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NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-5.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-5.2 - Facility on site in more than one municipality; notices; affected municipalities as single party

13:1E-5.2. Facility on site in more than one municipality; notices; affected municipalities as single party  In the event that any application review by the department pursuant to this 1983 act is for a registration statement and engineering design approval for a proposed solid waste disposal facility on a site located in more than one municipality, the notices required herein shall be transmitted to each affected municipality, and all of the affected municipalities shall be considered a single party for the purposes of the public hearing held concerning the application. L.1983, c. 464, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-7 - Advisory Council on Solid Waste Management

13:1E-7. Advisory Council on Solid Waste Management  7. a. There is hereby created in the department an Advisory Council on Solid Waste Management which shall consist of 14 members, four of whom shall be the President of the Board of Public Utilities, the Commissioner of Community Affairs, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Health, or their designees, who shall serve ex officio, and ten citizens of the State, four of whom shall be actively engaged in the solid waste collection, recycling or solid waste disposal industries, of whom one shall be a representative of the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries who shall represent the scrap recycling or processing industry in the State, two health professionals of whom one shall be a representative of the New Jersey Hospital Association and the other a licensed practitioner selected from the medical or dental communities in the State who shall represent the regulated medical waste generators in the State, and four of whom shall be representing the general public to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor shall designate a chairman and vice chairman of the council from the public members who shall serve at the will of the Governor.  b. All public members shall be appointed for terms of four years. All appointed members shall serve after the expiration of their terms until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify, and any vacancy occurring in the appointed membership of the council by expiration of term or otherwise, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term only, notwithstanding that the previous incumbent may have held over and continued in office as aforesaid.  c. Members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in attending meetings of the council and in performance of their duties as members thereof.  L.1970,c.39,s.7; amended 1975,c.326,s.7.1; 1989,c.34,s.26; 1991,c.292,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-8 - Council powers

13:1E-8. Council powers  8. The Advisory Council on Solid Waste Management is empowered to: a. Request from the commissioner such information concerning the Statewide solid waste management plan or district solid waste management plans as it may deem necessary;  b. Consider any matter relating to the improvement of the Statewide solid waste management plan or district solid waste management plans, and advise the commissioner thereon;  c. From time to time submit to the commissioner any recommendations which it deems necessary for the improvement of the Statewide solid waste management plan or district solid waste management plans;  d. From time to time submit to the commissioner recommendations of any statutory and regulatory changes deemed necessary to implement the comprehensive State regulated medical waste management plan prepared by the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Health pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1989, c.34 (C.13:1E-48.13);  e. From time to time submit to the commissioner recommendations of any statutory and regulatory changes deemed necessary to implement the State Recycling Plan goals;  f. Study any regulations adopted by the department and the Department of Health concerning the management of regulated medical waste and make its recommendations for their improvement to the commissioner;  g. Study and investigate the state of the art and the technical capabilities and limitations of regulations concerning solid waste collection, disposal or recycling activities and report its findings and recommendations thereon to the commissioner;  h. Study and investigate the need for programs for the long-range technical support of solid waste programs and solid waste management plans, and report its findings and recommendations thereon to the commissioner;  i. Hold public hearings annually or more frequently in regard to existing solid waste statutes and regulations and upon the state of the art and technical capabilities and limitations in solid waste collection, disposal or recycling activities and report its recommendations thereon to the commissioner.  L.1970,c.39,s.8; amended 1975,c.326,s.8; 1989,c.34,s.27; 1991,c.292,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-9.1 - Surcharges

13:1E-9.1. Surcharges  2. The provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the owner or operator of any sanitary landfill facility may collect any fee imposed pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-9) as a surcharge on any tariff established pursuant to law for the solid waste disposal operations of the facility.  L.1981,c.438,s.2; amended 1991,c.381,s.37.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-9.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-9.2 - Reward for information

