New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 27A - AIR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES
Subchapter 3 - CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND REQUESTS FOR ADJUDICATORY HEARINGS
Section 7:27A-3.3 - Procedures for assessment and payment of civil administrative penalties

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:27A-3.3

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

(a) In order to assess a civil administrative penalty under the Act, for violation of the Act or any rule promulgated, or administrative order, operating certificate, registration requirement or permit issued pursuant to the Act, the Department shall, by means of an administrative order and notice of civil administrative penalty assessment, notify the violator by certified mail (return receipt requested) or by personal service. The Department may, in its discretion, assess a civil administrative penalty for more than one offense in a single administrative order and notice of civil administrative penalty assessment or in multiple administrative orders and notices of civil administrative penalty assessment. This Administrative Order and Notice of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessment shall:

1. Identify the section of the Act, rule, administrative order, operating certificate, registration requirement or permit violated;

2. Concisely state the facts which constitute the violation;

3. Order such violation to cease;

4. Specify the amount of the civil administrative penalty to be imposed; and

5. Advise the violator of the right to request an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to the procedures in 7:27A-3.4.

(b) Payment of the civil administrative penalty is due upon receipt by the violator of the Department's Final Order in a contested case or when a Notice of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessment becomes a Final Order, as follows:

1. If no hearing is requested pursuant to the procedures in 7:27A-3.4, a Notice of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessment becomes a Final Order on the 21st day following receipt of the Notice of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessment by the violator;

2. If the Department denies the hearing request, a Notice of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessment becomes a Final Order upon receipt by the violator of notice of such denial; or

3. If an adjudicatory hearing is conducted, a Notice of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessment becomes a Final Order upon receipt by the violator of a Final Order in a contested case.

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