New Jersey § 4:24-40

§ 4:24-40.

The Legislature finds that sediment is a source of pollution and that soil erosion

continues to be a serious problem throughout the State, and that rapid shifts in land

use from agricultural and rural to nonagricultural and urbanizing uses, construction

of housing, industrial and commercial developments, and other land disturbing activities

have accelerated the process of soil erosion and sediment deposition resulting in

pollution of the waters of the State and damage to domestic, agricultural, industrial,

recreational, fish and wildlife, and other resource uses. It is, therefore, declared to be the policy of the State to strengthen and extend

the present erosion and sediment control activities and programs of this State for

both rural and urban lands, and to establish and implement, through the State Soil

Conservation Committee and the Soil Conservation Districts, in cooperation with the

counties, the municipalities and the Department of Environmental Protection, a Statewide

comprehensive and coordinated erosion and sediment control program to reduce the danger

from storm water runoff, to retard nonpoint pollution from sediment and to conserve

and protect the land, water, air, and other environmental resources of the State.