13:1E-9.2. Reward for information  A member of the public who supplies information to an enforcing authority which proximately results in the imposition and collection of a civil penalty as the result of a civil action brought pursuant to subsection f. of section 9 of P.L. 1970, c. 39 (C. 13:1E-9), or any code, rule, or regulation promulgated, administrative order issued or assessment imposed pursuant thereto, shall be entitled to a reward of 10% of the civil penalty collected, or $250.00, whichever amount is greater. The reward shall be paid by the department from any money received by the department pursuant to subsection f. of section 9 of P.L. 1970, c. 39 (C. 13:1E-9). The Attorney General shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement this section, including procedures to provide for the protection of the identity of persons providing information to an enforcing authority concerning a violation of the "Solid Waste Management Act," in appropriate circumstances.  L. 1987, c. 158, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-9.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-9.3 - Disposal, transportation of solid waste; authorization.

13:1E-9.3. Disposal, transportation of solid waste; authorization.  2. a. No person shall, regardless of intent, engage, or be permitted to engage, in the disposal of solid waste in excess of 0.148 cubic yards of solids or 30 United States gallons of liquids, whether for profit or otherwise, except at a solid waste facility or an out-of-State disposal site which has authorization from the appropriate state regulatory agency having jurisdiction over solid waste management to accept solid waste for disposal, or any other place in this State which has authorization from the Department of Environmental Protection to accept solid waste for disposal, as the case may be. b. No person shall, regardless of intent, transport or cause or permit to be transported any solid waste in excess of 0.148 cubic yards of solids or 30 United States gallons of liquids, whether for profit or otherwise, except to a solid waste facility or an out-of-State disposal site which has authorization from the appropriate state regulatory agency having jurisdiction over solid waste management to accept solid waste for disposal, or to any other place in this State which has authorization from the Department of Environmental Protection to accept solid waste for disposal, as the case may be. c. No person shall, regardless of intent, cause, engage in or be permitted to engage in, the disposal of any amount of solid waste on real property subject to the use, control or ownership of a railroad company, unless such disposal is expressly authorized by the railroad company and approved by the Department of Environmental Protection. d. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Department of Environmental Protection and by every relevant municipality, local board of health, or county health department, as the case may be. L.1989,c.118,s.2; amended 1995, c.11, s.1; 2003, c.231, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-9.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-9.4 - Penalties.

13:1E-9.4 Penalties.  3. a. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection a. or b. of section 2 of P.L.1989, c.118 (C.13:1E-9.3) commits a disorderly persons offense.  b. Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of subsection a. or b. of section 2 of P.L.1989, c.118 (C.13:1E-9.3) is subject to a fine of not less than $2,500.00 for a first offense, not more than $5,000.00 for a second offense and not more than $10,000.00 for a third and every subsequent offense. Each day during which the violation continues constitutes an additional, separate and distinct offense.  c. If a person is convicted of a violation of the provisions of subsection a. or b. of section 2 of P.L.1989, c.118 (C.13:1E-9.3), the court shall, in addition to the penalties provided under subsection b. of this section, require the person to perform community service for a term of not more than 90 days.  d. All conveyances used or intended for use in the unlawful transportation or disposal of solid waste in violation of the provisions of subsection a. or b. of section 2 of P.L.1989, c.118 (C.13:1E-9.3) are subject to forfeiture to the State pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1981, c.387 (C.13:1K-1 et seq.).  e. The provisions of P.L.1981, c.387 (C.13:1K-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever a conveyance is forfeited to the State pursuant to subsection d. of this section, the proceeds from the disposal and sale of such conveyance shall be remitted to the chief financial officer of the municipality wherein the violation occurred, to be used by the municipality to help finance enforcement activities undertaken pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-12) or section 2 of P.L.1989, c.118 (C.13:1E-9.3). f. A person convicted of a violation of the provisions of subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1989, c.118 (C.13:1E-9.3) shall be liable to the railroad company in the amount of three times the damages caused directly or indirectly by the unlawful disposal together with three times the costs associated with the cleanup of the real property upon which the violation occurred, including, but not limited to, all attorneys' fees and costs which the railroad company may reasonably expend in a civil suit brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect the sums imposed by this subsection. In any such suit, a final judgment of conviction shall be admissible as conclusive proof that the person violated the provisions of subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1989, c.118 (C.13:1E-9.3). L.1989, c.118, s.3; amended 1995, c.11, s.2; 2019, c.276, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-9.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-9.5 - Issuance of emergency order

