New Jersey § 13:1e-28
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:1e-28, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13:1e-28.
a. Any municipality within which a sanitary landfill facility is located pursuant
to an adopted and approved district solid waste management plan shall be entitled
to an annual economic benefit not less than the equivalent of $1.00 per ton of solids
on all solid waste accepted for disposal at the sanitary landfill facility during
the previous calendar year as determined by the department. The owner or operator of the sanitary landfill facility shall annually pay to the
relevant municipality the full amount due under this subsection and each relevant
municipality is empowered to anticipate this amount for the purposes of preparing
its annual budget. For the purposes of calculating the payments, the owner or operator of the sanitary
landfill facility may, subject to the prior agreement of the relevant municipality
and the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection, provide the municipality
with any of the following benefits in consideration for the use of land within its
municipal boundaries as the location of a sanitary landfill facility: (1) The receipt of annual sums of money in lieu of taxes on the land used for the
sanitary landfill facility; (2) The exemption from all fees and charges for the disposal of solid waste generated
within its boundaries; (3) The receipt of a lump sum cash payment; or (4) Any combination thereof. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1994, c. 27 ). c. Every owner or operator of a sanitary landfill facility required to make annual
payments to a municipality pursuant to subsection a. of this section may petition the Department of Environmental Protection for an increase in its tariff
which reflects these payments. The department, within 60 days of the receipt of the petition, shall issue an appropriate
order that these payments shall be passed along to the users of the sanitary landfill
facility as an automatic surcharge on any tariff filed with, and recorded by, the
department for the solid waste disposal operations of the facility. d. In issuing any order required by this section, the Department of Environmental
Protection shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S. 48:2-21 .
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