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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:16-7 - Conveyance of lands to United States

32:16-7. Conveyance of lands to United States
In addition to the powers conferred by this subtitle, Palisades Interstate Park Commission may grant and convey for a nominal consideration to the United States Government or any appropriate agency thereof, such parcels of any land or rights therein in this State, now owned by the commission or hereafter acquired by them on top of the Palisades, as may in its opinion be proper and necessary for the purpose of laying out and constructing a parkway on top of the Palisades.
Amended by L.1939, c. 191, p. 568, s. 40.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-1 - Commissioners authorized to enter into compact

32:17-1. Commissioners authorized to enter into compact
1. Edmund W. Wakelee, Charles W. Baker, William Childs, Abram De Ronde and Victor H. Berman, or any three of them, together with the attorney general of the state of New Jersey, are hereby authorized as commissioners upon the part of the state of New Jersey to enter into, with the state of New York, by and through the commissioners appointed or who may be appointed under or by virtue of a law passed or to be passed by the legislature of the state of New York, and with the approval of the governors of both states, an agreement or compact in substantially the form following:
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-2 - Preamble; consideration of agreement

32:17-2. Preamble; consideration of agreement
Whereas, heretofore the states of New York and New Jersey have co-operated in the establishment and maintenance of an interstate park along the front of the Palisades in said states and in the mountainous lands in Rockland and Orange counties in the state of New York, by respectively enacting legislation creating in each state a body politic by the name and style of "commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park" , with power to acquire lands for such park, and improve and manage the same, and by respectively appointing, in practically all cases, the same persons as members of each of such state bodies politic; and
Whereas, it is confidently believed that the creation, by interstate compact, of a joint corporate municipal instrumentality to hold and manage such interstate park will provide greater flexibility and harmony in the management of the park,
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual advantages and benefits to accrue to the peoples of the states of New York and New Jersey from this compact and in consideration of the mutual covenants of the parties hereto herein contained, the sovereign state of New York and the sovereign state of New Jersey do hereby agree as follows:
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-3 - Palisades Interstate park continued; name; co-operation pledged

32:17-3. Palisades Interstate park continued; name; co-operation pledged
ARTICLE I.
1. The park or parks in the state of New York under the jurisdiction, management or control of commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park, a body politic created pursuant to chapter one hundred seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred of the state of New York (hereinafter referred to as "New York state board" ), and the park or parks in the state of New Jersey now under the jurisdiction, management or control of commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park, a body politic created pursuant to chapter eighty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred of the state of New Jersey (hereinafter referred to as "New Jersey state board" , the New York state board and the New Jersey state board being hereinafter referred to collectively as "state boards" ), shall continue to exist and shall be maintained in the two states as an interstate park for the use of the public and for the purpose of preserving the scenic beauty of the Palisades and other lands therein. Such park shall be called "Palisades Interstate park" . The parties hereto do hereby agree to and pledge, each to the other, faithful co-operation in the future planning, improvement, development, maintenance, government and management of the park, holding in high trust for the benefit of the public the special blessings and natural advantages thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-5 - Functions, jurisdiction, etc., of state boards transferred to commission; withdrawal or modification

32:17-5. Functions, jurisdiction, etc., of state boards transferred to commission; withdrawal or modification
ARTICLE III.
1. There are hereby transferred to the commission all of the functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties of the respective state boards, as now prescribed by the laws of the respective states, and the same shall hereafter be exercised and performed by the commission, subject to such modifications thereof as are contained in this compact. Either the state of New York or the state of New Jersey may by law applicable to parks or park commissions generally within such state, or by law specifically applicable to the commission or to any of the parks within such state under its jurisdiction, and without the concurrence of the other state, withdraw, modify, alter or amend any of the functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties transferred to the commission by this article or confer additional functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties on the commission, but such action by one state shall be effective only within the territorial limits of such state. The commission shall also have such additional functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties as may be conferred upon it by both states.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-7 - Gifts, bequests or devises; use of revenue and income; reports and estimates

