New Jersey § 55:13a-7
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§ 55:13a-7.
a. The owner of a multiple dwelling who is required to prepare a Consumer Confidence
Report pursuant to the “Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996,” 42 U.S.C.s.300f et al., or who receives a Consumer Confidence Report from the owner or operator of
a public community water system, shall post each Consumer Confidence Report it prepares
or receives in each common area routinely used by the tenants living in the multiple
dwelling unit, or, if there is no common area routinely used by the tenants, the owner
of the multiple dwelling shall transmit a copy of the Consumer Confidence Report to
each dwelling unit. b. The owner of a multiple dwelling unit who is a supplier of water but is not required
to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to the “Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments
of 1996,” and who is required to conduct tests of its drinking water by the Department
of Environmental Protection, shall post a chart setting forth the results of the water
tests, including the level of detection and, as appropriate for each contaminant,
the maximum contaminant level, highest level allowed, action level, treatment technique,
or other expression of an acceptable level, for each contaminant, in each common area
routinely used by the tenants living in the multiple dwelling unit, or, if there is
no common area routinely used by the tenants, the owner of the multiple dwelling shall
transmit a copy of the chart to each dwelling unit. The chart also shall include in bold print the statement required to be included
in a Consumer Confidence Report pursuant to 40 CFR s.141.154(a) . The chart shall not include contaminants that are not detected. c. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall include in the statement
of the established rights and responsibilities of residential tenants and landlords
prepared pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1975, c. 310 ( C.46:8-45 ) the requirements imposed on owners of multiple dwellings pursuant to subsection
a. and subsection b. of this section. The Department of Community Affairs shall enforce the provisions of this section. The Department of Community Affairs shall not be required to conduct on-site inspections
to determine compliance with this section more frequently than any on-site inspections
of multiple dwellings are conducted by the department pursuant to any other law. d. As used in this section, “multiple dwelling” and “dwelling unit” shall have the
same meaning as in section 3 of P.L.1967, c. 76 ( C.55:13A-3 ) .
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