ASSEMBLY, No. 1732

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 18, 1996

 

 

By Assemblyman DiGAETANO

 

 

An Act appropriating $2,484,364 from the "Stormwater Management and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.181, for the purpose of providing grants to local government units for financing the cost of the planning of combined sewer overflow abatement projects.

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    1. a. There is appropriated from the "Stormwater Management and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Fund," created pursuant to section 14 of the "Stormwater Management and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Bond Act of 1989," P.L.1989, c.181, to the Department of Environmental Protection the sum of $2,484,364 for the purpose of providing grants to local government units for financing the cost of the planning of combined sewer overflow abatement projects, as follows:

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT                 GRANT AWARD

             UNIT 

Passaic Valley Sewerage                    $2,484,364

Commissioners 

    b. The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners are authorized, pursuant to the provisions of R.S.58:14-1 et seq., to collect, treat and dispose of sewage for contracting municipalities located within the Passaic Valley Sewerage District. The contracting municipalities comprising the Passaic Valley Sewerage District are located in parts of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union counties, as follows:

    (1) Bergen County: East Rutherford Boro, Elmwood Park Boro, Fair Lawn Boro, Franklin Lakes Boro, Garfield City, Glen Rock Boro, Hackensack City, Hasbrouck Heights Boro, Lodi Boro, Lyndhurst Township, North Arlington Boro, Ridgewood Village, Rutherford Boro, Saddle Brook Township, South Hackensack Township, Wallington Boro and Wood-Ridge Boro.

    (2) Essex County: Belleville Town, Bloomfield Town, Cedar Grove Township, East Orange City, Glen Ridge Boro, Montclair Town, Newark City, North Caldwell Boro, Nutley Town, Orange City, South Orange Village and West Orange Town.

    (3) Hudson County: Bayonne City, East Newark Boro, Harrison Town, Jersey City, Kearny Town and Union City.

    (4) Passaic County: Clifton City, Haledon Boro, Hawthorne Boro, North Haledon Boro, Little Falls Township, Passaic City, Paterson City, Prospect Park Boro, Totowa Boro and West Paterson Boro.

    (5) Union County: Elizabeth City and Hillside Township.

    c. Any transfer of any funds or project sponsor listed in subsection a. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

 

    2. The Department of Environmental Protection may apply the provisions of the "Sewage Infrastructure Improvement Act," P.L.1988, c.90 (C.58:25-23 et seq.), and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, as appropriate, in awarding the grants authorized pursuant to section 1 of this act.

 

    3. Subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may reduce the amount of any grant awarded pursuant to section 1 of this act based upon final allowable project cost determined in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the "Sewage Infrastructure Improvement Act," P.L.1988, c.90 (C.58:25-23 et seq.).

 

    4. The expenditure of the sums appropriated by this act is subject to the provisions and conditions of P.L.1989, c.181.

 

    5. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill would appropriate $2,484,364 from the "Stormwater Management and Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Bond Act of 1989" to the Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of providing grants to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, which are authorized by statute to collect, treat and dispose of sewage for municipalities in parts of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union counties, for financing the cost of the planning of combined sewer overflow abatement projects.


                             

 

Appropriates $2,484,364 in bond moneys for sewer overflow abatement project planning grants to Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.