32:17-7. Gifts, bequests or devises; use of revenue and income; reports and estimates
ARTICLE V.
1. All money, securities and other property, real and personal, heretofore received by either of the state boards or hereafter received by the commission by way of gift, bequest or devise, may be retained by the commission and, except in so far as the purpose or manner of using the same is otherwise specifically designated or restricted by the terms of any such gift, bequest or devise, may be used in the commission's discretion in either state for any park purpose; and the commission may likewise retain and use all revenue and income arising solely from such money, securities and other property so received by way of gift, bequest or devise or from facilities or operations financed solely by funds so received. In the case of revenue and income arising partly from specific property received by way of gift, bequest or devise or from specific facilities or operations financed partly by funds so received, the commission may likewise retain and use such proportion of such revenue and income as the amount of gifts, bequests or devises, or the proceeds thereof, invested in each such property, facility or operation, bears to the total amount invested therein. The legislature of either state may from time to time by law specifically made applicable to the commission prescribe other terms and conditions upon which or purposes for which any gifts, bequests or devises thereafter made of money, securities or other property may be accepted for use in such state or used in such state or prescribe a different manner of administering gifts, bequests or devises thereafter made in such state and the disposition of all revenues or income arising therefrom.
2. Either state may from time to time by law require the commission to render to any designated official or official body of such state such reports and such estimates of revenues and expenditures as may be specified in such law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-9 - Liability for torts

32:17-9. Liability for torts
ARTICLE VII.
1. Neither the state of New York nor the state of New Jersey shall be liable for any torts of the commission, its members, officers or employees, except as provided by the laws of such state, but each member, officer and employee of the commission shall, with respect to any tort committed by him in the exercise of his duties or in the course of his employment as such member, officer or employee, be deemed to be an officer or employee of the state where such tort was committed, and any liability arising from such tort shall be governed by the laws of such state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-10 - Amendment of compact; jurat

32:17-10. Amendment of compact; jurat
ARTICLE VIII.
1. This compact may be amended from time to time by the concurrent action of the two states who are parties hereto.
In witness whereof, the sovereign states of New York and New Jersey, respectively, have caused this compact to be signed and sealed in triplicate by their respective commissioners thereunto duly authorized this day of , nineteen hundred thirty- .
L.1937, c. 148, s. 1, pp. 364 to 371.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-11 - Filling vacancies

32:17-11. Filling vacancies
If by death, resignation or otherwise, a vacancy occurs among those appointed hereunder as commissioners to enter into the aforesaid compact upon behalf of the state of New Jersey, the governor is hereby authorized to fill such vacancy.
L.1937, c. 148, s. 2, p. 372.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:17-12 - Consent of congress; effect of compact; filing copy

32:17-12. Consent of congress; effect of compact; filing copy
The said agreement or compact, when signed and sealed by the commissioners of each state and by the governors of the respective states as hereinbefore provided, shall be presented by said commissioners to the congress of the United States for its consent and approval, and when such consent and approval have been given, said agreement or compact shall become binding upon the state of New Jersey and thereupon the commission therein created shall be and become vested with all property and rights in or to property transferred to and vested in said commission by the terms of said agreement or compact, together with all other rights, powers, duties and obligations provided for therein. As soon as practicable after obtaining the consent and approval of the congress of the United States thereto, an original copy of said agreement or compact shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New Jersey by the commissioners named in section one hereof.
L.1937, c. 148, s. 3, p. 372.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-1 - Appointment of commissioners; preamble

32:18-1. Appointment of commissioners; preamble
1. The governor shall, within thirty days after this act becomes a law, appoint five persons, one of whom shall be a member of the state department of health, one of whom shall be a member of the state board of conservation and development, one of whom shall be a member of the state board of commerce and navigation and two members from the state at large, all of whom shall be residents of New Jersey, to act as commissioners upon the part of the state of New Jersey for the purpose of entering into and are hereby authorized as such commissioners to enter into an agreement or compact with the state of New York, by and through the commissioners appointed or who may be appointed under or by virtue of a law of the legislature of the state of New York, in the form following, that is to say:
TRI-STATE COMPACT.
Whereas, The tremendous growth of population and the development of the territory surrounding and adjacent to the harbor of New York has resulted in recent years in an increasingly serious pollution of the harbor, coastal and tidal waters in such area and the tributary waters therein; and
Whereas, Such pollution constitutes a grave menace to the health, welfare and recreational facilities of the people living in such area and is occasioning great economic loss; and
Whereas, The control of future pollution and the abatement of existing pollution in the waters in such area is of prime importance to the people living in such area and can best be accomplished through the co-operation of the states of New Jersey and New York and Connecticut by and through a joint or common agency; now therefore,
The state of New York and the state of New Jersey and the state of Connecticut do agree and are bound as follows:
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-2 - Co-operation pledged; purposes to be accomplished

