New Jersey Statutes 58:11-56. Violations; closing off of use of sewerage connections
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 58:11-56
- 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.
- 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
If any county, municipality, authority, commission, or other public body or agency owning, operating or controlling, separately or jointly, a public sewage treatment plant or the department finds that any person, corporation or municipality is discharging sewage into a public sewage treatment plant in violation of the provisions of this act or regulations promulgated thereunder, the said county, municipality, authority, commission, or other public body or agency, and the department, may in addition to any remedies provided under sections 6 and 7 of this act, take such steps as may be necessary to seal or close off such sewerage connections from the public sewage treatment plant until it is satisfied that adequate measures have been taken to prevent the recurrence of such violation.
L.1972, c. 42, s. 8, eff. June 1, 1972.