ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 1361

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: APRIL 22, 1996

      The Assembly Agriculture and Waste Management Committee reports favorably as Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 1361.

      The committee substitute for Assembly Bill No. 1361 would require the Department of Environmental Protection to make available for public inspection any approved discharge prevention, control, and countermeasure (DPCC) plan, discharge response, cleanup, and removal contingency plan, or renewal plan filed by the owner or operator of each major facility or transmission pipeline pursuant to P.L.1990, c.78. Any person, upon inspecting the information contained in the DPCC plan, contingency plan, or renewal plan, may submit written comments to the department concerning any deficiency in that information. Upon review of the written comments, the department may require the owner or operator of the major facility or transmission pipeline to submit additional information in response to the written comments. Information determined to be confidential by the department shall not be available for public inspection.