New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 1K - POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM RULES
Subchapter 12 - CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND REQUESTS FOR ADJUDICATORY HEARINGS
Section 7:1K-12.1 - Authority, scope and purpose
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) This subchapter governs the Department's issuance of administrative orders and the assessment and settlement of civil administrative penalties for violations of the Act. In particular, this subchapter establishes ranges of civil administrative penalties for violations of similar type, seriousness, and duration, as required by 13:1D-49(d). This subchapter also sets forth the procedures for persons requesting an adjudicatory hearing on an administrative order, notice of civil administrative penalty assessment or confidentiality determination issued under the Act or this chapter.
(b) The Department may assess a civil administrative penalty of not more than $ 15,000 for each violation of the Act.
(c) Each day during which a violation of the Act continues constitutes an additional, separate, and distinct offense.
(d) Neither the issuance of an administrative order, the assessment of a civil administrative penalty, nor the payment of any civil administrative penalty shall be deemed to affect the availability of any other enforcement provision provided for by the Act, or any other statute or administrative regulation, in connection with the violation of the Act for which the order is issued or the assessment is levied.
