive model ordinances dealing with the control of air pollution, solid waste, hazardous waste, noise, pesticides, radiation, and water pollution, the protection of workers and the public from hazardous substances and toxic catastrophes, or other threats to environmental health for which authority has been delegated, for use by the appropriate local governmental entity, and to provide technical assistance to the certified local health agencies.  L.1977,c.443,s.10; amended 1991,c.99,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-29 - Authorization to make grants to county departments; State's contribution amount

26:3A2-29. Authorization to make grants to county departments; State's contribution amount  11. a. The commissioner is authorized to make grants to certified local health agencies for the provision of environmental health services. The commissioner shall prescribe procedures for applying for the grant, and terms and conditions for receiving the grant. The State's contribution shall not exceed 50% of the cost of any undertaking for which a grant is made.  b. There is established in the department a non-lapsing environmental health fund that shall consist of all revenues appropriated or otherwise made available for the purpose of making grants on a non-matching basis to certified local health agencies, including such monies from fees, fines and penalties collected by the department in implementing environmental health laws as the department may deposit in the fund. Non-matching grants shall be used by certified local health agencies in the administration or implementation of environmental health laws, or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, for which delegation of program administration has been received, or for implementation of local ordinances adopted in accordance therewith. Non-matching grant monies may be used only for new or for expanding programs, or for development of technical and administrative procedures and protocols, training and personnel development, special projects and equipment, or other similar purposes approved by the commissioner. Non-matching grants made pursuant to this subsection shall be in addition to grants made pursuant to subsection a. of this section.  c. Monies in the fund may be used by the commissioner to provide training, equipment or other services to certified local health agencies for the purpose of assisting them in carrying out their responsibilities under P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-21 et seq.).  L.1977,c.443,s.11; amended 1991,c.99,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-30 - Employees of local health agency; transfer to county department

26:3A2-30. Employees of local health agency; transfer to county department  Each person, who shall have been employed by a local health agency, including a regional health commission formed for the provisions of air pollution services, and whose employment by such agency shall have been terminated by reason of the assumption of its activities and responsibilities by a county department pursuant to this act, shall be transferred to such county department pursuant to the conditions contained in sections 16, 17 and 18 of P.L.1975, c. 329 (C. 26:3A2-16 to 26:3A2-18). L.1977, c. 443, s. 12, eff. March 2, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-31 - Annual budget; submission by county health officer; tax levy; determination by board of chosen freeholders

26:3A2-31. Annual budget; submission by county health officer; tax levy; determination by board of chosen freeholders  The county health officer shall prepare and submit annually to the board of chosen freeholders, subject to the advice of the county board, in each year, a budget setting forth in detail the amounts of money necessary for the operation of the county department of health for environmental health purposes, during the ensuing year. The board of chosen freeholders shall include annually in the tax levy the amount of money which it believes will best meet the environmental health needs of the county. L.1977, c. 443, s. 13, eff. March 2, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-32 - Severability

26:3A2-32. Severability  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. 443, s. 14, eff. March 2, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-33 - Work program to meet standards; certification of municipal or regional health agency as authorized local government for performance of environmental health services within its jurisdiction

26:3A2-33. Work program to meet standards; certification of municipal or regional health agency as authorized local government for performance of environmental health services within its jurisdiction  A county department shall, within 15 months of the promulgation of environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedure for county departments of health by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, prepare a work program for meeting the standards throughout the county and shall submit it to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and to each municipality located therein for review. The work program shall provide a detailed description of program objectives, shall delineate responsibilities for its implementation within the county, shall identify the personnel and resources required to meet the program objectives and shall provide a time schedule for achieving full program implementation. Any municipal or regional health agency authorized by P.L.1975, c. 329 (C. 26:3A2-1 et seq.), which is presently providing environmental health services which meet the standards of performance and of procedure and which is willing to coordinate its environmental health programs with those of its neighbors by implementing the work program of the county department, may petition the Commissioner of Environmental Protection for certification and upon certification become the authorized local government for the performance of environmental health services within its jurisdiction. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall certify any municipal or regional health agency as the authorized local government for the performance of environmental health services within its jurisdiction, when he finds that the petitioning health agency provides and will continue to provide a complete program of environmental health services which meet the standards of performance and of procedure as indicated in the work program of the county department. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall periodically review the certification of each such health agency to determine whether or not it should be continued. L.1977, c. 443, s. 15, eff. March 2, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-34 - Certified local health agency may charge fee