13:1E-9.5. Issuance of emergency order  a. If the commissioner determines that any activity occurring at a solid waste facility, recycling center, or any other site at which solid waste is placed, processed, stored, or disposed of presents an imminent threat to the environment or public health and safety, the commissioner may issue an emergency order to the owner or operator of the solid waste facility, recycling center or other site, which order shall include:  (1) The specific activity or activities occurring at the solid waste facility, recycling center, or other site which present an imminent threat to the environment or public health and safety;  (2) A description of the specific threats to the environment or public health and safety which the activity or activities present;  (3) The specific measures which the owner or operator of the solid waste facility, recycling center or other site is directed to undertake immediately to abate or eliminate the imminent threat to the environment or public health and safety; and  (4) The actions which the department will take upon the signing of the emergency order, or at any time thereafter, which may include, but need not be limited to, the immediate revocation or suspension of a registration statement in the case of a solid waste facility, or a license in the case of a recycling center, or the limitation of physical access to, or egress from, the solid waste facility, recycling center, or other site by vehicles or persons.  b. An emergency order issued pursuant to this section shall take effect upon the signing of the emergency order by the commissioner, and the person to whom the emergency order is directed shall comply with the emergency order immediately upon receipt thereof.  c. Any action brought by a person seeking a temporary or permanent stay of an emergency order issued pursuant to this section shall be brought in the Superior Court. Any person bringing such an action shall have the burden of demonstrating, by clear and convincing evidence, that the activity or activities specified in the emergency order as presenting an imminent threat to the environment or public health and safety do not present an imminent threat to the environment or public health and safety.  L.1990,c.70,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-11 - Temporary approval of registration

13:1E-11. Temporary approval of registration  11. a. During the first registration year of each applicant or permittee as defined in section 2 of P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-127) for approval of a registration statement to engage in the collection of solid waste, or a registration statement or engineering design approval for a solid waste facility, or the year following any violation of the provisions of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) resulting in a revocation of registration, the department is authorized to give temporary approval of registrations conditioned upon the applicant or permittee, as the case may be, effecting specified additions, changes or improvements in methods of operation and equipment within such time and manner as may be required by the department. The fee for such temporary approval shall be the appropriate fee established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1971, c.461 (C.13:1E-18), notwithstanding the length of time for which it is given.  b. After July 1, 1992, the provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no temporary approval of registrations shall be given, issued or renewed by the department for any applicant or permittee, as the case may be, to own or operate a resource recovery facility or other solid waste facility approved by the department for the long-term solid waste disposal requirements of a district or districts pursuant to the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) 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); except that the department may renew the temporary approval of registrations of an applicant or permittee if the commissioner determines, in writing, that the renewal of a temporary approval for that applicant or permittee is necessitated by the public interest.  L.1970,c.39,s.11; amended 1975,c.326,s.9; 1991,c.269,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-12 - Revocation or suspension of registration

13:1E-12. Revocation or suspension of registration  The department, after hearing, may revoke or suspend the registration issued to any person engaged in the solid waste collection or solid waste disposal upon a finding that such person: a. Has violated any provision of this act or any rule, regulation, or administrative order promulgated hereunder; or b. Has violated any provision of any laws related to pollution of the waters, air or land surfaces of the State; or c. Has refused or failed to comply with any lawful order of the department. L.1970, c. 39, s. 12, eff. May 6, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-13 - Tax exemption

