{"id":1646,"date":"2021-12-07T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/?page_id=1646"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:21:08","slug":"081505b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/notice-of-rule-proposal-archive\/081505b\/","title":{"rendered":"081505b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<br \/>\n<\/b>Site Remediation and Waste Management<br \/>\nDivision of Remediation Management and Response<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice of Rule Proposal<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment Oversight of the Remediation of Contaminated Sites<br \/>\nRule, N.J.A.C. 7:26C<br \/>\nDischarge of Petroleum and Other Hazardous Substances Rule,<br \/>\nN.J.A.C. 7:1E<br \/>\nUnderground Storage Tank Rule, N.J.A.C. 7:14B<br \/>\nIndustrial Site Recovery Act Rule, N.J.A.C. 26B<\/p>\n<p><b>Public Notice<\/b><br \/>\nTake notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nis proposing amendments and new rules concerning the Department<br \/>\nOversight of the Remediation of Contaminated Sites Rule (Oversight<br \/>\nRule), N.J.A.C. 7:26C, Discharge of Petroleum and Other Hazardous<br \/>\nSubstances Rule (DPCC Rule), N.J.A.C. 7:1E, Underground Storage<br \/>\nTank Rule (UST Rule), N.J.A.C. 7:14B, and the Industrial Site<br \/>\nRecovery Act Rule (ISRA Rule), N.J.A.C. 26B. A statement of<br \/>\nthe substance of the proposal follows:<\/p>\n<p>The Department is proposing to amend the Oversight Rule to<br \/>\nset forth penalties for violations of the UST Rule, the ISRA<br \/>\nRule, the Oversight Rule, and the Technical Requirements for<br \/>\nSite Remediation Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26E, and identify these violations<br \/>\nas either minor or non-minor for the purpose of providing grace<br \/>\nperiods in accordance with P.L. 1995, c. 296 (N.J.S.A. 13:1D-125<br \/>\net seq.), commonly known as the Grace Period Law. The proposed<br \/>\namended rules set forth how the Department will respond to any<br \/>\nviolation identified as minor. The Department is also proposing<br \/>\namendments to the Oversight Rules regarding the penalty provisions<br \/>\nof N.J.A.C. 7:26C-10, Civil Administrative Penalties and Requests<br \/>\nfor Adjudicatory Hearings, to conform those provisions to the<br \/>\nGrace Period Law. Finally, the Department is proposing amendments<br \/>\nto the Oversight Rules regarding the memoranda of agreement<br \/>\n(MOA) application and termination process. These proposed changes<br \/>\nare intended to increase the efficiency of the voluntary cleanup<br \/>\nprogram by eliminating frivolous applications for MOAs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the proposed amendments to the Oversight Rules<br \/>\ndescribed above, the Department is proposing amendments to the<br \/>\nStandard ISRA Remediation Agreement (RA) at N.J.S.A. 7:26B,<br \/>\nAppendix A, and the Standard Administrative Consent Order (ACO)<br \/>\ncontained in the Oversight Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:26C, Appendix<br \/>\nA, to replace the stipulated penalties provisions of these agreements<br \/>\nwith provisions that conform with the Grace Period Law and to<br \/>\nmake the provisions of these two agreements consistent with<br \/>\neach other.<\/p>\n<p>This proposal also contains amendments to the DPCC rule at<br \/>\nN.J.A.C. 7:1E-6.8 that ensure consistency with the penalty provisions<br \/>\nof the Oversight Rules; the UST Rule at N.J.A.C. 7:14B-1, 5<br \/>\nand 12 that clarify the enforcement process for these rules;<br \/>\nand the ISRA Rule at N.J.A.C. 7:26B-1 that make these rules<br \/>\nconsistent with the Oversight Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:26C-10.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey<br \/>\nRegister dated August 15, 2005. <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/081505b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A<br \/>\ncopy of the proposal may be accessed on the Department\u2019s<br \/>\nwebsite<\/a><span class=\"specialNote\">(PDF)<\/span>. Copies can<br \/>\nalso be obtained from LexisNexis at (800) 833-9844 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/<\/a>.<br \/>\nBe advised that there may be a fee for obtaining a copy of the<br \/>\nproposal from some sources.<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing(s) concerning the proposal is scheduled as<br \/>\nfollows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>September 19,2005<br \/>\nDepartment of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nPublic Hearing Room<br \/>\n401 E. State St.<br \/>\nTrenton, NJ 08625<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Written comments may be submitted by October 14, 2005 to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>NJ Department of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nLeslie Ledogar, Esq.<br \/>\nATTN: 25-05-07\/456<br \/>\nOffice of Legal Affairs<br \/>\nPO Box 402<br \/>\nTrenton, New Jersey 08625<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Site Remediation and Waste Management Division of Remediation Management and Response Notice of Rule Proposal Department Oversight of the Remediation of Contaminated Sites Rule, N.J.A.C. 7:26C Discharge of Petroleum and Other Hazardous Substances Rule, N.J.A.C. 7:1E Underground Storage Tank Rule, N.J.A.C. 7:14B Industrial Site Recovery Act Rule, N.J.A.C. 26B [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1646","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4073,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1646\/revisions\/4073"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}