26:3A2-34. Certified local health agency may charge fee  7. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a certified local health agency, if authorized by ordinance, may charge a reasonable fee for any service provided in connection with an environmental health ordinance, but such fee shall not exceed the estimated cost of providing that service. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the "Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund," created pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1991, c.99 (C.26:3A2-35). Authorization to charge service fees shall be provided, as appropriate, by ordinance of any county or municipal board of health, or regional health commission, with a county department or that is a certified local health agency, or, in the case of any such county or municipality without a board of health or that is not a member of a regional health commission, of the governing body of that county or municipality.  L.1991,c.99,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-35 - County, municipality to establish Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund

26:3A2-35. County, municipality to establish Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund  8. Each county and municipality with a certified local health agency, shall establish an "Environmental Quality and Enforcement Fund." Any fees, fines or penalties collected pursuant to P.L.1977, c.443 (C.26:3A2-21 et seq.) shall be deposited into the respective county or municipal fund, and shall be dedicated to the use of the county department or certified local health agency in carrying out its responsibilities under that act.  L.1991,c.99,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-36 - Plan for standardization, coordination of hazardous materials emergency response programs.

26:3A2-36 Plan for standardization, coordination of hazardous materials emergency response programs.  2. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, with the concurrence of the Department of Health and the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall develop a comprehensive plan for the standardization and coordination of county hazardous material response programs to effectively address all incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive incidents. The plan shall include procedures for State, county, and local response to incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive incidents, and planning, training, exercising, and equipment requirements designed to assure that local responders have the capacity, competency and capability to protect the public from exposure to those materials, and shall include the adoption of environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedures for county hazardous materials response. b. The certified local health agency in each county shall develop, in consultation with their county office of emergency management, a comprehensive, coordinated county-wide emergency response program for incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive incidents for the county that is consistent with the plan developed by the department pursuant to subsection a. of this section. c. In any county in which there is no certified local health agency, the board of chosen freeholders shall designate a local health agency from the county to develop, in consultation with the county office of emergency management and the Department of Health, a comprehensive, coordinated county-wide emergency response program for incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive incidents for the county that is consistent with the plan developed by the department pursuant to subsection a. of this section.  L.2005, c.3, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.329.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-37 - Grants to local health agencies for hazardous materials emergency response programs.

26:3A2-37 Grants to local health agencies for hazardous materials emergency response programs.  3. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2005, c.3 (C.26:3A2-38), to the extent that State or federal funding is available for the purpose, shall make grants available to certified local health agencies, or local health agencies designated by the board of chosen freeholders, as appropriate, for the costs, including the costs of training, equipment and personnel, associated with developing and maintaining an emergency response program for incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive incidents, that is consistent with the plan developed by the department pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2005, c.3 (C.26:3A2-36). L.2005,c.3,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3A2-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3A2-38 - Rules, regulations relative to grant awards, performance standards, interlocal agreements.

26:3A2-38 Rules, regulations relative to grant awards, performance standards, interlocal agreements.  4. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, with the concurrence of the Department of Health and the State Office of Emergency Management in the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and in consultation with representatives of certified local health agencies, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations that: (1) establish criteria and procedures for the award of grants to certified local health agencies, or local health agencies, as appropriate, pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.3 (C.26:3A2-37); (2) establish environmental health performance standards and standards of administrative procedures for county hazardous materials response for incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive incidents; and (3) establish criteria and procedures for the development of inter-local agreements to facilitate the creation of a Statewide mutual aid network for responding to incidents involving hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive incidents. b. Prior to the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may, immediately upon filing the proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law, adopt such temporary rules and regulations as the commissioner determines are necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2005, c.3 (C.26:3A2-36 et al.). The temporary rules and regulations shall be in effect for a period not to exceed 270 days after the date of the filing, except that in no case shall the temporary rules and regulations be in effect one year after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.3 (C.26:3A2-36 et al.). The temporary rules and regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted or readopted by the commissioner as the commissioner determines is necessary in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Procedure Act." L.2005, c.3, s.4; amended 2012, c.17, s.330.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-2 - Disposal of human excrement

