[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of Gloucester City 3-5-1992 by Ord. No. 10-1992. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All costs associated with a discharge within the boundaries
of the City of Gloucester City, or where mutual aid requests are made
for said service, which shall include labor and material for measures
taken by the City of Gloucester City that prevent or mitigate damages
to the public health, safety or welfare of said residents, including
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/materials into the waters or lands within the City of Gloucester
City, or where mutual aid requests are granted, or outside the City
of Gloucester City when damage may result to the waters or lands in
the City of Gloucester City.
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 ordinance.
Any individual, public or private corporation, companies,
association, societies, firms, partnerships or joint-stock companies.
Any person who shall discharge hazardous substances/materials
within the City of Gloucester City, or where mutual aid requests are
granted, shall be strictly liable for any/all costs incurred by the
City of Gloucester City or agencies and employees thereon.
Upon assessment of any/all costs, the person assessed may, within
10 days of receipt of such assessment, make a written request for
a hearing before the Environmental Committee of Council exclusively
upon the reasonableness of the amount assessed.
The person responsible for the discharge shall be liable for
all attorney's fees and costs incurred in the execution of any/all
elements of this ordinance.
