New Jersey Statutes Title 27. Highways 27 § 2-9

a. the increase occurred as a result of compliance with an order issued by the Department of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Board of Public Utilities, directing the solid waste be disposed at a solid waste facility other than the facility previously utilized by the person to whom the contract has been awarded;  or

b. the increase in solid waste disposal costs occurred as a result of lawful increases in the rates, fees or charges imposed on the disposal of solid waste at the solid waste facility utilized by the person to whom the contract has been awarded.