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NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-162 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-162 - Hearing; report

13:1E-162. Hearing; report  a. At the public hearing on the proposed contract held by the contracting unit pursuant to the provisions of section 26 of this amendatory and supplementary act any interested party may present statements or questions concerning the terms and conditions of the proposed contract. Prior to the conclusion of the public hearing, the contracting unit shall respond to questions concerning the proposed contract raised by any interested party. The contracting unit shall provide that a verbatim record be kept of the public hearing. The record of the public hearing shall be kept open for a period of 15 days following the conclusion of the hearing, during which interested parties may submit written statements to be included in the hearing record. The contracting unit shall provide that a hearing report be printed, which shall include the verbatim record of the public hearing, written statements submitted by interested parties, and a statement prepared by the contracting unit summarizing the major issues raised at the public hearing and the contracting unit's specific response to these issues. The contracting unit shall make copies of the transcript of the hearing report available to interested parties upon request at a cost not to exceed the actual cost of printing.  b. Within 45 days of the close of a public hearing on a proposed contract held pursuant to this section, the contracting unit shall submit a copy of the hearing report to the department, the Board of Public Utilities, the Division of Local Government Services, and the Division of Rate Counsel.  L. 1985, c. 38, s. 27, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-164 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-164 - Mandatory contract provisions

13:1E-164. Mandatory contract provisions  Any contract to be awarded to a vendor pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act or pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.) or any other contracting procedure permitted by law for resource recovery facilities, shall include where applicable, but not be limited to, provisions concerning:  a. Allocation of the risks of financing and constructing a resource recovery facility, such risks to include:  (1) Delays in project completion;  (2) Construction cost overruns and change orders;  (3) Changes necessitated by revisions in laws, rules or regulations;  (4) Failure to achieve the required operating performance;  (5) Loss of tax benefits; and  (6) The need for additional equity contributions;  b. Allocation of the risks of operating and maintaining a resource recovery facility, such risks to include:  (1) Excess downtime or technical failure;  (2) Excess labor or materials costs due to underestimation;  (3) Changes in operating procedure necessitated by revisions in laws, rules or regulations;  (4) Changes in the amount or composition of the solid waste delivered for disposal;  (5) Excess operation or maintenance costs due to poor management;  (6) Increased costs of disposal of the resource recovery facility residue;  (7) The increased costs associated with the disposal of solid waste delivered to a resource recovery facility which cannot be processed at the facility; and  (8) The costs of disposal of recovered material which cannot be sold;  c. Allocation of the risks associated with circumstances beyond the control of any party to the contract;  d. Allocation of the revenues from the sale of energy or other recovered metals and other materials for reuse;  e. Default and termination of the contract;  f. The periodic preparation by the vendor of an operating performance report and an audited balance statement of the facility which shall be submitted to the contracting unit, the department and the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs;  g. The intervals at which the contract shall be renegotiated;  h. Employment of current employees of the contracting unit whose positions will be affected by the terms of the contract;  i. Competitive bidding procedures, or other methods of cost control, to be utilized by the vendor in obtaining any goods or services the cost of which will automatically be included, pursuant to the terms of the contract, in the rates to be charged at the resource recovery facility; and  j. The formulas to be used to determine the charges, rates, or fees to be charged for the resource recovery services, and the methodology or methodologies used to develop these formulas.  L. 1985, c. 38, s. 29, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-167 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-167 - Lease or sale to vendor

13:1E-167. Lease or sale to vendor  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a contracting unit, or State board, commission, committee, authority or agency may lease or sell the site for a resource recovery facility to a qualified vendor which has been awarded a contract pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act or pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.) or any other contracting procedure permitted by law for resource recovery facilities.  L. 1985, c. 38, s. 32, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-168 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-168 - Rules, regulations

13:1E-168. Rules, regulations  a. (1) The department may adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act.  (2) The department shall adopt rules and regulations for the engineering design of resource recovery facilities, to include a requirement that state-of-the-art air emission technology be installed to control the emission of hydrocarbons, particulates, dioxins, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, heavy metals, hydrochloric acid, sulfur oxides and other acid gases and pollutants from each resource recovery facility which is expected to emit these pollutants.  b. The Board of Public Utilities may adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act.  c. The Division of Local Government Services may adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act.  L. 1985, c. 38, s. 33, eff. Feb. 4, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-169 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-169 - Findings, declarations

