New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 1H - COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STANDARDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND PERFORMANCE
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7:1H-1.4 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Where words and terms are used in standards which contain a citation to rules promulgated by the Department, the definitions of those words and terms will be the same as the definitions found in those Department rules.

"Air pollution" means the presence in the atmosphere of one or more air contaminants of any composition whatsoever, in such quantities and duration as are, or tend to be, injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property within any portion of this State.

"Certified local health agency" means a local health agency that the Department certifies has satisfied the environmental health standards of administrative procedure and all applicable environmental health performance standards of this chapter, whose certification has not been suspended, terminated or revoked.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

"County department" means a county department of health established pursuant to P.L. 1975, c.329 (N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented, with the purpose of providing environmental health programs throughout the county.

"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.

"Environmental health" means those health and environmental programs relating to the control of air pollution, solid waste, noise and water pollution.

"Environmental indicators" means direct or indirect measures of environmental quality that are used to assess the status and trends of environmental conditions.

"Hazardous substances" means such elements and compounds, including petroleum products, which are defined as such by the department, after public hearing, and which shall be consistent to the maximum degree possible with, and which shall include, the list of hazardous substances adopted by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the list of toxic pollutants designated by Congress or EPA pursuant to Section 307 of that act; provided however, that sewage and sewage sludge shall not be considered as hazardous substances for the purposes of these rules.

"Interlocal services agreement" means a written contract that is executed between two local units for the joint provision of a service within their area of jurisdiction, pursuant to the Interlocal Services Act, 40:8A-1 et seq.

"Leachate" means a liquid that has been in contact with solid waste and contains dissolved or suspended materials from that solid waste.

"Local health agency" means any regional or municipal governmental agency organized for the purpose of providing health services and certified pursuant to these regulations.

"Major stationary source" means any stationary facility or source of air pollutants which directly emits, or has the potential to emit, 100 tons per year or more of any air pollutant.

"Monitor" means check, test, observe, survey or inspect to determine compliance with environmental health standards.

"National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPPS) Performance Partnership Agreement (PPA)" means the document which describes the joint United States Environmental Protection Agency and Department system that emphasizes results-based management through the development of long-term environmental goals, milestones and use of environmental indicators as measures of progress. These goals, milestones and indicators are articulated in a plan called a "Performance Partnership Agreement." A copy of this document may be obtained from the Department's Web Page on the Internet at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr or by contacting the Department's Division of Science, Research and Technology at (609) 984-6071.

"Noise" means any sounds of such level and duration as to be or tend to be injurious to human health or welfare, or which would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the State or in any portions thereof, but excludes all aspects of the employer-employee relationship concerning health and safety hazards within the confines of a place of employment.

"Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids except for liquids which are treated in public sewage treatment plants and except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms.

"Strategic Plan 1998-2001" means the Department plan which expresses its vision, mission, six broad environmental goals, selected milestones and new or enhanced strategies upon which the Department will focus to achieve these objectives. A copy of this document may be obtained from the Department's Web Page on the Internet at http://www.state.nj.us/dep or by contacting the Department's Office of Communications at (609) 292-3225.

"Toxic substances" means those pollutants, or combinations of pollutants including disease causing agents, which after discharge and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation or assimilation into any organism, either directly or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, will, on the basis of information available to the commissioner, cause death, disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations, physiological malfunctions, including malfunctions in reproduction, or physical deformation, in such organisms or their offspring.

"Water pollution" means the presence in or upon the surface or ground waters of this State of one or more contaminants, including any form of solid or liquid waste of any composition whatsoever, in such quantities and duration as are, or tend to be, injurious to the human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property within any portion of the State.