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NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-26 - Approval by commissioner prior to construction, acquisition, or operation of facility

13:1E-26. Approval by commissioner prior to construction, acquisition, or operation of facility  17. a. Prior to the construction, acquisition, or operation of any solid waste facility in any solid waste management district pursuant to the adopted and approved district solid waste management plan therefor, the person proposing the construction, acquisition, or operation, in addition to preparing an environmental impact statement for the solid waste facility in such form as shall be required by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-6), shall make or cause to be made any preliminary surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates of costs and of revenues as the commissioner may deem necessary relating to the type of solid waste facility.  The results of the environmental impact statements, surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates required by the commissioner shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval. No person may proceed to construct, acquire, or operate any solid waste facility without having first obtained the approval of the commissioner. Such approval shall be granted only if the commissioner determines that:  (1) The proposed construction, acquisition, or operation is consistent with the adopted and approved district solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district within which the solid waste facility is to be located; and  (2) The proposed solid waste facility will be constructed or acquired, and operated, pursuant to the standards adopted and promulgated therefor by the department pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-6).  b. In addition to the requirements of subsection a. of this section, no person shall commence construction of a resource recovery facility prior to the completion by the Attorney General and the department of the requirements of sections 3 and 8 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-128 and 13:1E-133), unless such person has received a temporary license approved by the department pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-135). The commissioner shall not approve the commencement of construction of a resource recovery facility unless the person proposing to own or operate the resource recovery facility has received a license approved by the department pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-133) or a temporary license approved by the department pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-135).  L.1975,c.326,s.17; amended 1991,c.269,s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-27 - Solid waste facility deemed public utility

13:1E-27. Solid waste facility deemed public utility  18. Any solid waste facility constructed, acquired or operated pursuant to the provisions of the "Solid Wast Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) shall be deemed a public utility and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Public Utilities in accordance with the provisions of the "Solid Waste Utility Control Act," P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.) and P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.). L.1975,c.326,s.18; amended 1991,c.269,s.18; 1991,c.381,s.38.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-28 - Annual payment to host municipality

13:1E-28. Annual payment to host municipality  19. a. Any municipality within which a sanitary landfill facility is located pursuant to an adopted and approved district solid waste management plan shall be entitled to an annual economic benefit not less than the equivalent of $1.00 per ton of solids on all solid waste accepted for disposal at the sanitary landfill facility during the previous calendar year as determined by the department.  The owner or operator of the sanitary landfill facility shall annually pay to the relevant municipality the full amount due under this subsection and each relevant municipality is empowered to anticipate this amount for the purposes of preparing its annual budget. For the purposes of calculating the payments, the owner or operator of the sanitary landfill facility may, subject to the prior agreement of the relevant municipality and the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection, provide the municipality with any of the following benefits in consideration for the use of land within its municipal boundaries as the location of a sanitary landfill facility:  (1) The receipt of annual sums of money in lieu of taxes on the land used for the sanitary landfill facility;  (2) The exemption from all fees and charges for the disposal of solid waste generated within its boundaries;  (3) The receipt of a lump sum cash payment; or (4) Any combination thereof. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1994, c.27). c. Every owner or operator of a sanitary landfill facility required to make annual payments to a municipality pursuant to subsection a. of this section may petition the Department of Environmental Protection for an increase in its tariff which reflects these payments. The department, within 60 days of the receipt of the petition, shall issue an appropriate order that these payments shall be passed along to the users of the sanitary landfill facility as an automatic surcharge on any tariff filed with, and recorded by, the department for the solid waste disposal operations of the facility.  d. In issuing any order required by this section, the Department of Environmental Protection shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S.48:2-21.  L.1975,c.326,s.19; amended 1985,c.38,s.38; 1991,c.381,s.39; 1993,c.152; 1994,c.27,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-28.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-28.1 - Transfer station payment to host municipality