32:18-2. Co-operation pledged; purposes to be accomplished
ARTICLE I.
1. Each of the signatory states pledges each to the other faithful co-operation in the control of future pollution and agrees to provide for the abatement of existing pollution in the tidal and coastal waters in the adjacent portions of the signatory states defined herein as coming within the district, and consistent with such object, to enact adequate legislation which will enable each of the signatory states to put and maintain the waters thereof in a satisfactory sanitary condition and particularly to protect public health; to render safe such waters as are now used or may later become available for bathing and recreational purposes; to abate and eliminate such pollution as becomes obnoxious or causes a nuisance; to permit the maintenance of major fish life, shellfish and marine life in waters now available or that may by practicable means be made available for the development of such fish, shellfish or marine life; to prevent oil, grease or solids from being carried on the surface of the water; to prevent the formation of sludge deposits along the shores or in the waterways; and with the fulfillment of these objectives to abate and avoid incurring unnecessary economic loss by safeguarding the rights of the public in its varied legitimate uses of the waters of the district.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-3 - Interstate environmental district created; boundaries.

32:18-3 Interstate environmental district created; boundaries.
ARTICLE II.
1. To that end they do agree that there shall be created and they do hereby create a district to be known as the Interstate Environmental District (hereinafter referred to as the district) which shall embrace the territory described as follows:
All the coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering portions of the signatory states as follows:
a. In Connecticut, Long Island sound and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the easterly side of New Haven harbor at Morgan Point and the Connecticut-New York state boundary, and the Housatonic river up to the northerly boundary lines of the towns of Stratford and Milford.
b. In New York, all of the tidal waters of greater New York city; including Kill van Kull and Arthur Kill, Long Island sound and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city line and the New York-Connecticut state boundary and between the New York city line and the easterly side of Port Jefferson harbor; the Atlantic ocean and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city line and the easterly side of Fire Island inlet; and the Hudson river and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York and New Jersey state boundary and the northerly line of Rockland county on the westerly side and between the northerly line of New York city and the northerly line of Westchester county on the easterly side of the river.
c. In New Jersey, the Hudson river and New York upper bay and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York-New Jersey boundary and Constable Point on Constable Hook; the Kill van Kull and Arthur Kill to the mouths of the rivers entering into the Kills; Newark bay and the estuaries thereof up to the mouth of the Passaic river; and up to the mouth of the Hackensack river; Raritan bay together with the Raritan river up to the Victory bridge on said river between Perth Amboy and South Amboy; together with the Cheesequake creek up to the New York and Long Branch Railroad bridge on said creek at Morgan; together with the Matawan creek up to the New York and Long Branch Railroad bridge on said creek at Matawan; Sandy Hook bay; together with the Shrewsbury river up to the passenger railroad bridge between Navesink Light and Highland Beach on said river.
Amended 2000, c.6, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-4 - Interstate Environmental Commission created.

32:18-4 Interstate Environmental Commission created.
ARTICLE III.
1. There is hereby created the Interstate Environmental Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein enumerated and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred upon it by the act or acts of a signatory state concurred in by the others and by the act or acts of congress when necessary.
Amended 2000, c.6, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-5 - Commissioners; appointment and removal

32:18-5. Commissioners; appointment and removal
ARTICLE IV.
1. The commission shall consist of five commissioners from each state, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the state from which he is appointed.
The commissioners shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by law of the state from which they shall be appointed, and each commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-6 - Organization of commission; assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum; reports and recommendations; pledging credit of state

32:18-6. Organization of commission; assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum; reports and recommendations; pledging credit of state
ARTICLE V.
1. The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, and shall fix and determine their duties, qualifications and compensations.
It shall adopt a seal and suitable by-laws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control.
It may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states.
A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof.
The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual report to the governor and the legislature of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this compact, and changes in the district which concentration of population or other cause may require.
The commission shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or other administrative expenses prior to the making of appropriations adequate to meet the same; nor shall the commission pledge the credit of any of the signatory states except by and with the authority of the legislatures thereof. Each state reserves the right to provide hereafter by law for the examination and audit of the accounts of the commission by its comptroller or other official.
The commissioners shall meet and organize within ten days after the effective date of this compact.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-7 - No single standard of purity; classification of waters of district

