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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-9.5 - Community garden grant program established.

13:1D-9.5 Community garden grant program established.
1. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, and within the limits of monies appropriated for such purposes, shall establish a program to provide grants to local government units to support the development and maintenance of pollinator-friendly community gardens in the State, in order to provide readily available sources of fresh, healthy foods to communities that may lack easy access to affordable fruits and vegetables, and support the State's population of pollinating animals.
b. In establishing the grant program pursuant to this section, the department shall:
(1) develop guidelines and procedures for the submission of grant applications, and criteria for the evaluation of such applications;
(2) establish terms and conditions for the awarding of a grant under this section, and monitor grant recipients' compliance with the terms and conditions;
(3) require the local government unit to partner with a nonprofit organization in establishing and maintaining the community garden;
(4) require the recipient of a grant to report to the department information relating to its use of grant funds under the program; and
(5) submit a report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Legislature, during each year in which a grant is awarded, on the effectiveness of the grant program in assisting with the development of community gardens for the purposes stated in subsection a. of this section.
c. The department may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to establish and implement the grant program.
d. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall include with the annual budget request for the Department of Environmental Protection a request for funds sufficient to carry out the purposes and intent of this act.
e. As used in this section:
"Community garden" means an area of land upon which individuals have the opportunity to garden on pieces of land that they do not individually own.
"Local government unit" means a county, a municipality, or any board, commission, committee, authority, or agency thereof that is subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), including a housing authority or redevelopment agency created or continued under the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.).
"Pollinator-friendly garden" means a garden that contains a sufficient proportion of native plants, forbs, or legumes to provide a steady supply of food to pollinating insects or birds.
L.2021, c.404.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-9.6 - Findings, declarations.

13:1D-9.6 Findings, declarations.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. Sustainability training and support programs offered to local governments, school districts, and other governmental entities have been shown to result in significant cost savings to those who adopt sustainability initiatives.
b. New Jersey institutions of higher education have successfully partnered with New Jersey nonprofit organizations to develop and offer support and assistance to local governments, school districts, and other governmental entities.
c. Encouraging New Jersey municipalities, schools, school districts, and other State and local government contracting agencies to function in a sustainable, environmentally responsible manner and to use resources efficiently is vital to ensure a sustainable future of New Jersey and its residents.
d. It is in the State's interest to ensure the general welfare of the State and its residents by encouraging, and provide a stable source of funding for, the development of such partnerships and programs.
L.2023, c.81, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-9.7 - "Sustainable New Jersey Fund" established; definition.

13:1D-9.7 "Sustainable New Jersey Fund" established; definition.
2. a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a special non-lapsing fund to be known as the "Sustainable New Jersey Fund." The department shall annually distribute moneys in the fund to a public institution of higher education that has an existing contractual relationship with a qualified nonprofit organization that offers certifications and grants to municipalities and public schools across the State in support of efforts to realize environmental, economic, and social sustainability. A public institution of higher education that receives moneys from the Sustainable New Jersey Fund shall distribute such funds to a qualified nonprofit organization to support the provision of such certification and grants.
b. As used in P.L.2023, c.81 (C.13:1D-9.6 et seq.) "qualified nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit organization that:
(1) is organized under, and governed by, the laws of the State;
(2) has a board of trustees with representatives from State agencies and formal representation from local government officials;
(3) has a formal contractual affiliation with a public institution of higher education for the purpose of providing sustainability research, consulting, and program support to entities contracting with the affiliated public institution of higher education for such service or support, and has at least five years' of experience operating under similar agreements; and
(4) has experience collaborating with State agencies, including at least five years' of experience successfully implementing a total minimum of $5 million of State contracts and grant awards through a contractually affiliated public institution of higher education.
L.2023, c.81, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-9.8 - Sustainable New Jersey Fund, annually credited, appropriations.

