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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1E-225 - Local Tire Management Program.

13:1E-225 Local Tire Management Program.
4. a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a Local Tire Management Program for the proper cleanup of abandoned tire piles and to provide grants to counties and municipalities for proper cleanup of abandoned tire piles within their respective jurisdictions.
b. The department may enter any property, facility, premises or site for the purpose of conducting inspections, sampling of soil or water, copying or photocopying documents or records, and otherwise determining if tires may be illegally accumulated.
c. The department shall recover to the use of the Tire Management and Cleanup Fund from the site owner or the person responsible for the accumulation of tires at the site, jointly and severally, all sums expended from the fund to manage tires at an illegal waste tire site, except that the department may decline to pursue such recovery if it finds the amount involved too small or the likelihood of recovery too uncertain.
d. The department may impose a lien on the real property on which the waste tire site is located equal to the estimated cost to bring the tire site into compliance, including attorney's fees and court costs. An owner whose property has such a lien imposed may release that property from a lien claimed under this subsection by filing with the clerk of the Superior Court a cash or surety bond, payable to the department in the amount of the estimated cost of bringing the tire site into compliance with department rules, including attorney's fees and court costs, or the value of the property after the abatement action is complete, whichever is less.
e. This section does not limit the use of other remedies available to the department.
f. The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection may adopt any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
L.2004,c.46,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1E-226 - Findings, declarations relative to food waste.

13:1E-226 Findings, declarations relative to food waste.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that food waste is a major issue in the United States and globally; that, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), unwanted and discarded food squanders resources, including water, land, energy, labor, and capital, and, when food waste is dumped in a landfill, it rots and creates methane, which is a powerful greenhouse gas; that the FAO has estimated that one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption - about 1.3 billion tons - is lost or wasted every year, and the food loss and waste in industrialized countries equates to a value of approximately $680 billion; that the FAO has also stated that if one fourth of the food lost or wasted globally could be saved, it would be enough to feed 870 million hungry people; that the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic has estimated that 40 percent of the food supply in the United States is not eaten; that, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Agriculture, food loss and waste is the single largest component of disposed municipal solid waste in the United States; in 2015, that the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture announced a national goal of reducing food waste by 50 percent by the year 2030; that much more can and must be done in the food supply chain to reduce the incredible waste of such a precious resource; that New Jersey is a national leader in implementing effective recycling and solid waste reduction programs, and thus it is appropriate for the State to also be among the national leaders in developing and implementing a Statewide food waste reduction program; and that, therefore, it is appropriate and fitting, as well as a moral imperative, that the State seek to reduce food waste as much as possible in New Jersey, and that reducing food waste in the State by 50 percent by the year 2030 is a worthy goal to pursue with vigor and all due speed.
L.2017, c.136, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1E-227 - Goal of reducing amount of food waste established.

13:1E-227 Goal of reducing amount of food waste established.
2. a. There is established for the State a goal of reducing, by the year 2030, the amount of food waste generated annually in the State by 50 percent of that amount which is generated in the year this act takes effect.
b. (1) Within one year after the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, shall develop and commence implementation of a plan to accomplish the State food waste reduction goal established by subsection a. of this section. The Department of Environmental Protection shall hold at least three public hearings during the development of the plan to seek public input thereon. The departments may also consult and coordinate with other governmental entities and private, nonprofit, or charitable associations, organizations, or businesses, such as those in the agricultural, grocery, restaurant, food manufacturer, food supply, food bank, food pantry, and healthcare sectors of the food industry, in developing and implementing the plan.
(2) As part of the plan, the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, shall make such recommendations for any administrative or legislative action deemed necessary to further progress toward achieving the State food waste reduction goal, which shall be transmitted to the Legislature in accordance with the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) and to the chairpersons of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, the Senate Economic Growth Committee, the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, and the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, or their respective successors.
L.2017, c.136, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1E-228 - Public awareness campaign relative to food waste.

