New Jersey Statutes 58:11-53. Enforcement by agencies; application by users; rules and regulations; inspection
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:11-53
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
a. Require that any person, corporation, or municipality desiring to make any sewage connection or discharge or continue to discharge sewage which includes or consists of industrial wastes into such public sewage treatment plant make application therefor in writing on forms provided by said municipality, authority, commission, or other public body or agency;
b. Adopt rules and regulations setting forth the information required to be stated in the application aforesaid, in order to provide full information as to the quantity, character and composition of any sewage which may be discharged into the public sewage treatment plant, and establishing requirements and procedures for prompt amendment of said application in the event of significant changes in the quantity, character or composition of such sewage.
c. Make or cause to be made inspection of the discharging facilities of any person, corporation, or municipality who may be discharging sewage or permitting sewage to be discharged into sewerage systems under its jurisdiction, in order to determine compliance with the pretreatment standards set by the department.
L.1972, c. 42, s. 5, eff. June 1, 1972.