58:10B-2.1 - Departmental oversight of cleanup, remediation; fee, costs, certain, permitted - New Jersey Statutes

58:10B-2.1  Departmental oversight of cleanup, remediation; fee, costs, certain, permitted.

1. a. In the case of an owner or operator of an industrial establishment or any other person required to perform remediation activities pursuant to P.L.1983, c.330 (C.13:1K-6 et al.), or a discharger, a person in any way responsible for a hazardous substance, or a person otherwise liable for cleanup and removal costs pursuant to subsection c. of section 8 of P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11g) and who does not have a defense to liability pursuant to subsection d. of that section, the fees for department oversight of the cleanup and removal of a discharge of a hazardous substance performed after the effective date of P.L.2002, c.37 may include the indirect costs of the department and the costs related to the department's oversight charged to the department by other State departments or agencies.

b.In the case of the remediation of a contaminated site performed by any person not subject to the provisions of subsection a. of this section, the fees for department oversight of the remediation performed after the effective date of P.L.2002, c.37 shall not include any indirect costs, but may include those program costs directly related to the oversight of the remediation and the costs related to the department's oversight charged to the department by other State departments or agencies.

c.In the case of the cleanup and removal of a discharged hazardous substance at a person's primary residence, the fees for department oversight of the remediation performed after the effective date of P.L.2002, c.37 shall not include any indirect costs, but may include only those program costs directly related to the oversight of the remediation.

d.The department shall not establish or impose a fee for the oversight of any cleanup and removal of a discharged hazardous substance or for the remediation of a contaminated site that includes direct program costs and indirect costs which together exceed seven and one-half percent of the cost of the remediation of a contaminated site or the cleanup and removal of a discharged hazardous substance.

L.2002, c.37, s.1; amended 2009, c.60,s.42.