13:1D-9.8 Sustainable New Jersey Fund, annually credited, appropriations.
3. The Sustainable New Jersey Fund shall be annually credited with money appropriated by the Legislature, which moneys shall be disbursed to the public institution of higher education that is partnered with a qualified nonprofit organization. The qualified nonprofit organization that receives the funds from the public institution of higher education pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2023, c.81 (C.13:1D-9.6 et seq.) shall assume the status of that public institution for purposes of compliance with the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) or the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq. when contracting with a municipality, school, school district, and other State or local government contracting agency related to any services, certification processes, support initiatives, or grants of the qualified nonprofit organization for efforts to realize environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
L.2023, c.81, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-10 - Division of economic development; economic development council; New Jersey Area Redevelopment Authority; department of institutions and agencies; veterans' services council

13:1D-10. Division of economic development; economic development council; New Jersey Area Redevelopment Authority; department of institutions and agencies; veterans' services council
a. The Division of Economic Development, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, transferred and constituted the Division of Economic Development in the Department of Labor and Industry.
The Economic Development Council, together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued, transferred and constituted the Economic Development Council in the Department of Labor and Industry. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the council. The members of the council shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law.
b. The New Jersey Area Redevelopment Authority, established pursuant to the laws of 1962, chapter 204, as amended and supplemented (C. 13:1B-15.13 et seq.), together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued and transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the authority. The members of the authority shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law, except that the Commissioner of Banking shall serve as an ex-officio member of the authority in the place and stead of the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance as heretofore.
c. The functions, powers and duties of the Division of Veterans Services in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development are transferred to and shall be exercised and performed by the Department of Institutions and Agencies through an appropriate organizational unit to be established by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies with the approval of the State Board of Control. The term of office of the Director of the Division of Veterans Services shall expire on the effective date of this act.
The Veterans' Services Council, together with all its functions, powers and duties, is continued and constituted the Veterans' Services Council in the Department of Institutions and Agencies. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the council. The members of the council shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 13, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-11 - Transfer of appropriations, grants and other moneys

13:1D-11. Transfer of appropriations, grants and other moneys
a. All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection, are hereby transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection established hereunder, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by State or Federal law.
b. All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been hereto assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry or the Department of Institutions and Agencies are hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Institutions and Agencies, respectively, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by State or Federal law.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 14, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-12 - Transfer of employees

13:1D-12. Transfer of employees
a. Such employees of any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection or to any agency designated, continued or constituted therein, as the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may determine are needed for the proper performance of the functions and duties imposed upon the Department of Environmental Protection, or any agency therein, are hereby transferred to the department or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been herein assigned or transferred.
b. Such employees of any division, bureau, board, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry or the Department of Institutions and Agencies or to any agency designated, continued or constituted therein, are hereby transferred to the department or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been herein assigned or transferred.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 15, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-13 - Employee's tenure rights

13:1D-13. Employee's tenure rights
Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, or under any pension law or retirement system.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 16, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-13.1 - Unclassified titles

13:1D-13.1. Unclassified titles
2. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary in Title 11A (Civil Service) of the New Jersey Statutes, the following titles in the Department of Environmental Protection shall be assigned or reassigned, within 60 days of the effective date of this act, to the unclassified service:
(1) Assistant commissioners; and
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. and d. of this section, division directors.
b. The titles of Director, Division of Personnel and Director, Division of Fiscal Management and General Services, in the Department of Environmental Protection, shall remain, as applicable, in the competitive division of the classified service or the senior executive service.
c. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall, within 60 days of the effective date of this act and thereafter, appoint all persons to the positions with titles assigned or reassigned to the unclassified service pursuant to this section, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.
d. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, as reconstituted pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1948, c.448 (C.13:1B-23).
L.1991,c.415,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-13.2 - Reinstatement to classified service

