New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 1H - COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STANDARDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND PERFORMANCE
Subchapter 2 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STANDARDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
Section 7:1H-2.3 - Work program to meet standards

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:1H-2.3

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

(a) A county department or a lead agency designated pursuant to this section shall, within 15 months of the promulgation of these standards and by September 1 of each succeeding year, prepare a work program for meeting the standards and submit it to the department. The work program shall be submitted to each municipality located in the county for review and comment prior to its submittal to the department. The work program shall:

1. Provide a detailed description of program elements;

2. Delineate responsibilities for program implementation within the county;

3. Identify the personnel and their qualifications to provide the services;

4. Identify the resources required to meet the program objectives;

5. Provide a time schedule for achieving full program implementation; and

6. In succeeding years, provide a report of accomplishments of the preceding year.

(b) During the preparation of the work program the county department or designated lead agency shall consult with all other interested public or private agencies, including any existing environmental commissions.

(c) In any county without a county department, the designated lead agency shall prepare a work program as required in this section, which work program shall have the approval of the county association of health officers of that county. The county governing body shall designate a lead agency within 90 days of the effective date of these standards. If the county governing body does not designate a lead agency in 90 days, the department shall designate a lead agency. The county governing body may pay the administrative costs of any designated lead agency. The lead agency shall be one of the following:

1. The local health agency serving the largest number of municipalities in the county; or

2. A regional health commission, existing in the county, formed for the provision of one or more environmental health services and open to the membership of any municipality located within the county; or

3. A local health agency chosen by the county association of health officers; or

4. The county governing body, if that body chooses to act and if that body employs a full time County Environmental Health Coordinator who shall be a licensed Health Officer.

(d) In any county without a county department the county governing body shall prepare within 90 days of the effective date of these regulations a detailed report designating a lead agency and indicating the manner in which health services meeting the performance and administrative standards set forth herein shall be provided for the territorial area of the county. Such report shall include a description of the administrative organization for providing the environmental health services and such other information as may be required by the commissioner.

1. Within 30 days following the completion of the report, the county governing body shall conduct a public hearing to receive public comment concerning the contents of the report. Notice of the public hearing shall be published at least 15 days prior to that hearing in a newspaper circulated throughout the county. Within 30 days following the completion of the public hearing the county governing body shall give due consideration to the comments presented at the public hearing and may revise the report accordingly.

2. A copy of the revised report shall be submitted to the Commissioners of Environmental Protection and Health within 150 days of the promulgation of these standards.

3. A detailed report shall also be prepared by each county governing body and submitted to the department by December 1 of each succeeding year. If any such county governing body approves the work program of the lead agency in any succeeding year it may submit that work program as its detailed report.

(e) A county department or designated lead agency shall consult with each local health agency located in that county in the development and implementation of the work program required by this section.

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