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NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-191 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-191 - Reward for information.

13:1E-191 Reward for information.  15. a. Any person who supplies any information which proximately results in the arrest and conviction of any other person for the illegal treatment, transport, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste shall be awarded one-half of any penalty collected as a result thereof. b. The Attorney General shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this section. L.1987,c.333,s.15; amended 2002, c.105, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-198 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-198 - Rules, regulations.

13:1E-198 Rules, regulations.  22. The department shall, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.1987, c.333 (C.13:1E-177 et seq.) L.1987,c.333,s.22; amended 2002, c.105, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-199 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-199 - Definitions

13:1E-199. Definitions  As used in this act: "Distributor" means a person who sells lead acid batteries at wholesale to retailers in this State, including any manufacturer who engages in these sales;  "Lead acid battery" means a lead acid electric storage battery designed for use in motor vehicles, aviation equipment or marine vessels;  "Manufacturer" means a person producing lead acid batteries for sale to distributors or retailers or consumers;  "Recycling" means any process by which solid waste materials are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products;  "Retailer" means a person engaged in the sale of lead acid batteries to any person at retail and includes any manufacturer or distributor engaging in retail sales, except that "retailer" shall not include a person engaged in the sale of new motor vehicles;  "Scrap processing facility" means a commercial industrial facility designed and operated for receiving, storing, processing and transferring source separated, nonputrescible ferrous and nonferrous metal, which materials are purchased by the owner or operator thereof, and which are altered or reduced in volume or physical characteristics onsite by mechanical methods, including but not limited to baling, cutting, torching, crushing, or shredding, for the purposes of resale for remelting, refining, smelting or remanufacturing into raw materials or products;  "Solid waste container" means a receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing of solid waste.  L.1991,c.94,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-200 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-200 - Disposal of used lead acid battery

13:1E-200. Disposal of used lead acid battery  No person shall dispose of a used lead acid battery as solid waste at any time. Any person seeking to discard a used lead acid battery may deliver the used lead acid battery to:  a. a retailer of lead acid batteries, or a distributor or manufacturer engaged in the sale at wholesale of lead acid batteries;  b. a secondary lead smelter; c. a scrap processing facility at which used lead acid batteries are received, stored, processed or transferred for the purposes of recycling; or  d. a household hazardous waste collection site established pursuant to a county household hazardous waste collection program.  L.1991,c.94,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-201 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-201 - Retailers to accept used lead acid battery

13:1E-201. Retailers to accept used lead acid battery  a. Every retailer, including every distributor or manufacturer offering lead acid batteries for sale at wholesale, upon presentation at any time during business hours from a member of the public, shall accept any used lead acid battery if the battery is offered as part of an exchange related to the sale of a new lead acid battery.  b. No retailer shall dispose of a used lead acid battery as solid waste at any time. Any retailer may return used lead acid batteries accepted from the public directly to the distributor. A retailer may arrange for the pickup and proper recycling of used lead acid batteries with:  (1) a secondary lead smelter; (2) a scrap processing facility at which used lead acid batteries are received, stored, processed or transferred for the purposes of recycling; or  (3) a household hazardous waste collection site established pursuant to a county household hazardous waste collection program.  L.1991,c.94,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-202 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-202 - Distributor to accept used lead acid battery from retailer

13:1E-202. Distributor to accept used lead acid battery from retailer  a. No distributor or his agent may refuse to accept any used lead acid battery returned to the distributor or his agent from any retailer in the distributor's service area. Whenever a retailer or group of retailers receives a shipment or consignment of, or in any manner acquires, lead acid batteries from any distributor outside of New Jersey for sale to consumers in New Jersey, the retailer or retailers shall be subject to the provisions of this act as if they were distributors as well as retailers.  b. No distributor shall dispose of a used lead acid battery as solid waste at any time. Any distributor may return used lead acid batteries accepted from a retailer directly to the manufacturer. A distributor may arrange for the pickup and proper recycling of used lead acid batteries with:  (1) a secondary lead smelter; (2) a scrap processing facility at which used lead acid batteries are received, stored, processed or transferred for the purposes of recycling; or  (3) a household hazardous waste collection site established pursuant to a county household hazardous waste collection program.  L.1991,c.94,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-203 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-203 - Manufacturer to accept used lead acid battery from distributor

13:1E-203. Manufacturer to accept used lead acid battery from distributor  No manufacturer may refuse to accept any used lead acid battery from any distributor. Every manufacturer producing lead acid batteries for distribution or sale in this State shall provide for the proper recycling of used lead acid batteries returned pursuant to this act. A manufacturer may arrange for the transportation of used lead acid batteries to:  a. a secondary lead smelter permitted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; or  b. any scrap processing facility that accepts used lead acid batteries for recycling.  L.1991,c.94,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-204 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-204 - Retailer to display notice that lead acid batteries may be recycled