13:1D-13.2. Reinstatement to classified service
3. a. Any employee of the Department of Environmental Protection in the classified service holding a position on the effective date of this act that has been assigned or reassigned to the State unclassified service pursuant to section 2 of this act, who is not reappointed within the 60-day period to a position allocated to the State unclassified service pursuant to that section, shall be eligible to be reinstated to the position last held in the classified service prior to appointment to the position assigned or reassigned to the unclassified service.
b. An employee in the classified service appointed on or after the effective date of this act to a position in the department that is assigned or reassigned to the unclassified service pursuant to section 2 of this act, shall be eligible, upon termination of that appointment, to be reinstated to the position last held in the classified service prior to that persons's appointment to any position so assigned or reassigned pursuant to the provisions of Title 11A (Civil Service) of the New Jersey Statutes.
L.1991,c.415,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-13.3 - Classified and senior executive service

13:1D-13.3 Classified and senior executive service
4. a. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Personnel shall, pursuant to N.J.S.11A:3-1, assign or reassign,
(1) to the competitive division of the classified service, the following titles in the Department of Environmental Protection:
(a) all Manager 3, Environmental Protection and Manager 3, Waste Management positions;
(b) all Manager 4, Environmental Protection, and Manager 4, Waste Management positions; and
(c) all Section Chief, Environmental Protection positions and all Section Chief, Waste Management positions; and
(2) to the senior executive service, the titles of Deputy Director and assistant director in the Division of Parks and Forestry, Department of Environmental Protection.
Employees serving in the unclassified service in any of the positions subject to paragraph (1) of this subsection, other than the titles of all Section Chief, Environmental Protection positions, on the date of assignment or reassignment of such titles, shall be appointed to the classified service through the non-competitive interim appointment process, and upon completion of the working test periods therefor, the positions shall be reallocated to the competitive division of the classified service.
b. All persons holding a position in any of the titles subject to the provisions of subsection a. of this section on the date of assignment or reassignment of such titles by the Department of Personnel, shall, as necessary, be transferred as of that date to, as appropriate, the competitive division of the classified service, or the senior executive service.
c. Within 60 days of the filing of a written request by the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Personnel shall, pursuant to N.J.S.11A:3-1, establish within the Department of Environmental Protection a title series for the department-wide processing of permits. The title series shall be, except as other provided by law, in the competitive division of the classified service. The series shall provide a second career track wherein progression to higher level titles, including permit review titles equivalent to supervisory positions, shall be based on the assumption of permit review responsibilities of higher complexity without any supervisory responsibilities.
d. Appointments to any of the positions subject to this section shall be in accordance with applicable laws and rules, regulations, policies and practices of the Department of Personnel not inconsistent herewith.
e. The provisions of this section shall not apply to employees of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, as reconstituted pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1948, c.448 (C.13:1B-23).
L.1991,c.415,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-14 - Transfer of records and equipment

13:1D-14. Transfer of records and equipment
a. All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection or to any agency designated, continued or constituted hereunder, shall upon the effective date of this act be transferred to the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder.
b. All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry or the Department of Institutions and Agencies, shall upon the effective date of this act be transferred to the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 17, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-15 - Orders, rules, regulations

13:1D-15. Orders, rules, regulations
This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection or to any agency designated, continued or constituted hereunder; but such orders, rules and regulations shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law.
a. This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry or the Department of Institutions and Agencies; but such orders, rules and regulations shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 18, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-16 - Actions and proceedings

13:1D-16. Actions and proceedings
This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection or to any other department, or to any agency designated, continued or constituted hereunder, and pending on the effective date of this act, but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or recommendation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, any department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection or to any other department, or to any agency designated, continued or constituted hereunder, and all such matters or proceedings pending before such department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 19, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-17 - Reports and certifications

13:1D-17. Reports and certifications
Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or permitted to be made to a department, division, bureau, board, commission, council or other agency, whose powers and duties are herein assigned or transferred, such reports and certifications shall hereafter be required to be filed with, and such applications or requests shall hereafter be made to, the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 20, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-18.1 - Use of terms

