Bill Text: NJ S2914 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Precludes DEP from imposing certain certification requirements on installers of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-25 - Substituted by A4350 (1R) [S2914 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2914-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2914

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JANUARY 23, 2017

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Precludes DEP from imposing certain certification requirements on installers of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee on March 13, 2017, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning certain certification requirements of installers of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems, and supplementing P.L.1954, c.199 (C.58:11-23 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  ¹a.¹ Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), the "Water Quality Planning Act," P.L.1977, c.75 (C.58:11A-1 et seq.), or any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the Department of Environmental Protection shall not require an installer of an individual subsurface sewage disposal system, using products approved by the department in lieu of laterals or filter material, to be in possession of a valid Certified Installer of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (CIOWTS) Advanced Level certification from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA).

     ¹b.  The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall become inoperative upon the adoption, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), of rules and regulations by the department instituting credential requirements for all installers of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.¹    

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.