13:1E-204. Retailer to display notice that lead acid batteries may be recycled  Every retailer of lead acid batteries shall conspicuously post and maintain, at or near the point of sale, a legible notice to consumers, not less than 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size and bearing the State recycling logo or symbol, containing the following inscription:  "Lead acid batteries can be recycled here. It is illegal to discard an automotive or marine lead acid battery in New Jersey. State law requires us to accept and recycle any used automotive or marine lead acid battery returned to us, in exchange for the purchase of a new lead acid battery."  L.1991,c.94,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-205 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-205 - Solid waste collector not to collect used lead acid batteries

13:1E-205. Solid waste collector not to collect used lead acid batteries  No solid waste collector registered pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-4 and 13:1E-5) and holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-6 and 48:13A-9) shall knowingly collect used lead acid batteries placed for collection and disposal as solid waste. A solid waste collector may refuse to collect a solid waste container containing a used lead acid battery.  L.1991,c.94,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-206 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-206 - Solid waste facility not to accept used lead acid batteries

13:1E-206. Solid waste facility not to accept used lead acid batteries  No solid waste facility in this State shall knowingly accept for disposal a truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing any used lead acid batteries. The owner or operator of a solid waste facility may refuse to accept for disposal any truckload or roll-off container of solid waste containing any used lead acid batteries.  L.1991,c.94,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-207 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-207 - Consumer complaints, dissemination of information

13:1E-207. Consumer complaints, dissemination of information  a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish a means of addressing consumer complaints and a public education program to assure the widespread dissemination of information concerning the purpose of this act.  b. The department shall have the right to enter, at any time during normal business hours and upon presentation of appropriate credentials, any recycling center as defined in section 2 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.12), or any retail establishment or scrap processing facility at which used lead acid batteries are received, stored, processed or transferred for the purposes of recycling, in order to determine compliance with the provisions of this act.  L.1991,c.94,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-209 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-209 - DEP educational materials on computer recycling and reuse.

13:1E-209 DEP educational materials on computer recycling and reuse.  2. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to state and Federal law, and in consultation with manufacturers, retailers and distributors of computers and other electronic equipment, and environmental groups, and with the cooperation of the Department of Education, shall prepare educational materials relating to the reclamation, recycling or reuse of used computer monitors and used consumer electronics. b. The materials shall promote the values of recycling used computer monitors and other used consumer electronics, such as television sets and other cathode ray tubes mercury lamps; provide information on the environmentally-sound disposal of such items; and encourage the reuse of all cathode ray tubes found in consumer electronics. L.2002,c.106,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-210 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-210 - Distribution of educational materials by DOE.

13:1E-210 Distribution of educational materials by DOE.  3. The Department of Education shall distribute the educational materials prepared by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2002, c.106 (C.13:1E-209) to each school district in the State. Local school boards are encouraged to integrate these educational materials into the curricula whenever possible, and to otherwise make them available to elementary and secondary school children for extracurricular activities and to their parents. L.2002,c.106,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-211 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-211 - DEP evaluation demonstration project; report.

13:1E-211 DEP evaluation demonstration project; report.  4. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to State and federal law, and in consultation with manufacturers, retailers and distributors of computers and other electronic equipment, and environmental groups, shall organize and coordinate a cooperative public-private demonstration project to evaluate the practicability and feasibility of requiring the Statewide mandatory source separation and recycling of used computer monitors, used consumer electronic equipment or used television sets or other cathode ray tube-containing devices, found to be of particular concern to the department, as a means of encouraging the recycling rather than disposal of these items. b. The department shall investigate the availability of, and apply for, funds available from the federal government, or any private or public source, to finance the costs of the demonstration project. c. The department shall prepare and submit a report to the Governor, to the Legislature, and to the Chairmen of the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee or their successor committees no later than two years following the effective date of this act. The report shall describe the progress of the demonstration project and shall include recommendations for further administrative or legislative action. L.2002,c.106,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-212 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-212 - Rules, regulations.

13:1E-212 Rules, regulations.  5. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection 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 act. L.2002,c.106,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-213 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-213 - Title amended.

13:1E-213 Title amended.  1. Sections 1 through 10 and section 13 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-213 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "Clean Communities Program Act." L.2002, c.128, s.1; amended 2007, c.311, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-214 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-214 - Findings, declarations relative to the Clean Communities Program.

