Borough of Clayton, NJ
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2023-12-14
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 65 Hazardous Substances
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrator
- Ch 3 Attendance Policy
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Checks, Returned
- Ch 5A Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 5B Clayton Emergency Responder Award
- Ch 6 Code Enforcement Officer
- Ch 6A Communications and Notifications
- Ch 7 Contracts, Public
- Ch 8 Court, Joint Municipal
- Ch 9 Deputy Borough Clerk
- Ch 9A Environmental Commission
- Ch 10 (Reserved)
- Ch 11 Fire Assistance, Intermunicipal
- Ch 12 Historic Advisory Committee
- Ch 13 Housing Authority
- Ch 14 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 15A Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 16 Park and Recreation Committee
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Personnel
- Ch 20 Police Assistance, Intermunicipal
- Ch 21 Police Department
- Ch 23 Recycling Enforcement Officer
- Ch 25 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 27 Tuition Credit Program
- Ch 28 Veterans Committee
- Ch 29 Water and Sewer Utility, Municipal
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 31 Address Map
- Ch 31A Affordable Housing
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 36 Amusements
- Ch 39 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 40 Body Art
- Ch 41 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 43 Buildings and Structures, Dangerous
- Ch 44 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 45 Buildings: Certificate of Occupancy
- Ch 46 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 48 Crossing Guards
- Ch 50 Curfew
- Ch 52 Dangerous Substances, Transportation and Disposal of
- Ch 53 Dogs and Cats
- Ch 55 Drive-In Restaurants and Shopping Centers
- Ch 56 Drugs
- Ch 57 Street/Right-Of-Way Road Opening Permits
- Ch 57A Fees
- Ch 58 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 58A Fire Suppression and Key Boxes
- Ch 59 Fire Prevention
- Ch 59A Fireworks
- Ch 59B (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Garbage and Trash
- Ch 61 Grading
- Ch 62 Graffiti
- Ch 63 Housing Standards
- Ch 64 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 64A Handicapped Parking
- Ch 64B Junkyards
- Ch 65 Hazardous Substances
- § 65-1 Definitions.
- § 65-2 Assignment of liability.
- § 65-3 Hearing upon reasonableness of assessment.
- § 65-4 Liability for attorneys' fees and collection costs.
- Ch 65A Licenses and Permits
- Ch 66 Littering
- Ch 67 Massage Establishments
- Ch 67A Parades and Exhibitions
- Ch 68 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 68A Peace and Good Order
- Ch 69 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 71 Police Panel Alarm System
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 73 Precious Metal Merchants
- Ch 74 Property Maintenance
- Ch 76 Rental Property
- Ch 78 Sewers
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 80A Soil Removal
- Ch 81 Storage, Outdoor
- Ch 81A Storm Sewer System
- Ch 82 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Taxation
- Ch 86 Tobacco Sales
- Ch 86A Towing and Storage Services
- Ch 87 Trees
- Ch 88 Unified Development
- Ch 89 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 90 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 91 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 93 Water
- Ch 94 Water Conservation
- Ch 95 Yard Sales
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Youth Sports
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 99 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 102 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 108 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 110 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Retail Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 116 Sanitation
- Ch 118 (Reserved)
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 (Reserved)
- Ch 121 (Reserved)
- Ch 122 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A125 Council Bylaws
- Ch A126 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A127 Gas Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Clayton 2-11-1999 by Ord. No.
2-99.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All costs associated with a discharge within the boundaries
of the Borough of Clayton, which shall include labor and material
for the removal of hazardous substances or taking of reasonable measures
to prevent or mitigate damages to the public health, safety or welfare
of the residents of the Borough of Clayton, including the lands, private
and public, therein.
Any intentional or unintentional action or omission resulting
in the release, spill, leak, emission, dump or disposal of hazardous
substances into the waters or lands within the Borough of Clayton
or outside the Borough when damage may result to the waters or lands
inside the Borough.
All elements and compounds, including petroleum products
as set forth within N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11b, as amended, except that
sewage and sewage sludge shall be considered hazardous substances
for the purpose of this chapter.
Any individual, public or private corporation, companies,
association, societies, firms, partnerships or joint-stock companies.
Any person who shall discharge hazardous substances within the
Borough of Clayton shall be strictly liable for all cleanup and removal
costs incurred by the Borough of Clayton or agencies and employees
therein.
Upon assessment of cleanup and removal costs, the person assessed
may, within 10 days of receipt of such assessment, make a written
request for a hearing before the Borough Council exclusively upon
the reasonableness of the amount assessed.
The person responsible for the discharge shall be liable for
all reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in the collection
of cleanup and removal costs.
