2020 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply
Section 58:10B-17 - Review of department decision concerning remediation
58:10B-17. Review of department decision concerning remediation
41. a. Any person conducting a remediation of a contaminated site may dispute a decision by the department concerning the remediation in accordance with the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection b. of this section. The disputed decision shall be reviewed, and a determination shall be made, by the next level of the department's management, and the review may continue, upon the request of the person seeking review, until the commissioner or his designee has issued a decision on the dispute. Each successive level of management review and the resulting determination on the dispute, shall occur within seven days of the department's receipt of the request for review.
b. Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.1993, c.139, the department shall develop guidelines that establish a procedure through which a person conducting a remediation of a contaminated site may dispute a department decision concerning the remediation. Those guidelines shall include provisions for an expedited review procedure under which the commissioner, or his designee, shall issue a decision on the dispute within 21 calendar days of the date on which the request for that review was received.
L.1993,c.139,s.41.