13:1D-18.1. Use of terms
Whenever the term "Division of Natural Resources" or "Director of the Division of Natural Resources" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Marine Services and the director thereof, respectively.
Whenever the term "Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Parks and Forestry in the Department of Environmental Protection.
Whenever the term "Division of Water Policy and Supply" or "Director of the Division of Water Policy and Supply" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Water Resources and the director thereof, respectively, in the Department of Environmental Protection.
Whenever the term "Water Policy and Supply Council" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Water Policy and Supply Council in the Department of Environmental Protection.
L.1971, c. 133, s. 3, eff. May 6, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-18.2 - References deemed to refer to Tidelands Resource Council

13:1D-18.2. References deemed to refer to Tidelands Resource Council
a. Whenever the term "Division of Resource Development" , "Division of Natural Resources" , or "Division of Marine Services" or the terms "Director of the Division of Resource Development" , "Director of the Division of Natural Resources" , or "Director of the Division of Marine Services" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Division of Coastal Resources and director thereof, respectively.
b. Whenever the term "Resource Development Council" , "Planning and Development Council" or "Natural Resource Council" occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Tidelands Resource Council.
L.1979, c. 386, s. 3, eff. Feb. 5, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-18.3 - Office of Recycling

13:1D-18.3. Office of Recycling
a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection a New Jersey Office of Recycling. All of the functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised by the Department of Energy and the commissioner thereof pursuant to P.L. 1981, c. 278 (C. 13:1E-92 et seq.) are transferred to and vested in the New Jersey Office of Recycling in the Department of Environmental Protection and the commissioner thereof. The New Jersey Office of Recycling shall be under the immediate supervision of an administrator who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and who shall be in the unclassified service of the State.
b. The administrator shall administer the work of the New Jersey Office of Recycling under the direction of the commissioner and shall perform any other functions of the department as the commissioner may prescribe.
c. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the de facto Office of Recycling under the joint administration of the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection, the same shall mean and refer to the New Jersey Office of Recycling in the Department of Environmental Protection.
d. All transfers directed by this section shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L. 1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.).
L. 1987, c. 102, s. 49.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-19 - Repealer

13:1D-19. Repealer
All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, superseded and repealed.
L.1970, c. 33, s. 23, eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-29 - Definitions

13:1D-29. Definitions
For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Environmental Protection.
b. "Construction permit" means and shall include:
(1) Approval of plans for the development of any waterfront upon any tidal waterway pursuant to R.S. 12:5-3.
(2) A permit for a regulated activity pursuant to "The Wetlands Act of 1970," P.L.1970, c. 272 (C. 13:9A-1 et seq.).
(3) A permit issued pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c. 185 (C. 13:19-1 et seq.)
(4) Approval of a structure or alteration within the area which would be inundated by the 100 year design flood of any nondelineated stream or of a change in land use within any delineated floodway or any State administered and delineated flood fringe area, all pursuant to the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act," P.L.1962, c. 19 (C. 58:16A-50 et seq.) as amended and supplemented.
(5) Approval of plans and specifications for the construction changes, improvements, extensions or alterations to any sewer system pursuant to R.S. 58:11-10.
"Construction permit" shall not, however, include any approval of or permit for an electric generating facility or for a petroleum processing or storage facility, including a liquefied natural gas facility, with a storage capacity of over 50,000 barrels.
c. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.
L.1975, c. 232, s. 1. Amended by L.1979, c. 359, s. 8, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-30 - Application for construction permits; review; request for additional information

13:1D-30. Application for construction permits; review; request for additional information
The department shall promptly review all applications for construction permits. The department shall within 20 working days following the filing of an application for a construction permit, except a permit issued pursuant to the Coastal Area Facility Review Act, P.L.1973, c. 185 (C. 13:19-1 et seq.), request that the applicant submit additional information to assist it in its review if it deems that such information is necessary. In the event that such information is requested, the application will be construed to be complete when the additional information is received by the department.
L.1975, c. 232, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-31 - Application for construction permit; approval conditioning or disapproval; time period

