New Jersey § 52:27d-222

§ 52:27d-222.

As used in this act: a. “ Business entity ” means any person or corporation in the State engaged in business operations which

has a Standard Industrial Classification, as designated in the Standard Industrial

Classification Manual prepared by the federal Office of Management and Budget, within

the following Major Group Numbers, Group Numbers, or Industry Numbers, as the case

may be: Major Group Number 07 (Agricultural Services), only Industry Number 0782-Lawn

and Garden Services; Major Group Numbers 20 through 39 inclusive (Manufacturing Industries);

Major Group Number 45 (Transportation by Air), only Industry Number 4511-Air Transportation,

Certified Carriers, and Group Number 458-Air Transportation Services; Major Group

Number 46 (Pipelines, Except Natural Gas); Major Group Number 47 (Transportation

Services), only Group Numbers 471-Freight Forwarding, 474-Rental of Railroad Cars,

and 478-Miscellaneous Services Incidental to Transportation; Major Group Number 48

(Communication), only Group Numbers 481-Telephone Communication, and 482-Telegraph

Communication; Major Group Number 49 (Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services); Major

Group Number 50 (Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods), only Industry Numbers 5085-Industrial

Supplies, 5087-Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies, and 5093-Scrap and Waste

Materials; Major Group Number 51 (Wholesale Trade, Nondurable Goods), only Group

Numbers 512-Drugs, Drug Proprietaries and Druggists' Sundries, 516-Chemicals and Allied

Products, 517-Petroleum and Petroleum Products, 518-Beer, Wine and Distilled Alcoholic

Beverages, and 519-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods; Major Group Number 55 (Automobile

Dealers and Gasoline Service Stations), only Group Numbers 551-Motor Vehicle Dealers

(New and Used), 552-Motor Vehicle Dealers (Used Only), and 554-Gasoline Service Stations;

Major Group Number 72 (Personal Services), only Industry Numbers 7216-Dry Cleaning

Plants, Except Rug Cleaning, 7217-Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, and 7218-Industrial

Launderers; Major Group Number 73 (Business Services), only Industry Number 7397-Commercial

Testing Laboratories; Major Group Number 75 (Automotive Repair, Services, and Garages),

only Group Number 753-Automotive Repair Shops; Major Group Number 76 (Miscellaneous

Repair Services), only Industry Number 7692-Welding Repair; Major Group Number 80

(Health Services), only Group Number 806-Hospitals; and Major Group Number 82 (Educational

Services), only Group Numbers 821-Elementary and Secondary Schools and 822-Colleges

and Universities, and Industry Number 8249-Vocational Schools. “Business entity” also means the State and local governments, or any agency, authority,

department, bureau, or instrumentality thereof. b. “ Emergency response plan ” means a written document, developed by a county fire marshal or appropriate county

official and a municipal fire department or fire district in cooperation with a business

entity and updated as necessary, which establishes procedures for dealing with fires

at facilities that store, manufacture, distribute or warehouse substances identified

by the Department of Environmental Protection as unusually hazardous. The purpose of the plan and its process of development is to ensure that emergency

response personnel have adequate knowledge of the location and identity of unusually

hazardous substances and pre-established procedures for handling an emergency. c. “ Facility ” means the building, equipment and contiguous area at a single location used for

the conduct of business. d. “ Unusually hazardous ” means likely to explode due to a highly volatile nature, a propensity to produce

toxic fumes, or a tendency to react with water or common firefighting chemicals and

any other property which the Department of Environmental Protection determines will

make a substance an uncommon danger to firefighters and the surrounding community

in the event of its exposure to a fire.