New Jersey Statutes 58:10A-24.2. Services on underground storage tanks by certified persons; exceptions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:10A-24.2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. Except as provided pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.1991, c.123 (C. 58:10A-24.1), any service performed on an underground storage tank at an underground storage tank site for the purpose of complying with the provisions of P.L.1986, c.102 (C. 58:10A-21 et seq.), or tank testing, tank installation, tank removal, tank closure, or subsurface evaluations for corrective action, closure or corrosivity on an unregulated heating oil tank, shall be performed by, or under the immediate on-site supervision of, a person certified by the department in accordance with section 3 of P.L.1991, c.123 (C. 58:10A-24.3).
c. A business firm or other person performing well drilling or pump installation services at the site of an underground storage tank or an unregulated heating oil tank who is licensed to perform such services pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1947, c.377 (C. 58:4A-11), shall not be required to be certified pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1991, c.123 (C. 58:10A-24.3), or to perform those services under the supervision of a person certified thereunder.
d. Professional engineers licensed pursuant to P.L.1938, c.342 (C. 45:8-27 et seq.) shall be exempt from the certification requirements of section 3 of P.L.1991, c.123 (C. 58:10A-24.3) and from the payment of a recertification or renewal fee required pursuant to section 4 of that act (C. 58:10A-24.4), but shall be required to obtain a certification card issued by the department at no charge and to make the card available for inspection by a State or local official when performing tank services on an underground storage tank at an underground storage tank site or on an unregulated heating oil tank. Professional engineers exempt pursuant to this subsection shall be required to attend a department approved training course on the department’s rules and regulations concerning underground storage tanks within one year of certification or recertification.
e. A plumbing contractor, as defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1968, c.362 (C. 45:14C-2), engaged in the installation, repair, testing, or closure of a waste oil underground storage tank shall be exempt from the certification requirements of section 3 of P.L.1991, c.123 (C. 58:10A-24.3) and from payment of a recertification or renewal fee required pursuant to section 4 of that act (C. 58:10A-24.4), but shall be required to obtain a certification card issued by the department at no charge and to make the card available for inspection by a State or local official when performing tank services on an underground storage tank. Plumbing contractors exempt pursuant to this subsection shall be required to attend a department approved training course on the department’s rules and regulations concerning underground storage tanks within one year of certification or recertification. A plumbing contractor engaged in the installation, repair, testing, or closure of an unregulated heating oil tank or an underground storage tank that is not a waste oil tank shall be required to comply with section 3 of P.L.1991, c.123 (C. 58:10A-24.3).
L.1991,c.123,s.2; amended 1997, c.430, s.2; 1999, c.322, s.3.