New Jersey § 13:1k-17
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:1k-17, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13:1k-17.
a. When the Department of Environmental Protection obtains any information which leads
it to suspect that a hazardous discharge has occurred, it shall immediately notify,
in writing and orally, the governing body and the local board of health of the municipality,
in which the hazardous discharge has occurred and shall take appropriate action to
verify that a hazardous discharge has occurred, including authorizing an agent or
officer of the municipality to investigate the site of the suspected hazardous discharge
and to report to the department. b. Within six months of the effective date of this act, the department shall transmit
to the governing body of each municipality in the State a list of all hazardous discharges
reported to the department pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1976, c. 141 ( C. 58:10-23.11 et seq. ) or which the department discovered by any other means, which occurred within the
boundaries of the municipality between the effective date of P.L.1976, c. 141 and
the effective date of this act. This list also shall include the status of the department's response to, or action
taken concerning each discharge. c. When the governing body of a municipality or the local board of health obtains
any information which leads it to suspect that a hazardous discharge has occurred,
it shall immediately notify the department, in writing and orally.
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