Environmental surveys; file; clarifying information; update; request for copy

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NJ Code › Title 34 › Chapter 5A › Section 5A-9

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a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall maintain a file of all completed environmental surveys received from employers. Each environmental survey received by the department shall be retained by the department for 30 years. b. The department may require an employer to submit information clarifying any statement made on the environmental survey. The department, subject to the provisions of section 15 of this act if applicable, shall transmit this clarifying information to the appropriate county health department, local fire department, and local police department as it deems necessary. c. The department shall require every employer to update the environmental survey for his facility every other year. If there is any significant change during a nonreporting year in the information reported on his environmental survey, the employer shall inform the department of the change. The department may require an employer to update the environmental survey for his facility every year. d. Any person may request in writing from the department a copy of an environmental survey for a facility, and the department shall transmit any survey so requested within 30 days of the request therefor. L.1983, c. 315, s. 9, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.

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