13:1E-28.1. Transfer station payment to host municipality  2. a. Any municipality within which a transfer station is located pursuant to an adopted and approved district solid waste management plan shall be entitled to an annual economic benefit to be paid or adjusted not less than quarterly in an amount established by agreement with the owner or operator of the transfer station or by order of the Board of Public Utilities, but not less than the equivalent of $0.50 per ton of all solid waste accepted for transfer at the transfer station during the 1987 calendar year and each year thereafter.  The owner or operator of the transfer station shall, not less frequently than quarterly, pay to the relevant municipality the full amount due under this subsection and each relevant municipality is empowered to anticipate this amount for the purposes of preparing its annual budget. For the purposes of calculating the payments, the owner or operator of the transfer station may, subject to the prior agreement of the relevant municipality and the approval of the Board of Public Utilities, provide the municipality with any of the following benefits in consideration for the use of land within its municipal boundaries as the location of a transfer station:  (1) The receipt of quarterly payments of annual sums of money in lieu of taxes on the land used for the transfer station;  (2) The exemption from all fees and charges for the acceptance for transfer of solid waste generated within its boundaries;  (3) The receipt of quarterly lump sum cash payments; or (4) Any combination thereof. b. Every owner or operator of a transfer station required to make payments not less frequently than quarterly to a municipality pursuant to subsection a. of this section may petition the Board of Public Utilities for an increase in its tariff which reflects these payments. The board, within 60 days of the receipt of the petition, shall issue an order that these payments shall be passed along to the users of the transfer station as an automatic surcharge on any tariff filed with, and recorded by, the board for the solid waste disposal operations of the transfer station.  c. In issuing any order required by this section, the Board of Public Utilities shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S.48:2-21.  L.1987,c.449,s.2; amended 1990,c.54; 1991,c.381,s.40.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-28.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-28.2 - Nonapplicability

13:1E-28.2. Nonapplicability  The provisions of section 2 of P.L.1987, c.449 (C.13:1E-28.1) shall not apply to a solid waste facility at which solid waste is received from outside sources for the purpose of onsite transfer utilizing equipment or vehicles belonging to the facility and operated therefor, and the transfer activities are incidental to the processing or disposal operations of the facility.  L.1990,c.113,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-29 - Issuance of bonds or modification or renewal of contracts involving solid waste facility after effective date of act

13:1E-29. Issuance of bonds or modification or renewal of contracts involving solid waste facility after effective date of act  a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no public authority, county or municipality shall issue any bonds or other obligations for the erection, construction, operation or maintenance of any solid waste facility after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act unless such erection, construction, operation, or maintenance shall have been approved by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section 17 of this amendatory and supplementary act; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be construed as to limit or alter the rights vested by law in any public authority, county or municipality to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of any bonds or other obligations issued by the public authority prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, or as to in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of such bonds. b. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as to interfere with, or in any way modify, the provisions of any contract for solid waste collection or solid waste disposal in force in any solid waste management district upon the effective date of this act; provided, however, that no renewal of any such contract upon the expiration or termination of the original term thereof, and no new contract for solid waste collection or solid waste disposal, shall be entered into after the effective date of this act, unless such renewal or such new contract shall conform with the applicable provisions of the approved solid waste management plan of the relevant solid waste management district or unless such contract is approved by the commissioner. In the event that no solid waste management plan has been approved for a solid waste management district, no contract renewal or new contract for solid waste collection or solid waste disposal shall be entered into for a period in excess of 1 year from the date of such contract renewal or new contract in such solid waste management district unless such a contract contains a provision for its renegotiation to bring it into conformance with an approved solid waste management plan for that solid waste management district upon the approval of said plan or unless such contract is approved by the commissioner. L.1975, c. 326, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-30 - State grant for experiental, landfill mining projects; application; evaluation

13:1E-30. State grant for experiental, landfill mining projects; application; evaluation  21. a. The commissioner may make, or contract to make, a State grant to any person engaged in solid waste collection, disposal or utilization activities, to assist that person in experimenting with new methods of solid waste collection, disposal or utilization, including but not limited to, source reduction, material recycling and energy recovery demonstration projects, intermunicipal waste collection and disposal systems projects, and coordinated multiusage of terminated sanitary landfill disposal sites projects. The commissioner may also make, or contract to make, a State grant to a local government unit, as defined pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1) that owns or operates a sanitary landfill facility to undertake a landfill mining project, as defined pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1).  Any person engaged in solid waste collection, disposal or utilization activities, or a local government unit as provided by section 1 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1) may apply to the commissioner for a State grant; provided, however, that the application has been approved by the board of chosen freeholders, or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, as in conformity with the adopted and approved solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district within which the experimental project is to be undertaken. The applicant shall submit a copy of the plan for any solid waste collection, disposal or utilization experimental project for which a State grant is sought and such other detailed information concerning the project, including maps, data, plans, estimated costs, and method of financing, as the commissioner may require by rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. The commissioner may exempt any demonstration project from the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) or P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.).  b. The commissioner shall review and evaluate all applications submitted to him pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and shall establish such priorities for making grants pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act as shall give due regard to the degree to which the experimental project for which a State grant is sought will have a beneficial and long term effect on solid waste collection, disposal and utilization methods in this State.  L.1975,c.326,s.21; amended 1994,c.99,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-31 - Commitments and grants; approval; findings