13:1E-228 Public awareness campaign relative to food waste.
1. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, shall:
a. establish a public awareness campaign to educate the general public about food waste prevention by raising awareness regarding:
(1) strategies to reduce wasteful shopping which may include the benefits of creating a shopping list;
(2) the benefits of freezing meat close to the expiration date; and
(3) the meaning of date label definitions such as "use by," "sell by," and "best buy";
b. take appropriate measures to encourage the reduction of food waste through donating or composting leftover food; and
c. develop and distribute appropriate informational materials regarding food waste, which may include, but need not be limited to, the use of social media, television, radio, or print media.
L.2019, c.93.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1E-230 - Rules, regulations.

13:1E-230 Rules, regulations.
2. The Department of Environmental Protection may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations based on the recommendations contained in the report submitted by the "Solar Panel Recycling Commission," established pursuant to section 1 of this act, concerning recycling or other end-of-life management methods for photovoltaic and other solar energy generation structures.
L.2019, c.215, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1F-1a - Inapplicability of pesticide control act to certain insect inspections.

13:1F-1a Inapplicability of pesticide control act to certain insect inspections.
34. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Pesticide Control Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.) or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder to the contrary, the requirements for pesticide applicator or pesticide operator certification, licensing or record keeping shall not apply to any licensed sanitary or health inspector who applies a pesticide not classified for restricted use, on property or premises for the purpose of determining insect infestation.
L.2000,c.126,s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1F-2 - Legislative findings

13:1F-2. Legislative findings
New Jersey, as the most urban State in the Nation, must be especially alert to any possibilities of disturbing natural ecological balance. It is essential to coordinate the activities of State agencies involved in the use of pesticides and, in addition, to formulate State policies regulating the use, transportation, storage, sale and disposal of pesticides and their containers. This requires consideration of many factors, including long term effects on the environment, as well as the safety and effectiveness of pesticides.
The Legislature finds and declares that pesticides have been of value in preventing the outbreak of diseases and insuring bountiful production of agricultural crops, however, indiscriminate use of pesticides in this State would constitute a serious threat to the environment; and that this threat can be eliminated only by the adoption and enforcement of regulations governing the sale, use and application of all pesticides.
L.1971, c. 176, s. 2, eff. June 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1F-3 - Definitions

13:1F-3. Definitions
For purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
a. "Person" means and shall include corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, and shall also include all political subdivisions of this State or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof.
b. "Pesticide" means and includes any substance or mixture of substances labeled, designed, intended for or capable of use in preventing, destroying, repelling, sterilizing or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, predatory animals, fungi, weeds and other forms of plant or animal life or viruses, except viruses on or in living man or other animals. The term "pesticide" shall also include any substance or mixture of substances labeled, designed or intended for use as a defoliant, desicant or plant regulator.
c. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in the State Department of Environmental Protection.
d. "Department" means the State Department of Environmental Protection.
e. "Council" means the Pesticide Control Council.
L.1971, c. 176, s. 3, eff. June 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1F-4 - Powers of commissioner relative to use of pesticides under certain circumstances.

13:1F-4 Powers of commissioner relative to use of pesticides under certain circumstances.
4. a. The commissioner shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, amend and repeal orders, rules and regulations prohibiting, conditioning and controlling the sale, purchase, transportation, labeling, use and application, or any thereof, of pesticides which cause or may tend to cause adverse effects on man or the environment by any person within this State. State rules and regulations with respect to the labeling of any pesticide, the labeling of which is prescribed by Federal law and regulations, shall to the extent practicable conform to the Federal requirements.
b. In addition to any other training and licensing requirements established by the commissioner pursuant to P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.), a person seeking certification and licensing as a pesticide applicator or a commercial pesticide operator shall be required to complete a continuing education or training course, approved by the department, concerning the impact of pesticides on pollinating bees.
For the purposes of this subsection, "pollinating bee" means any bee that causes a plant to make fruits or seeds by transferring pollen from a plant anther to a plant stigma, resulting in fertilization.
L.1971, c.176, s.4; amended 2017, c.296, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1F-4.1 - Rules, regulations relative to application of pesticide products near beehives and beeyards; registration.