32:18-7. No single standard of purity; classification of waters of district
ARTICLE VI.
1. It is recognized by the signatory states that, where tidal waters are used for such varied purposes as bathing, navigation, shellfish culture, the development of fish life and the disposal of wastes, no single standard of purity is practicable in all parts of the district. In order to attain the objects of this compact, the commission, after proper study and after conducting public hearings upon due notice, shall group the designated waters of the district into classes. Where local conditions shall have changed in the future to such an extent that changes in classification become necessary the commission may, after conducting public hearings upon due notice, adopt such changes.
Two general classifications shall be used:
(1) Class "A" , in which the designated water areas are expected to be used primarily for recreational purposes, shellfish culture or the development of fish life.
(2) Class "B" , in which the designated water areas are not expected to be used primarily for recreational purposes, shellfish culture or the development of fish life.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-8 - Discharge of sewage; conditions and restrictions enumerated

32:18-8. Discharge of sewage; conditions and restrictions enumerated
ARTICLE VII.
1. It is agreed between the signatory states that no sewage or other polluting matters shall be discharged or permitted to flow into, or be placed in, or permitted to fall or move into the tidal waters of the district, except under the following conditions and restrictions:
(1) All sewage discharged or permitted to flow into class "A" waters of the district shall first have been so treated as--
a. to remove all floating solids and at least sixty per cent (60%) of the suspended solids; and
b. to effect a reduction of organisms of the B. Coli group (intestinal bacilli) so that the probable number of such organisms shall not exceed one per cubic centimeter in more than fifty per cent (50%) of the samples of sewage effluent tested by the partially confirmed test; provided, however, that in the case of discharge into waters used primarily for bathing this bacterial standard need not be required except during the bathing season; and
c. To effect a reduction in the oxygen demand of the sewage effluent sufficient to maintain an average dissolved oxygen content in the tidal waters of the district and in the general vicinity of the point of discharge of the sewage into those waters, at a depth of about five feet below the surface, of not less than fifty per cent (50%) saturation during any week of the year.
(2) All sewage discharged or permitted to flow into class "B" waters of the district shall first have been so treated as--
a. to remove all floating solids and at least ten per cent (10%) of the suspended solids, or such additional percentage as may by reason of local conditions be necessary to avoid the formation of sludge deposits in the class "B" waters of the district; and
b. to effect a reduction in the oxygen demand of the sewage effluent sufficient to maintain an average dissolved oxygen content in the tidal waters of the district and in the general vicinity of the point of discharge of the sewage into those waters, at a depth of about five feet below the surface, of not less than thirty per cent (30%) saturation during any week of the year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-9 - Sanitary condition of tributary streams; Hudson river

32:18-9. Sanitary condition of tributary streams; Hudson river
ARTICLE VIII.
1. Each of the signatory states agrees, that in so far as waters within its jurisdiction may flow into any portion of the district, all sewage discharged or permitted to flow into any stream tributary to the tidal waters of the district shall be treated to that extent, if any, which may be necessary to maintain such tributary immediately above its confluence with the tidal waters of the district in a sanitary condition at least equal to the classification requirements determined by the commission for the tidal waters of the district into which it discharges. The waters of the Hudson river, immediately above the mouth of Sparkill creek on the westerly side and the New York-New Jersey boundary extended on the easterly side of the river, shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at ebb tide at least equal to the sanitary condition prevailing in the waters of the river immediately below said boundary at flood tide.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-10 - Additional conditions and restrictions

32:18-10. Additional conditions and restrictions
ARTICLE IX.
1. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to repeal or prevent the enactment of any legislation or the enforcement of any requirement by any signatory state imposing any additional conditions and restrictions to further lessen or prevent the pollution of waters within its jurisdiction.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-11 - Municipal sewage; treatment required