13:1D-31. Application for construction permit; approval conditioning or disapproval; time period
The department shall approve, condition or disapprove an application for a construction permit within 90 days following the date that the application is complete, except that this time period may be extended for a 30-day period by the mutual consent of the applicant and the department, provided that the department request the applicant for such an extension at least 15 days prior to the expiration date for the approval, conditioning or disapproval of such an application.
L.1975, c. 232, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-32 - Failure to take action within time period; application deemed approved

13:1D-32. Failure to take action within time period; application deemed approved
4. In the event that the department fails to take action on an application for a construction permit within the 90-day period specified herein, then the application shall be deemed to have been approved; provided, however, that the time periods specified in P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.) shall apply to applications for construction permits pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.).
L.1975,c.232,s.4; amended by L.1993,c.190,s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-33 - Rules, regulations; "Environmental Services Fund;" fees

13:1D-33. Rules, regulations; "Environmental Services Fund;" fees
5. a. The commissioner shall adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act. The commissioner shall in accordance with a fee schedule adopted as a rule or regulation establish and charge reasonable fees for the filing and review of any application for a construction permit. The fees imposed hereunder, except as may otherwise be provided by law, shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the "Environmental Services Fund," kept separate and apart from all other State receipts and appropriated only as provided herein. There shall be appropriated annually to the department revenue from such fund sufficient to defray in full the costs incurred in the processing and review of applications for construction permits.
b. In establishing the fee schedule required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the commissioner shall not establish a fee in excess of $30,000 for the filing and review of any application for a construction permit pursuant to R.S.12:5-3 or the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.), except that a fee in excess of $30,000 may be charged if the department documents actual costs in excess of $30,000 for the review and processing of an application and the estimated cost of determining compliance with the conditions of the permit.
L.1975,c.232,s.5; amended by L.2001, c.314.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-38 - Office of Pollution Prevention established; programs; reports

13:1D-38. Office of Pollution Prevention established; programs; reports
4. a. There is established in the Department of Environmental Protection the Office of Pollution Prevention. The office shall be under the immediate supervision of an administrator appointed by the commissioner who shall report directly to the commissioner. The administrator and all managerial employees necessary to implement the provisions of this act as determined by the commissioner may be members of the unclassified service of the State. The office shall be responsible for the implementation of the provisions of this act, for the coordination of all pollution prevention policies within the department, for conducting an ongoing review of all appropriate regulatory and enforcement policies to ensure that these policies require or encourage pollution prevention to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, and for performing any other function that the commissioner may deem appropriate.
b. The department may establish an educational and outreach program designed to explain and make available to the general public all pollution prevention plan summaries and pollution prevention plan progress reports submitted to the department pursuant to this act, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the department to protect trade secret information.
c. Upon a written request by a member of the public for a copy of a pollution prevention plan summary or pollution prevention plan progress report submitted to the department pursuant to this act, the department shall provide that person with a copy of any pollution prevention plan summary or pollution prevention plan progress report submitted to the department pursuant to this act within 30 days of receipt of the request therefor for a cost not to exceed the cost of printing and postage.
L.1991,c.235,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-45 - Department research on pollution prevention trends

13:1D-45. Department research on pollution prevention trends
11. The department shall conduct research on pollution prevention trends within each of the Standard Industrial Classification industry groups represented by priority industrial facilities. This research shall include an analysis of information contained in pollution prevention plan summaries prepared and submitted to the department by owners or operators of priority industrial facilities, and may include an analysis of pollution prevention plans. Within five years of the effective date of this act, the department shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, and shall make available to the public, a pollution prevention profile report for each of the Standard Industrial Classification industry groups represented by priority industrial facilities that summarizes the department's research on each industry group, and, if warranted by the research, that recommends any administrative or legislative action necessary to increase pollution prevention activities at priority industrial facilities.
L.1991,c.235,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-46 - Department may enter industrial facility to obtain information about pollution prevention practices