26:3B-2. Disposal of human excrement  No person, corporation or municipality shall maintain, use or permit to be used any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, title disposal field or other means of disposal of human excrement which allows flies to gain access to the excremental matter contained therein, or from which excremental matter or liquid containing excremental matter flows over or upon the surface of the ground or gains access to the source of any public water supply or to any well or spring, used as a private potable water supply. L.1945, c. 192, p. 653, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-3 - Deposit of human excrement causing pollution of water supply forbidden

26:3B-3. Deposit of human excrement causing pollution of water supply forbidden  No person, corporation or municipality shall deposit or permit to be deposited or to remain on the surface of the ground any human excrement or material containing human excrement or dispose of or place any such material where it can gain access to the source of any public water supply or to any well or spring, used as a private potable water supply. L.1945, c. 192, p. 653, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-5 - Accumulation of materials in which fly larvae exist

26:3B-5. Accumulation of materials in which fly larvae exist  No person, corporation or municipality knowingly shall maintain or permit to be maintained any accumulation of animal or vegetable matter in which fly larvae exist. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-6 - Maintaining pools, cisterns, ditches, etc. in which mosquitoes breed

26:3B-6. Maintaining pools, cisterns, ditches, etc. in which mosquitoes breed  No person, corporation or municipality knowingly shall maintain or permit to be maintained any pool, ditch, stream, or other body of water, or any cistern, privy vault, cesspool or other receptacle, containing liquid in which mosquitoes are breeding. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-7 - Accumulation of filth or source of foulness hazardous to health

26:3B-7. Accumulation of filth or source of foulness hazardous to health  No person, corporation or municipality knowingly shall maintain or permit to be maintained any accumulation of filth or source of foulness which is hazardous to the health or comfort of any of the inhabitants of this State. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-8 - Effluents from sewage treatment plants or industrial waste treatment plants

26:3B-8. Effluents from sewage treatment plants or industrial waste treatment plants  The provisions of sections two, three and four of this act shall not apply to the effluents from sewage treatment plants, or industrial waste treatment plants heretofore or hereafter installed in accordance with the requirements of the law and operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-9 - Authority of local boards of health or other bodies not limited hereby; interstate carriers

26:3B-9. Authority of local boards of health or other bodies not limited hereby; interstate carriers  Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit or limit the authority otherwise granted by statute to any local board of health or other body to regulate or control objects or conditions described or referred to in this act, nor shall the provisions of this act apply to vehicles operated by interstate carriers. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-10 - Violations

26:3B-10. Violations  Any person or private or municipal corporation or their agents violating any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty for each first offense of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and for each second and every subsequent offense to a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be recovered by and in the name of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey or by or in the name of the director of health of the State of New Jersey, or by and in the name of the local board of health, or such board, body or officers exercising the functions of a local board of health according to law. Each day that a violation of the provisions of this act exists shall be deemed to be a separate violation for which a penalty may be recovered. L.1945, c. 192, p. 654, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3B-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3B-11 - Enforcement of penalties; jurisdiction; process

26:3B-11. Enforcement of penalties; jurisdiction; process  Every municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of any provision of this act, if the violation has occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Process shall be in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue only at the suit of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey or of the State Commissioner of Health, or of the local board of health, or of such board, body or officers exercising the functions of a local board of health according to law, as the case may be, as plaintiff. L.1945, c. 192, p. 655, s. 11. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 471, s. 30.