13:1E-169. Findings, declarations  The Legislature finds that the ever-increasing costs of environmentally sound solid waste disposal necessarily impose significant economic burdens on local governments and residential taxpayers alike and put a severe strain on the ability of municipalities to meet their budgetary requirements without periodic increases in local property taxes; that while the individual escrow accounts that landfill owners are currently required to maintain for closure were mandated to assure that sufficient funds would be available upon the termination of landfills, those sanitary landfill facilities approaching capacity will not have a sufficient time to generate the needed revenues; that the proper disposal of solid waste and the environmentally sound and proper closure of sanitary landfill facilities are governmental functions affected with the public interest; that the considerable escrow and closing costs required to insure the proper closure of sanitary landfills have contributed to these escalating disposal costs or tipping fees; and that the State shall assume a concomitant share of the financial obligations created by these requirements.  The Legislature declares that it is the public policy of the State of New Jersey to provide a funding source to defray the costs of increases in landfill tipping fees required for closure and to provide needed assistance for such closures through the issuance of grants and loans to local government units to stabilize these costs in an efficient and equitable manner.  The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to establish a "Sanitary Landfill Closure and Rate Relief Fund" in the Department of Environmental Protection, which program shall provide State funding to make grants and loans to local governments to defray the costs of increases in landfill disposal tipping fees specifically required for closure and to finance the closure of sanitary landfill facilities approaching capacity.  L. 1985, c. 368, s. 1, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-171 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-171 - Sanitary Landfill Closure and Rate Relief Fund

13:1E-171. Sanitary Landfill Closure and Rate Relief Fund  a. The "Sanitary Landfill Closure and Rate Relief Fund" (hereinafter referred to as the "fund") is established as a special account in the Department of Environmental Protection. The fund shall be administered by the department, and shall be the depository of all monies appropriated to the fund by the Legislature pursuant to section 9 of this act or any subsequent act for the purpose of making State grants or loans to local government units to defray costs of increases in landfill disposal tipping fees specifically required for closure and to finance the closure of sanitary landfill facilities. Monies in the fund are specifically dedicated to making grants or loans to local government units for eligible closure projects as provided in section 5 of this act, and shall not be expended except in accordance with appropriations from the fund made pursuant to law. An act appropriating monies from the fund shall identify the particular project or projects to be funded, and shall specify the terms and conditions of each grant or loan.  b. Project grants shall be for the local government unit's portion of the closure costs, and grants shall be made only for projects which meet the eligibility requirements set forth in section 5 of this act.  c. The interest rate on loans made to local government units from the fund shall not exceed 50% of the average interest rate of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index for bonds available for purchase during the last 26 weeks preceding the date of the approval of the loan by the department. All principal and interest payments on loans made from the fund shall be repaid by the local government units into the fund and shall be deposited into the fund in accordance with the terms of a written loan agreement. The terms of the loan agreement shall be approved by the State Treasurer.  d. When a federal agency pays part of the cost of a project, the cost of the project shall be computed after deducting the federal contribution.  L. 1985, c. 368, s. 3, eff. Nov. 12, 1985. Amended by L. 1985, c. 369, s. 1, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-172 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-172 - Project priority list

13:1E-172. Project priority list  a. Applications and preliminary plans for closure project grants and loans shall be filed with the commissioner. The commissioner shall develop a priority system for landfill closure projects which shall establish ranking criteria and funding policies for the projects. With respect to the ranking criteria for these projects, priority shall be given to the owners and operators of sanitary landfill facilities in the following order:  (1) Those owners or operators of sanitary landfill facilities who have received, for a period of at least six months, solid waste from sources out-of-State;  (2) Those owners or operators of sanitary landfill facilities who are local government units; and  (3) Any other owners or operators of sanitary landfill facilities.  b. The commissioner shall set forth a project priority list for closure project grants and loans in accordance with the ranking criteria established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. Eligibility of an owner or operator of a sanitary landfill facility for a grant or loan for a closure project to be included on the project priority list shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this act. The project priority list shall include for each landfill closure project the date each project is scheduled to be certified by the department as ready for funding and shall be in conformance with applicable provisions of State law.  L. 1985, c. 368, s. 4, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-174 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-174 - Project appropriations

13:1E-174. Project appropriations  The commissioner shall annually provide the Legislature with the project priority list for the awarding of grants and loans from the "Sanitary Landfill Closure and Rate Relief Fund" for specific eligible closure projects, as provided in section 5 of this act, and the terms and conditions of each grant or loan. No grant or loan shall be awarded except upon specific project appropriation, including the terms and conditions of the grant or loan, by the Legislature.  L. 1985, c. 368, s. 6, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-175 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-175 - Rules

13:1E-175. Rules  The commissioner shall, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules governing the awarding and use of loans and grants, including, but not limited to, procedures for the submission of applications, standards for the evaluation of applications, requirements for the reporting by the recipients of the expenditure of funds, and any limitations, restrictions or requirements concerning the use of a loan or grant as the commissioner may prescribe.  L. 1985, c. 368, s. 7, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-176 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-176 - Financial plan for closure

13:1E-176. Financial plan for closure  It shall remain the continuing responsibility of the owner or operator of every sanitary landfill facility to insure that the rates or charges received at the facility, whether or not these rates or charges are subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to P.L. 1970, c. 40 (C. 48:13A-1 et seq.), will provide sufficient revenues for all costs, including closure costs, likely to be incurred by the facility. In order to insure the integrity of financial planning for closure, the owner or operator of every sanitary landfill facility, whether or not the rates or charges received by the facility are subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities, shall submit for approval to the department and, where relevant, the board, a financial plan addressing all aspects of closure. The owner or operator of every existing sanitary landfill facility for which a registration statement and engineering design have been filed with, and approved by, the department prior to June 1, 1985 shall submit a financial plan for closure within 180 days of the effective date of this act, except that the department, or the board, as the case may be, may grant an extension of up to 180 days, if sufficient reason exists to grant the extension. The owner or operator of every new sanitary landfill facility for which a registration statement and engineering statement have been filed with the department subsequent to June 1, 1985 shall submit for approval to the department and, where relevant, the board, a financial plan for closure prior to commencement of operations, except that the department, or the board, as the case may be, may grant an extension of up to 180 days, if sufficient reason exists to grant the extension.  L. 1985, c. 368, s. 8, eff. Nov. 12, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-177 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-177 - Short title

13:1E-177. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Regional Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Siting Act."  L. 1987,c.333, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-179 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-179 - Definitions.

