New Jersey Statutes 34:5A-24. Substances not included on hazardous substance lists; reporting; liability
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:5A-24
- 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
Substances not included on the workplace hazardous substance list or the environmental hazardous substance list shall not be subject to the reporting provisions of this act. However, the absence of any substance from the workplace hazardous substance list or the environmental hazardous substance list, or the provision of any information by an employer to an employee or any other person pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall not in any way affect any other liability of an employer with regard to safeguarding the health and safety of an employee or any other person exposed to the substance, nor shall it affect any other duty or responsibility of an employer to warn ultimate users of a substance of any potential health hazards associated with the use of the substance pursuant to the provisions of any law or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
L.1983, c. 315, s. 24, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.