New Jersey § 13:1e-20

§ 13:1e-20.

a. (1) Within 360 days after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary

act, the respective boards of chosen freeholders, in the case of counties, and the

Hackensack Commission, in the case of the Hackensack Meadowlands District, shall develop

and formulate, pursuant to the procedures herein contained, a solid waste management

plan for each respective solid waste management district; provided, however, that

the commissioner may extend such period for a maximum of 45 additional days upon the

certification of the board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as

the case may be, of the causes of the delay in developing and formulating a plan,

and upon the commissioner's determination that an extension will permit the development

and formulation of a solid waste management plan as required herein. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, each district shall make the necessary

personnel, financial and legal arrangements to assure the development and formulation

of the plan within 360 days of the effective date of this act. Every solid waste management plan shall be developed and formulated to be in force

and effect for a period of not less than 10 years, upon the expiration of which a

new plan shall be developed and formulated pursuant to the procedures herein contained;

provided, however, that every such plan shall contain provisions for automatic review

thereof not less than once every two years following the approval thereof by the department,

which review shall be undertaken by the board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack

Commission, as the case may be; and provided further, however, that every such plan

may be reviewed at any time by the department. Upon such review, if the board of chosen freeholders, the Hackensack Commission,

or the department, as the case may be, determines that any solid waste management

plan, or any part thereof, is inadequate for the purposes for which it was intended,

such board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be,

shall develop and formulate a new solid waste management plan, or any part thereof,

and such new plan, or part thereof, shall be adopted thereby pursuant to the procedures

contained in section 14 of P.L.1975, c. 326 ( C. 13:1E-23 ). Nothing herein contained shall be construed as to prevent any board of chosen freeholders

or the Hackensack Commission from readopting a solid waste management plan upon the

expiration of same in a solid waste management district; provided, however, that

any such readoption shall be pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of P.L.1975,

c. 326 ( C. 13:1E-23 ). (2) Any two or more districts may formulate and adopt a single solid waste management

plan which shall meet all the requirements of this act for the combined area of the

cooperating solid waste management districts. b. (1) To assist each board of chosen freeholders in the development and formulation

of the solid waste management plans required herein, an advisory solid waste council

shall be constituted in every county and shall include municipal mayors or their designees,

persons engaged in the collection or disposal of solid waste and environmentalists. The respective size, composition and membership of each such council shall be designated

by the respective boards of chosen freeholders. In the Hackensack Meadowlands District, the Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee,

established pursuant to article 4 of P.L.1968, c. 404 ( C. 13:17-7 and 13:17-8 ), is hereby designated an advisory solid waste council for the purposes of this amendatory

and supplementary act; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be

construed as in any way altering the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Hackensack

Meadowlands Municipal Committee except as herein specifically provided. The respective boards of chosen freeholders and the Hackensack Commission shall

consult with the relevant advisory solid waste council at such stages in the development

and formulation of the solid waste management plan as each such board of chosen freeholders

or the Hackensack Commission, as the case may be, shall determine; provided, however,

that a solid waste management plan shall be adopted as hereinafter provided only after

consultation with the relevant advisory solid waste council. (2) In the development and formulation of a solid waste management plan for any solid

waste management district, the board of chosen freeholders or the Hackensack Commission,

as the case may be, shall: (a) Consult with the county or municipal government agencies concerned with, or responsible

for, water pollution control, water policy, water supply, or zoning or land use within

the solid waste management district; (b) Review such plans for solid waste collection and disposal proposed by, or in force

in, any municipality or municipalities within the solid waste management district,

to determine the suitability of any such plan, or any part thereof, for inclusion

within the solid waste management plan of the solid waste management district; and (c) Consult with persons engaged in solid waste collection and disposal in the solid

waste management district.