13:1F-4.1 Rules, regulations relative to application of pesticide products near beehives and beeyards; registration.
1. a. Within 180 days after the effective date of P.L.2017, c.295 (C.13:1F-4.1), the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations: (1) permitting beekeepers to register their honey or native beehives or beeyards with the department; and (2) requiring pesticide applicators to notify a registered beekeeper before making an outdoor application of a pesticide product that may be toxic to bees within three miles of a registered honey or native beehive or beeyard.
b. A beekeeper who wishes to receive the notice required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section shall register his beehives or beeyards with the department by March 1 each year.
c. The department shall adopt, by rule or regulation, specific requirements for the registration of beehives and beeyards and for the notification required pursuant to this section. The department may also provide for exceptions to the notification requirement.
L.2017, c.295, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1F-4.2 - Definitions.

13:1F-4.2 Definitions.
1. As used in sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2021, c.386 (C.13:1F-4.2 et seq.):
"Agricultural plant" means any plant, or part thereof, grown, maintained, or otherwise produced for commercial purposes, including any plant grown, maintained, or otherwise produced for sale or trade, for research or experimental purposes, or for use in part or their entirety in another location. "Agricultural plant" includes, but is not limited to, grains, fruits, and vegetables; wood fiber or timber products; flowering and foliage plants and trees; seedlings and transplants; and turf grass produced for sod. "Agricultural plant" does not include pasture or rangeland used for grazing.
"Environmental emergency" means an occurrence of any pest which presents a significant risk of harm or injury to the environment, or significant harm, injury, or loss to agricultural crops, including, but not limited to, any exotic or foreign pest which may need preventative quarantine measures to avert or prevent that risk, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection in consultation with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and Rutgers, the State University.
"Neonicotinoid pesticide" means any pesticide containing a chemical belonging to the neonicotinoid class of chemicals, including, but not limited to, acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, flonicamid, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, nithiazine, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam, or any other chemical designated by the department as belonging to the neonicotinoid class of chemicals.
"Restricted use pesticide" means a pesticide that can be purchased and used only by a certified and licensed pesticide applicator, as determined by the department pursuant to the "Pesticide Control Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.), or persons working under the direct supervision of a certified and licensed pesticide applicator.
L.2021, c.386, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1F-4.3 - Rules and regulations, neonicotinoid pesticides.

13:1F-4.3 Rules and regulations, neonicotinoid pesticides.
2. a. No later than 12 months after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.386 (C.13:1F-4.2 et seq.), the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations classifying neonicotinoid pesticides as restricted use pesticides.
b. No later than 12 months after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.386 (C.13:1F-4.2 et seq.), and every three years thereafter, the department shall review the latest scientific information concerning neonicotinoid pesticides, and classify as a restricted use pesticide any neonicotinoid pesticide that the department determines will cause harm to populations of pollinating bees, birds, other pollinating wildlife, or aquatic invertebrates. Any person may petition the department at any time to classify a pesticide pursuant to this section.
c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) any pet care, veterinary, personal care, or indoor pest control pesticide product;
(2) an application for the commercial production of a preserved wood product;
(3) the application by a licensed pesticide applicator of a neonicotinoid pesticide within one foot of a building foundation perimeter to manage structural pests provided that the neonicotinoid pesticide is not applied on any plant;
(4) any direct action taken by certified and licensed responsible pesticide applicators or by persons working under their direct supervision within the New Jersey Department of Agriculture or its agents, or within the Department of Environmental Protection or its agents, against any invasive plant or pest; or
(5) any application to protect agricultural seeds.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection to the contrary, the application by a licensed pesticide applicator of a neonicotinoid pesticide adjacent to a building foundation perimeter to manage structural pests may be extended by an additional four feet, if such additional area is necessary to treat the source of the infestation and the application is limited to a spot-targeted treatment of the source of the infestation only.
d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on any news media that accept or publish advertising for any product or activity that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this section.
L.2021, c.386, s.2.