New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26H - SOLID WASTE UTILITY REGULATIONS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 7:26H-1.14 - Service requirements; failure to render service

(a) It shall be the duty of every solid waste utility to furnish safe, adequate and proper service, including furnishing and performing services in a manner that tends to preserve the quality of the environment.

(b) Should any solid waste collection utility fail to render service pursuant to any contract or agreement or should any customer in any geographic area have trouble securing solid waste collection services, the Department will take such action as it deems necessary in accordance with the procedures set forth at 7:26H-5.11(c).

(c) Should any solid waste disposal utility fail to render service pursuant to a filed tariff or contract, the Department may order any solid waste disposal utility engaged in such business to extend its disposal service into the area where service has been discontinued, and the Department shall permit just and reasonable rates to be charged for such service in the extended area as found by the Department in the same manner as its determination for initial rates. See 7:26H-1.12.

(d) No solid waste disposal utility shall discontinue service to any customer without first notifying the Department, which notice shall give the reasons for such discontinuance.

(e) Where service to a customer is interrupted and it appears that the interruption will continue for more than one day or one pickup, a report shall be made to the Department forthwith giving a full account and statement of the reasons for such interruption and the estimated duration.