32:18-11. Municipal sewage; treatment required
ARTICLE X.
1. Subject to the provisions of this compact the commission, as soon as may be after its organization, after an investigation and after conducting public hearings upon due notice, shall by order prescribe the reasonable date on or before which each municipality or other entity discharging sewage into the designated waters within the district shall be treating such sewage in accordance with the standards specified in this compact. And such order may prescribe that certain specific progress shall be made at certain definite times prior to the final date fixed in such order.
It is the desire of all parties to accomplish the objects herein set forth with the least possible injury to investments which have already been made in the construction of sewage treatment plants within the district, and where changes or additions to such plants would be necessary to conform to the standards herein adopted, a reasonable time to effect such changes or additions may, in the discretion of the commission, be granted.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-12 - Enforcement of compact pledged; commission to compel enforcement

32:18-12. Enforcement of compact pledged; commission to compel enforcement
ARTICLE XI.
1. Each of the signatory states agrees that it will prohibit the pollution of the said waters within the district in accordance with the several articles of this compact, and that it will enact suitable and adequate legislation which will accomplish effectively the objects of this compact and which will enable its officers, departments, boards and agents to accomplish satisfactorily the obligations and duties assumed by the state under the terms of this compact, and it is further agreed that the courts of the several states shall have jurisdiction to enforce as against any person, corporation, municipality or other entity or any employee, department or subdivision of the respective signatory states any and all provisions of this compact.
The commission shall have authority to investigate and determine if the requirements of the compact and/or the orders of the commission pursuant thereto are complied with and if satisfactory progress has not been made, to bring action in its own name in the proper court or courts to compel the enforcement of any and all of the provisions of this compact, and/or the orders of the commission pursuant thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-13 - Co-operation with existing agencies; adoption of general plan; Passaic valley sewerage system

32:18-13. Co-operation with existing agencies; adoption of general plan; Passaic valley sewerage system
ARTICLE XII.
1. In order that future pollution be controlled and existing pollution be abated with the greatest possible economy and efficiency, the commission shall co-operate and advise with the respective state and district authorities having jurisdiction over stream pollution, with a view to co-ordinating their activities and securing the most satisfactory results at lower cost. For such purpose the commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards herein set forth, having in view the future growth and development of the district. Such plan when completed shall be submitted to the governor and the legislature of each state and to the state agency or agencies or district agencies in charge of sewage problems.
The provisions of this act shall not affect the discharge from the outfall pipes of the Passaic valley sewerage system into the waters of New York harbor; provided, that said discharge shall be in accordance with the terms and provisions of the stipulation entered into on April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and ten, between the United States of America and Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-14 - Definitions.

32:18-14 Definitions.
ARTICLE XIII.
1. Terms used in this compact are defined as follows:
"District" means the area more particularly described in article II of this compact.
"Commission" means the Interstate Environmental Commission.
"Municipality" means any city, incorporated village, borough, county, town, township, district, or any municipality governed by an improvement commission, any joint sewer commission, or any other subdivision of any one of the signatory states, located within the district.
"Rule or regulation" means any rule or regulation established by the commission not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or of any signatory state, promulgated by the commission touching the abatement of pollution of the waters of the district.
"Tidal waters" means all those waters which ebb and flow within the designated district.
"Dissolved oxygen" is the gaseous oxygen held in solution by the water at any given time. It is expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount of oxygen that would be required to saturate the water under the existing conditions of temperature and salinity.
"Pollution" is any foreign matter which renders waters unfit to sustain fish life and unsatisfactory for bathing.
"Sewage effluent" means the treated sewage discharged from a treatment plant.
"Suspended solids" means those solid particles carried in suspension in the untreated sewage or sewage effluent.
"Entity" means any organization or association owning, controlling or operating a sewerage system or treatment plant within a municipality.
Amended 2000, c.6, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-14.1 - References to Sanitation Commission deemed to refer to Environmental Commission.

32:18-14.1 References to Sanitation Commission deemed to refer to Environmental Commission.
20. On and after the effective date of this act, reference in any law, contract or document to the "Interstate Sanitation District" or the "Interstate Sanitation Commission" shall be deemed to mean and refer to the "Interstate Environmental District" or the "Interstate Environmental Commission," as the case may be.
L.2000,c.6,s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-15 - Annual appropriations; apportionment between states

32:18-15. Annual appropriations; apportionment between states
ARTICLE XIV.
1. The signatory states agree to appropriate annually for the salaries, office and other administrative expenses such sum or sums as shall be recommended by the commission and approved by the governors of the signatory states, the state of New York and the state of New Jersey agreeing each to appropriate forty-five per cent (45%) thereof, and the state of Connecticut agreeing to appropriate ten per cent (10%) thereof. The state of New York and the state of New Jersey obligate themselves hereunder, however, only to the extent of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) each in any one year, and the state of Connecticut obligates itself hereunder only to the extent of three thousand, three hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents ($3,333.34) in any one year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-16 - Constitutionality of compact