13:1E-214 Findings, declarations relative to the Clean Communities Program.  2. The Legislature finds that an uncluttered landscape is among the most priceless heritages which New Jersey can bequeath to posterity; that it is the duty of government to promote and encourage a clean and safe environment; that the proliferation and accumulation of carelessly discarded litter may pose a threat to the public health and safety; that the litter problem is especially serious in a State as densely populated and heavily traveled as New Jersey; and that unseemly litter has an adverse economic effect on New Jersey by making the State less attractive to tourists and new industry and residents. The Legislature, therefore, declares it to be in the aesthetic, environmental, and economic interests of the State of New Jersey to support a Clean Communities Program. L.2002, c.128, s.2; amended 2007, c.311, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-219 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-219 - Contract not required for receipt of State aid.

13:1E-219 Contract not required for receipt of State aid.  7. a. (1) No contract shall be required as a prerequisite to the distribution of State aid to eligible municipalities and counties for programs of litter pickup and removal pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217). All State aid funds for each fiscal year for which these funds are to be distributed shall be distributed by May 31 of the following year. (2) Every eligible municipality and county shall submit a brief annual report to the department summarizing the uses and expenditure of funds received for its program of litter pickup and removal. b. The department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the success of the county and municipal litter pickup and removal programs in reducing litter in New Jersey not later than August 30 of each year. c. Additional expenditures or incremental costs necessary and reasonably incurred by a municipality or county for the abatement and control of litter or any other antilittering activities as a direct result of the implementation of the provisions of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-213 et al.) shall, for the purposes of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.1 et seq.), be considered expenditures mandated by State law. L.2002,c.128,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-220 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-220 - Additional duties, responsibilities of department.

13:1E-220 Additional duties, responsibilities of department.  8. In addition to the duties and responsibilities imposed pursuant to P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-213 et al.), the Department of Environmental Protection shall: a. Coordinate the various industry and business organizations seeking to aid in the antilitter effort; b. Conduct periodic litter surveys or random inspections in various parts of the State to ensure the satisfactory implementation of the county and municipal litter pickup and removal programs required pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217); c. Encourage and cooperate with all local voluntary and government antilitter campaigns attempting to focus public attention on the Statewide public information and education program concerning antilittering activities and other aspects of responsible solid waste handling behavior as part of the Clean Communities Program; d. Investigate the availability of, and apply for, funds available from any private or public source to be used in the Clean Communities Program; e. Investigate the successful methods of litter pickup and removal programs in other states or jurisdictions, encourage the use of litter receptacles, and evaluate their possible incorporation into the New Jersey Clean Communities Program. L.2002,c.128,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-221 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-221 - Violations, penalties.

13:1E-221 Violations, penalties.  9. Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-213 et al.) for which no penalty is specifically provided is subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each violation. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues constitutes a separate and distinct offense. L.2002,c.128,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-222 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-222 - Rules, regulations.

13:1E-222 Rules, regulations.  10. a. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-213 et al.). b. The director shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-216). L.2002,c.128,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-223 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-223 - Annual appropriations; conditions.

13:1E-223 Annual appropriations; conditions.  13. a. The annual appropriations act for each State fiscal year shall, without other conditions, limitations or restrictions on the following: (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2007, c.311). (2) appropriate the amount specified pursuant to subsection f. of section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217) to the Department of Environmental Protection for use by the organization under contract with the department pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-218) for a Statewide public information and education program concerning antilittering activities and other aspects of responsible solid waste handling behavior; and (3) appropriate the balance of the Clean Communities Program Fund established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2002, c.128 (C.13:1E-217) for the purposes set forth in subsections a., b., c. and d. of that section. b. If the requirements of subsection a. of this section are not met on the effective date of an annual appropriations act for the State fiscal year, or if an amendment or supplement to an annual appropriations act for the State fiscal year should violate any of the requirements of subsection a. of this section, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall, not later than five days after the enactment of the annual appropriations act, or an amendment or supplement thereto, that violates any of the requirements of subsection a. of this section, certify to the Director of the Division of Taxation that the requirements of subsection a. of this section have not been met. L.2002, c.128, s.13; amended 2007, c.311, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:1E-224 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:1E-224 - Tire Management and Cleanup Fund.

13:1E-224 Tire Management and Cleanup Fund.  3. There is established the Tire Management and Cleanup Fund as a nonlapsing fund in the Department of Environmental Protection in which shall be annually deposited the sum provided pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2004, c.46 (C.54:32F-2) and any recoveries made pursuant to subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.2004, c.46 (C.13:1E-225). L.2004,c.46,s.3.