13:1D-46. Department may enter industrial facility to obtain information about pollution prevention practices
12. The department may enter any industrial facility for the purpose of obtaining information concerning the industrial facility's pollution prevention practices, reviewing a pollution prevention plan, ascertaining the quality of any work performed in accordance with this act or rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or ascertaining compliance with a facility-wide permit or the provisions of this act or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. Any information relating to a trade secret obtained in the course of implementing or enforcing the provisions of this act shall be kept confidential and shall be inadmissible as evidence in any court or in any other proceeding in such a manner so as to protect the confidentiality of the information.
L.1991,c.235,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-48 - Designation of priority industrial facilities to receive permit

13:1D-48. Designation of priority industrial facilities to receive permit
14. a. Within 18 months of adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to section 6 of this act, the department shall designate no fewer than 10 but not more than 15 individual priority industrial facilities to each receive a facility-wide permit on the basis of criteria adopted by the department. These criteria shall include, but need not be limited to:
(1) The potential for a priority industrial facility to serve as a State-wide model for multimedia pollution prevention programs;
(2) The potential for a priority industrial facility that does not meet industry-wide pollution prevention goals to meet these goals through a facility-wide permit; and
(3) The potential for a priority industrial facility that has not met the pollution prevention goals set forth in its pollution prevention plan to meet these goals through a facility-wide permit.
At the time of the designation of priority industrial facilities pursuant to this subsection, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a report summarizing the designation process and progress made to date in establishing a facility-wide permitting program.
b. Within 30 months of the adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to section 6 of this act, the department shall issue facility-wide permits to the priority industrial facilities designated pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
c. Within 36 months of the adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to section 6 of this act, the department shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report analyzing the facility-wide permit program, evaluating the successes or shortcomings of the facility-wide permit program, evaluating the ability of the department to conduct and expand the facility-wide permit program, and proposing, if warranted, a schedule to expand the applicability of the facility-wide permit program. The department shall not expand the facility-wide permitting program beyond the number of priority industrial facilities designated pursuant to subsection a. of this section without authorization by law.
L.1991,c.235,s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-50 - "Pollution Prevention Fund" established

13:1D-50. "Pollution Prevention Fund" established
16. There is established in the department a nonlapsing fund to be known as the "Pollution Prevention Fund," hereinafter referred to as "the fund." The fund shall be credited with all fees imposed and collected by the Department of Labor pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of section 26 of P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-26), and with all penalties collected for violations of this act, and with any other monies that may be made available, or appropriated, to the department for the implementation of this act. Monies in the fund shall be used by, and are hereby appropriated to, the department solely for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this act.
L.1991,c.235,s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-51 - Definitions

13:1D-51. Definitions
1. As used in sections 1 through 7 of this amendatory and supplementary act:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Convey" means to sell, exchange, lease for a term of 25 years or more, grant, or agree to sell, exchange, lease for a term of 25 years or more, or grant, in an amount greater than one acre.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection, or any agency, division, or office thereof.
"Green Acres funds" means any funds made available for the acquisition or development of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to: P.L.1961, c.46; P.L.1971, c.165; P.L.1974, c.102; P.L.1978, c.118; P.L.1983, c.354; P.L.1987, c.265; and P.L.1989, c.183; or any similar act for such purposes that may be enacted, or any such funds administered pursuant to P.L.1961, c.45 (C.13:8A-1 et seq.), P.L.1971, c.419 (C.13:8A-19 et seq.), and P.L.1975, c.155 (C.13:8A-35 et seq.), or any similar act for such purposes that may be enacted.
"Land" or "lands" means real property, including improvements thereof or thereon, rights-of-way, water, riparian and other rights, easements, and privileges, and all other rights or interests of any kind or description in, relating to, or connected with real property.
"Minor conveyance" means a conveyance or proposed conveyance of lands acquired or developed by the State with Green Acres funds, or acquired or developed by the State in any other manner and administered by the department, which lands shall be greater than one acre but less than five acres in size and valued at less than $50,000, and which conveyance or proposed conveyance under law requires the approval of the State House Commission established pursuant to R.S.52:20-1 et seq.
L.1993,c.38,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-53 - Notice of public hearing