32:18-16. Constitutionality of compact
ARTICLE XV.
1. Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory state or of the United States, all other severable objects of this compact shall continue to be in full force and effect.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-17 - When compact to become effective; proviso as to Connecticut

32:18-17. When compact to become effective; proviso as to Connecticut
ARTICLE XVI.
1. This compact shall become effective as to the state of New Jersey and the state of New York immediately upon the signing thereof by the representatives of such states, and thereafter it shall also become effective as to the state of Connecticut immediately upon the signing thereof by the representatives of such state; provided, however, that prior to the signing of this compact by the representatives of the state of Connecticut the district as set forth in article II shall not embrace any territory within the jurisdiction of the state of Connecticut, nor shall the commission exercise any jurisdiction or perform any duties or acts affecting such territory; and the appropriations for salaries, office and other administrative expenses shall be borne equally by the state of New York and the state of New Jersey.
L.1935, c. 321, s. 1, pp. 1041 to 1052.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-18 - Pending actions unaffected

32:18-18. Pending actions unaffected
Nothing herein contained shall affect or abate any action now pending brought by any governmental board or body created by or existing under any of the signatory states.
L.1935, c. 321, s. 2, p. 1053.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-19 - Compact binding

32:18-19. Compact binding
The said agreement or compact when signed or sealed by the commissioners of each state, as hereinbefore provided, shall become binding upon the state of New Jersey and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New Jersey.
L.1935, c. 321, s. 3, p. 1053.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-20 - Vacancies among New Jersey commissioners

32:18-20. Vacancies among New Jersey commissioners
If by death, resignation or otherwise, a vacancy occurs among those appointed hereunder by the state of New Jersey, the governor of the state of New Jersey is hereby authorized to fill the same.
L.1935, c. 321, s. 4, p. 1053.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-21 - Consent of congress

32:18-21. Consent of congress
The said commissioners together with the commissioners appointed from the state of New York, shall have power to apply to the congress of the United States for its consent or approval of the agreement or compact signed by them; but in the absence of such consent of congress and until the same shall have been secured, the said agreement or compact shall be binding upon the state of New Jersey in all respects permitted by law of the two states of New Jersey and New York without the consent of congress to co-operate, for the purpose enumerated in said agreement or compact and in the manner provided therein.
L.1935, c. 321, s. 5, p. 1053.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:18-23 - Other standards of purity and classifications of waters

32:18-23. Other standards of purity and classifications of waters
ARTICLE XVII
(1) In addition to, or in substitution for, the classifications of waters set forth in Articles VI and VII of this compact and the effluent standards made applicable thereto, the commission may develop and, after public hearing place in force other classifications of waters and effluent standards within the district. Such classifications shall be on the basis of present or intended uses of the waters in question and shall be accompanied by requirements governing the quality of effluents, receiving waters, or both, as the public interest may make appropriate.
Classifications, standards, and requirements adopted pursuant to this article shall be developed and may be revised with due consideration for uniformity of requirements relating to the quality of effluents and receiving waters within the same classification in all parts of the district.
Classifications made pursuant to this article shall be governed by and shall implement any water and related land resource plans, water use plans or pollution control plans adopted by appropriate agencies of the signatory states, acting singly or in concert, or through joint intergovernmental agencies. Any exercise of authority by the commission pursuant to this article shall be subject to any procedural requirements, if applicable, that may be contained in Federal law.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to abridge or limit any power otherwise existing of a signatory state to make and enforce classifications, standards, and requirements for effluents and receiving waters.
L.1970, c. 212, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-1 - Appointment of commissioners to Interstate Environmental Commission.