13:1E-179 Definitions.  3. As used in this act: "Class of low-level radioactive waste" means a designation of low-level radioactive waste by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission based on the concentration of specific radionuclides in the waste; "Commission" means the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission created pursuant to Article IV of P.L.1983, c.329 (C.32:31-5); "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "Disposal" means the isolation of low-level radioactive waste from the biosphere for the hazardous life of the waste; "Facility" means the land, buildings, equipment, and improvements used or developed for the treatment, storage, or disposal of the low-level radioactive wastes generated within the party states to the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact; "Low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive waste that (1) is neither high-level waste nor spent fuel, nor by-product material as defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of 42 U.S.C. s.2014; and (2) is classified by the federal government as low-level waste, consistent with existing law; but does not include waste generated as a result of atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, as defined in the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act," Pub.L.96-573 (42 U.S.C. s.2021b et seq.) and the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985," Pub.L.99-240 (42 U.S.C. s.2021b et seq.) or federal research and development activities; "Plan" means the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan adopted by the department pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1987, c.333 (C.13:1E-186); "Region" means the geographical area encompassed by the combined jurisdictions of the party states to the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact; "Site" means both the physical location with a buffer zone and the technology employed to isolate low-level radioactive waste at that location; and "Generator" means any person, association, public utility, hospital, clinic, research laboratory, corporation, society, radiopharmaceutical facility, academic facility, or nuclear medical research facility that produces low-level radioactive waste, or any other entity identified by the board that produces low-level radioactive waste, or that is licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to use, possess, handle or dispose of radioactive materials. L.1987,c.333,s.3; amended 1991, c.166, s.1; 2002, c.105, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-181.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-181.3 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Fund.

13:1E-181.3 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Fund.  5. a. The Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Fund is established as a nonlapsing revolving fund in the Department of Environmental Protection. The fund shall be administered by the department, and shall be credited with all fees collected pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1991, c.166 (C.13:1E-181.1) prior to the effective date of P.L.2002, c.105. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the department to perform the functions for which it is responsible under the provisions of P.L.1987, c.333 (C.13:1E-177 et seq.), the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act," Pub.L.96-573 (42 U.S.C. s.2021b et seq.) and the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985," Pub.L.99-240 (42 U.S.C.s.2021b et seq.). The expenditure of moneys in the fund shall be subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. In the event that additional expenditures are not otherwise required, any moneys remaining in the fund shall be returned to generators in the same proportion in which the fees were assessed and paid. b. The department shall cause an annual audit to be made of the fund and all expenditures of moneys from the fund. The audit shall include a determination of the extent to which the expenditures directly relate to costs incurred in the implementation of the relevant provisions of P.L.1987, c.333 (C.13:1E-177 et seq.), the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act," Pub.L.96-573 (42 U.S.C.s.2021b et seq.), and the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985," Pub.L.99-240 (42 U.S.C. s.2021b et seq.), including, but not limited to, salaries and administrative expenses. Each annual audit shall be subject to review by the State Auditor, and shall be transmitted to the presiding officer of each House of the Legislature and to the respective chairpersons of the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, or their successors.  L.1991,c.166,s.5; amended 2002, c.105, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-186 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-186 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan.

13:1E-186 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan.  10. a. The department shall review the regional management plan developed by the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission pursuant to Article V of P.L.1983, c.329 (C.32:31-6), and revise and update the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan when, in the discretion of the department, changes in the amount or class of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region, or technological advances in the means of managing, storing, transporting, or disposing of low-level radioactive waste, so require. b. The plan shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) A current inventory of all low-level radioactive waste generators within the region; (2) A current inventory of the sources, volumes, classes, and hazardous life of the low-level radioactive wastes generated within the region; (3) Projections of the volumes, classes, and hazardous life of the low-level radioactive wastes which are expected to be generated in the region during the next 20 years; and (4) An analysis of transportation routes and transportation costs from low-level radioactive waste generators in the region to out-of-State processing and disposal sites. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.105). d. The department shall establish and maintain a public information program which addresses: (1) The nature and dimension of the low-level radioactive waste disposal problem; (2) The need for the proper and expeditious siting of a regional low-level radioactive waste disposal facility or the need to develop other disposal or management options that will be used to manage the State's low-level radioactive waste; and (3) The necessity and opportunities for public participation as provided herein. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.105). L.1987,c.333,s.10; amended 2002, c.105, s.3.