Bill Text: NJ A2029 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires weekly update of known contaminated site database.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-08 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee [A2029 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2029-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2029

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2010

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  CAROLINE CASAGRANDE

District 12 (Mercer and Monmouth)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires weekly update of known contaminated site database.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning known contaminated sites and amending P.L.1982, c.202.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 2 of P.L.1982, c.202 (C.58:10-23.16) is amended to read as follows:

     2.    The department shall prepare and maintain a database that lists all known hazardous discharge sites, cases, and areas of concern.  The database shall comprise an inventory of all the known hazardous discharge sites, cases, and areas of concern in the State. No later than one year after the date of enactment of P.L.2009, c.60 (C.58:10C-1 et al.) the department shall establish a ranking system that establishes categories in which to rank sites based upon the level of risk to the public health, safety, or the environment, the length of time the site has been undergoing remediation, the economic impact of the contaminated site on the municipality and on surrounding property, and any other factors deemed relevant by the department.  The database shall include information concerning each site that identifies the location of the known or suspected contaminated site, the status of the remediation, the contaminants of concern, and whether institutional or engineering controls are in use at the site.  The department shall review the database at least once every week and modify it as necessary.  The department shall provide public access to reports from the database on its internet website and the reports shall be updated on a weekly basis .

(cf: P.L.2009, c.60, s.39)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to review and update the known contaminated site database on a weekly basis and to update the reports from the database on the department's website each week.