32:19-1 Appointment of commissioners to Interstate Environmental Commission.
32:19-1. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three commissioners to the Interstate Environmental Commission created by the agreement or compact between the states of New York and New Jersey and Connecticut, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the State of New Jersey. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall serve as commissioners ex officio, and may designate a representative of their respective departments to represent them at all meetings, hearings and proceedings of the Interstate Environmental Commission with full power to vote and act on their respective behalf. In the event that either the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall not qualify in accordance with the provisions of the compact, said commissioner shall designate a representative of his respective department to serve as an Interstate Environmental Commissioner until such time as the commissioner ex officio shall qualify.
Each appointive commissioner shall hold office, for a term of five years or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. At the expiration of the term of each appointive commissioner, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a successor who shall hold office for a term of five years or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of an appointive commissioner by death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint his successor, who shall hold office for the unexpired term. Any commissioner may be removed upon charges and after hearing by the Governor. The commissioners shall have the powers and duties and be subject to the limitations provided for in the compact and agreement entered into between the signatory states and laws adopted by said states, and together with five commissioners from the states of New York and Connecticut shall form the Interstate Environmental Commission. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties.
Amended 1971, c.106, s.1; 2000, c.6, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-2 - Organization of commission; officers and assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum

32:19-2. Organization of commission; officers and assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum
The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required in the discharge of the duties of the commission and shall fix and determine their duties, qualifications and compensations. It shall adopt a seal and suitable by-laws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. It may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states. A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers or the performance of any duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-4 - Initiation of action, proceeding due to violations, threatened violations.

32:19-4 Initiation of action, proceeding due to violations, threatened violations.
32:19-4. Whenever the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be of the opinion that any person, association or corporation, municipal or otherwise, within the district is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by its order or by the laws governing the control or elimination of pollution of the waters of the district, or is doing or is about to do anything or permitting or about to permit anything to be done contrary to or in violation of such orders or such laws or the provisions of the compact, it may direct its legal representative to commence an action or a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ in the name of the Interstate Environmental Commission in the Superior Court for the purpose of preventing the continuance of such violations or threatened violations either by injunctive or other relief. The court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such action or proceeding upon the merits and grant such relief as may be appropriate.
Amended 1953, c.31, s.19; 2000, c.6, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-5 - Interstate Environmental Commission, powers regarded as in aid of, supplemental.

32:19-5 Interstate Environmental Commission, powers regarded as in aid of, supplemental.
32:19-5. Any powers herein granted to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by the states of New York and New Jersey and/or by congress or the terms of the compact.
Amended 2000, c.6, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-6 - Creating source of pollution prohibited

32:19-6. Creating source of pollution prohibited
No person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall create, establish, cause or maintain any source of pollution within the district, not existing on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-five; provided, that after hearing and investigation on application of such person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, the commission may issue such order relating to any such pollution as it shall find will best serve the public interest.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-7 - Discontinuance of pollution; order to show cause; notice and hearing

32:19-7. Discontinuance of pollution; order to show cause; notice and hearing
Whenever the commission shall determine upon investigation that sewage or other polluting matter from any city, village, town, county, borough, municipality or other entity as defined in the compact, building, steamboat or other vessel, or any garbage, offal or any decomposable or putrescible matter of any kind is being discharged into any waters of the district, and whenever in the opinion of the commission such discharge is polluting such waters in a manner injurious to or so as to create a menace to public health, welfare and recreational purposes, or so as to create a public nuisance, or so as to be obnoxious, the commission may order the municipality, corporation or person so discharging sewage, refuse or other matter, to show cause before it or its duly designated representative why such discharge should not be discontinued or why said commission should not issue an order regulating such pollution. A notice shall be served on the municipality, corporation or person so discharging sewage, refuse or other matter, directing such municipality, corporation or person to show cause before the said commission on a date specified in such notice why an order should not be made directing the discontinuance of such discharge or otherwise regulating the said pollution. Such notice shall specify the time when and place where a public hearing will be held by the commission or its duly delegated representative and shall be served personally or by mail at least fifteen days before said hearing, and in case of a municipality or a corporation, such service shall be upon an officer thereof. The person or persons presiding at such hearing shall take evidence, and after conducting such public hearing, the commission shall by order prescribe a reasonable date on or before which such municipality, corporation or person discharging sewage, refuse or other matter into the designated waters within the district, shall cease to discharge such refuse or other matter and shall treat such sewage in accordance with the standards specified in the compact, and such order may prescribe that certain specific progress shall be made at definite times prior to the final date fixed in such order. The commission shall have authority to require, from the officials and persons responsible for the execution of such orders, satisfactory evidence at specified times of proper progress in the execution of such orders.