32:31-9 - Penalties - New Jersey Statutes

32:31-9.  Penalties
       Article VIII.  Penalties

     a.  Each party state, consistent with federal and host state regulations and  laws, shall enforce penalties against any person not acting as an official of a  party state for violation of this compact in the party state. Each party state  acknowledges that the shipment to a host state of waste packaged or transported  in violation of applicable laws and regulations can result in the imposition of  sanctions by the host state.  These sanctions may include, but are not limited  to, suspension or revocation of the violator's right of access to the facility  in the host state.

    b.  Without the express approval of the commission, it shall be unlawful for  any person to dispose of any low-level waste within the region except at a  regional facility;  provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to  waste which is permitted by applicable federal or state regulations to be  discarded without regard to its radioactivity.

    c.  Unless specifically approved by the commission and affected host state(s) pursuant to Article IV, it shall be a violation of this compact for: (1) any person to deposit at a regional facility waste not generated within the  region;  (2) any regional facility to accept waste not generated within the  region;  and (3) any person to export from the region waste generated within  the region.

    d.  Primary responsibility for enforcing the provisions of the law will rest  with the affected state or states.  The commission, upon a two-thirds vote of  its members, may bring action to seek enforcement or appropriate remedies  against violators of the provisions and regulations for this compact as  provided for in Article IV.

     L.1983, c. 329, s. 2, Art. VIII, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.