New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14B - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION
Section 7:14B-1.3 - Purpose

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14B-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) This chapter is promulgated for the following purposes:

1. To establish the Department's underground storage tank program;

2. To implement the registration requirements of the State Act;

3. To establish initial registration and annual renewal certification fees;

4. To implement the technical requirements of the State Act;

5. To implement the reporting requirements of the State Act;

6. To implement the corrective action requirements of the State Act;

7. To implement the permitting requirements for the State Act;

8. To implement the underground storage tank services certification requirements of the State Act;

9. To establish financial responsibility assurance requirements for remediation of discharged hazardous substances and compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by a discharge from an underground storage tank system;

10. To protect human health and the environment of the State by ensuring sound underground storage tank management and compliance with release detection monitoring, thereby preventing, controlling, remediating, and/or abating actual or potential ground water contamination;

11. To establish a certification program for individuals and business firms who provide certain services on regulated underground storage tank systems and unregulated heating oil tank systems pursuant to N.J.S.A. 58:10A-24 and this chapter; and

12. To establish classes of operators and training requirements for all Class A, B, and C operators of underground storage tank systems.

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