13:1E-31. Commitments and grants; approval; findings  The commissioner may issue commitments for, and may make or contract to make, grants pursuant to section 21 of this amendatory and supplementary act, upon his approval of any application submitted to him therefor and the finding that: a. The proposed plan for the solid waste collection, disposal or utilization project is consistent with the adopted and approved solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district within which the project is to be undertaken and is in conformity with the objectives, criteria and standards contained in the Statewide solid waste management plan; b. The estimated funds available to the applicant for the experimental project, including loans and grants from any department or agency of the United States, local grants-in-aid, and the proposed State grant, will be sufficient to meet all the probable costs of the experimental project and assure its completion; and c. There is no legal impediment or bar to the implementation and completion of the experimental project. L.1975, c. 326, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-32 - Change in experimental project; written approval of commissioner

13:1E-32. Change in experimental project; written approval of commissioner  Any commitment issued by the commissioner and any contract based thereon shall, in addition to such other terms, covenants and conditions as the commissioner may require, provide that no change may be made in any experimental project assisted with a State grant without the prior written approval of the commissioner. L.1975, c. 326, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-33 - Inspections of experimental projects

13:1E-33. Inspections of experimental projects  The commissioner shall be entitled to make such inspections of any project, and lands, buildings, improvements or facilities thereon; to request and secure the submission of certifications, data, maps, documents and other information by the applicant; to audit and examine any books and records of the applicant; and to require such periodic reports as shall be necessary to ascertain the progress of any experimental project assisted with a State grant pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act and the extent of compliance with the contract for the grant. L.1975, c. 326, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-34 - Solid Waste Management Research and Development Fund; creation

13:1E-34. Solid Waste Management Research and Development Fund; creation  25. a. There is hereby created in the Department of Environmental Protection a special fund which shall be known as the Solid Waste Management Research and Development Fund. There shall be included in the fund all moneys appropriated by the Legislature for inclusion therein. The commissioner may invest and reinvest any moneys in the fund, or any portion thereof, in legal obligations, of this State or any political subdivision thereof or the United States. Any income or interest on, or increment to, moneys so invested or reinvested shall be included in the fund.  b. Upon the approval by the commissioner of any application for a State grant pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act, the commissioner shall pay over the moneys in the fund, or any portion thereof, to the contracting person in accordance with commitments made and contracts entered into pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act.  c. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to approve any application for any State grant or to expend the moneys in the aforesaid Solid Waste Management Research and Development Fund solely for the purposes of making such State grants, and the commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to allocate the moneys in the fund, or any portion thereof, for any experimentation with, or demonstration of, new methods and techniques for the collection, disposal and utilization of solid waste, including the acquisition of real property and the purchase of any facility, site, laboratory, equipment or machinery as authorized pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-6).  L.1975,c.326,s.25; amended 1994,c.99,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-34.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-34.2 - Provisions of "Pinelands Protection Act" not modified

13:1E-34.2. Provisions of "Pinelands Protection Act" not modified  5. Nothing in sections 1 through 4 of P.L.1994, c.99 (C.13:1E-34.1 et al.), shall be construed to modify the provisions of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.) or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to that act and section 502 of the "National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978" (Pub.L.95-625).  L.1994,c.99,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-35 - Liberal construction; severability

13:1E-35. Liberal construction; severability  The object and design of this amendatory and supplementary act being the protection and preservation of public health, safety and welfare, and the creation of solid waste management districts based upon the counties of this State and the Hackensack Meadowlands District, through which the management of solid waste in New Jersey may be undertaken in a comprehensive manner, this amendatory and supplementary act shall be liberally construed and the powers granted and the duties imposed by this amendatory and supplementary act shall be construed to be independent and severable. If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this amendatory and supplementary act shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid. L.1975, c. 326, s. 26.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-36 - Exemption of construction and operation of planned disposal facility from provisions of act

13:1E-36. Exemption of construction and operation of planned disposal facility from provisions of act  Any board of chosen freeholders which has prepared a solid waste management plan, purchased land therefore, contracted for the purchase and installation of processing or recycling machinery or equipment, and received an approved registration for a solid waste disposal facility from the department prior to the effective date of this act, shall be exempt from any provision of this act which would delay the construction and operation of such a planned disposal facility. L.1975, c. 326, s. 29.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-37 - Formulation and development of plan; state aid to districts

13:1E-37. Formulation and development of plan; state aid to districts  The commissioner is authorized to make grants to any board of chosen freeholders and to the Hackensack Commission, subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, for the formulation and development of a solid waste management plan. The commissioner shall prescribe procedures for applying for the grant and terms and conditions for receiving the grant. The State's contribution toward the financing of the plan shall not exceed 50% of its total cost. The Hackensack Commission or any board of chosen freeholders may be reimbursed for work previously completed which meets the terms and conditions for receiving a grant pursuant to this section. L.1975, c. 326, s. 30.