New Jersey Statutes 58:11-55. Enforcement
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:11-55
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
b. A public entity operating and controlling a public sewage treatment plant shall, in accordance with subsection a. of this section, enforce any applicable pretreatment standard adopted by the public entity pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1972, c.42 (C. 58:11-57), or shall obtain injunctive relief against a violation or threatened violation of a pretreatment standard. A public entity operating and controlling a public sewage treatment plant with pretreatment standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1972, c.42 (C. 58:11-51), may enforce applicable pretreatment standards in accordance with subsection a. of this section, or obtain injunctive relief as provided in this subsection. The action shall be brought in the name of the local public entity. Of the amount of any penalty assessed and collected pursuant to subsection a. of this section, 10% shall be deposited in the “Wastewater Treatment Operators’ Training Account,” established in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1990, c.28 (C. 58:10A-14.5), and used to finance the cost of training operators of public sewage treatment plants. The remainder shall be used by the local agency solely for enforcement purposes, and for upgrading treatment works.
L.1972,c.42,s.7; amended 1988,c.170; 1990,c.28,s.18.