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New Jersey Statutes Title 58. Waters and Water Supply 58 § 16A-55.8

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

a. No person shall place or store, or cause to be placed or stored, any containers holding hazardous substances as defined in section 3 of P.L.1976, c. 141 (C.58:10-23.11b) in a 100-year flood plain, as defined by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of the “Flood Hazard Area Control Act,” P.L.1962, c. 19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.), unless:

(1) The facility at which any containers holding hazardous substances are to be placed or stored is in compliance with flood protection measures to prevent the release of hazardous substances due to flooding, as follows: (a) an approved engineering design of site-specific flood protection devices designed to prevent washout; or (b) an approved written plan of emergency procedures for removing the containers to safety or out of the facility before the facility is flooded; and

(2) Every container is visibly marked in a manner determined in rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act” with a label designed and affixed to ensure that the label shall remain visible and in place if there is a flood or other natural disaster stating the following:

Caution: Hazardous Contents

To be handled and opened only by authorized personnel

If found, please contact

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

1-877-927-6337

b. The labeling requirements of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to containers required to be labeled pursuant to other State or federal laws or containers labeled pursuant to the “Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,” 7 U.S.C. s.136 et seq.

c. For the purposes of this section, “container” means a receptacle used to hold a liquid, solid, or gaseous substance, including, but not limited to, bottles, bags, barrels, boxes, cans, cylinders, drums, cartons, vessels, vats, and stationary or mobile storage tanks; except that “container” shall not include process containers, pipelines or underground storage tanks.

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