12:6B-5 - Dredging, dredged material, management and disposal plan
12:6B-5 Dredging, dredged material, management and disposal plan.
5. a. The Office of Maritime Resources in the Department of Transportation shall, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and the task force established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1997, c.97 (C.12:6B-3), develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive dredging and dredged material management and disposal plan, including dredged material decontamination, for the navigable waters of the State.
b.The Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation shall be authorized, in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures of the General Services Administration, to enter into agreements with public or private entities to establish ownership, lease provisions and other related real and personal property interests. The departments may also, in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures of the General Services Administration, enter into agreements with regard to:
(1)the development, operation and management of dredging projects including, but not necessarily limited to, any cost sharing, right of way or easement provisions involved;
(2)the development, operation, management, closure and monitoring of dredged material disposal, treatment and processing facilities; and
(3)the development, evaluation, certification and implementation of demonstration dredged material decontamination and treatment technologies that are cost-effective, environmentally sound and that create a usable end product.
c.The departments shall be authorized to acquire by purchase, lease, grant or otherwise, any land, real or personal property which, in the determination of the departments, is reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
d.The departments shall be authorized to solicit proposals and to enter into all contracts and agreements necessary to plan, design, construct, equip, operate, finance, improve or maintain demonstration projects for dredging, dredged material disposal and dredged material decontamination projects.
e.The departments shall be authorized to charge and collect fees or charges for dredging and for the use of a dredged material disposal facility at such rates necessary to compensate for the costs to dredge, and to plan, design, construct, equip, operate, improve, maintain, close or replace the dredged material disposal facility and to ensure continued availability of dredging and dredged material disposal.
L.1997,c.97,s.5; amended 2001, c.429, s.14.