13:1E-13. Tax exemption  All property acquired or utilized by the department to implement the provisions of this act shall be exempt from all taxation, State and local. L.1970, c. 39, s. 13, eff. May 6, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-14 - Liberal construction

13:1E-14. Liberal construction  This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purpose and intent thereof. L.1970, c. 39, s. 14, eff. May 6, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-15 - Severability

13:1E-15. Severability  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.1970, c. 39, s. 15, eff. May 6, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-15.1 - Hours of operation; facility within 1000 feet of residential zone

13:1E-15.1. Hours of operation; facility within 1000 feet of residential zone  Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1970, c. 40 (C. 48:13A-1 et seq.) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no solid waste disposal facility located in or within 1000 feet of any area zoned residential, other than a resource recovery facility, a baling facility and its related operations, a transfer station, or a recycling facility, shall be operated on any day before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.; provided, however, the department, upon finding that the public health, safety or welfare so requires, is authorized to exempt any solid waste disposal facility from the provisions of this supplementary act. L.1981, c. 81, s. 1, eff. March 25, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-18 - Fees.

13:1E-18 Fees.  3. a. The department may in accordance with a fee schedule adopted as a rule or regulation establish and charge annual or periodic fees for any of the services to be performed in connection with the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) b. The fee schedule shall reasonably reflect the duration or complexity of the specific service rendered, permit application reviewed, or registration statement or engineering design application approval sought. L.1971, c.461, s.3; amended 1989, c.34, s.28; 1991, c.269, s.15; 2019, c.397, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-19 - Solid waste management districts; designation

13:1E-19. Solid waste management districts; designation  Every county in the State of New Jersey and the Hackensack Meadowlands District is hereby designated a solid waste management district. L.1975, c. 326, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-22 - Prohibition of solid waste facilities competitive with facilities of public authority; agreements or contracts; authorization

13:1E-22. Prohibition of solid waste facilities competitive with facilities of public authority; agreements or contracts; authorization  In order to preserve and maintain the State's pledges and covenants with the holders of any bonds issued by any public authority, no solid waste management plan shall include provisions for establishing any solid waste facility in competition with such facilities operated, or for which bonds have been issued, by any such public authority; provided, however, that every board of chosen freeholders and the Hackensack Commission is hereby authorized and empowered in the development and formulation of a solid waste management plan to enter into any contract or agreement with any public authority within any solid waste management district providing for or relating to solid waste collection and solid waste disposal. Any such contract or agreement may provide for the furnishing of solid waste facilities either by or to the solid waste management district, or the joint construction or operation of solid waste facilities. Every such contract or agreement shall conform to all the requirements of law for contracts or agreements made by any public authority, and may include such provisions for rates and charges, and for the furnishing of solid waste facilities, as the board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, deems necessary in the development and formulation of a solid waste management plan to coordinate all activities relating to solid waste collection and solid waste disposal within the solid waste management district, and for the furnishing of adequate and suitable solid waste facilities therein. Every board of chosen freeholders and the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, is hereby further authorized and empowered to purchase the bonds of any public authority, and to purchase any solid waste facilities of any public authority upon a contract or agreement therewith for any such solid waste facility purchase. L.1975, c. 326, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-25 - Payment of costs; adoption of County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law

13:1E-25. Payment of costs; adoption of County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law  a. Every action taken pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act by any county is hereby declared to be a county purpose and the costs thereof may be paid out of the general funds of the county and from the proceeds of any grants for this purpose from the State, Federal Government or any agency thereof. b. In the performance of any responsibilities or requirements pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act, any county may adopt and come under the "County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law," P.L.1970, c. 242 (C. 40:66A-31.1 et seq.); provided, however, that after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act every action taken by any county under the aforesaid "County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law" shall be pursuant to the adopted and approved solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district constituting said county. L.1975, c. 326, s. 16.