13:1D-53. Notice of public hearing
3. In addition to any other applicable requirements of law, rule, or regulation, the department shall provide notice of any public hearing required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection a. of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act at least 30 days in advance of the date of the hearing as follows:
a. By mailing a copy of the notice to:
(1) all parties to the proposed conveyance;
(2) the governing body, county clerk, and municipal clerk of every county and municipality in which the lands proposed to be conveyed are located; and
(3) any person who requests in writing of the department to receive in advance such notices;
b. By publishing the notice in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in each county and municipality in which the lands proposed to be conveyed are located;
c. By publishing a notice in the New Jersey Register; and
d. By publishing a notice in the Department of Environmental Protection Monthly Bulletin.
L.1993,c.38,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-54 - Information included in notices

13:1D-54. Information included in notices
4. The department shall include the following information in all notices required pursuant to section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act:
a. A general description and the location of the lands proposed to be conveyed, including the street address, if any, and the lot and block numbers from the currently applicable municipal tax map. In the case of an exchange, the notice shall also include a general description and the location of the lands proposed to be conveyed to the State, including the street address, if any, and the lot and block numbers from the currently applicable municipal tax map;
b. The name of the parties to the proposed conveyance;
c. A description of the current and proposed use of the lands proposed to be conveyed;
d. The date, time, and place of the public hearing;
e. A statement that the public may submit written comments to the department on or before the date of the public hearing;
f. A brief description of the comment procedures;
g. The name and address of the person in the administering agency, division, or office designated to receive written comments and to contact for additional information and copies of any reports, analyses, hearing transcripts, or appraisals of value prepared concerning the proposed conveyance; and
h. Any additional information considered by the department to be necessary or appropriate.
L.1993,c.38,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-55 - Submission of summary, transcripts of public hearing

13:1D-55. Submission of summary, transcripts of public hearing
5. The appropriate agency, division, or office within the department conducting a public hearing required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection a. of section 2 of this amendatory and supplementary act shall submit to the commissioner, and to the State House Commission for any conveyance of lands requiring, pursuant to law, review by the commission, a summary of the written comments received and the testimony heard at each public hearing pertaining to the proposed conveyance within 30 days after the date on which the public hearing was held. Transcripts of any public hearing shall also be made available to the State House Commission and, upon request, to the public within that time period.
L.1993,c.38,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-57 - Disposition of proceeds; management of lands

13:1D-57. Disposition of proceeds; management of lands
7. a. Except as provided pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1983, c.324 (C.13:1L-8) and sections 1 and 3 of P.L.1958, c.93 (C.23:8A-1 and C.23:8A-3), any proceeds obtained from the conveyance of lands acquired or developed by the State with Green Acres funds, or acquired or developed by the State in any other manner and administered by the department, shall be deposited in the appropriate Green Acres fund or such other fund that may be specially created therefor, to be appropriated to, and utilized by, the department for the acquisition of lands by the State for recreation and conservation purposes.
b. Except as provided pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1983, c.324 (C.13:1L-8) and sections 1 and 3 of P.L.1958, c.93 (C.23:8A-1 and C.23:8A-3), any lands obtained in exchange for lands acquired or developed by the State with Green Acres funds, or acquired or developed by the State in any other manner and administered by the department, shall be managed by the department for the same purposes as those lands of the State that were exchanged.
L.1993,c.38,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:1D-64 - "Antifreeze" defined.

13:1D-64 "Antifreeze" defined.
1. As used in this act:
"Antifreeze" means any substance intended for use as the cooling medium, or to be added to the cooling liquid, in the cooling system of internal combustion engines to prevent freezing of the cooling liquid or to lower its freezing point.
L.2009, c.277, s.1.