[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Haddon Heights 9-2-1997 by Ord. No. 1020 (Ch. 62 of the 1975 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste  — See Ch. 393.
Sanitation — See Ch. 496.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CLEANUP AND REMOVAL COSTS
All costs associated with a discharge within the boundaries of the Borough of Haddon Heights, 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 Haddon Heights, including the lands, private and public, therein.
DISCHARGE
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 with the Borough of Haddon Heights or outside the Borough when damage may result to the waters or lands inside the Borough.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
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.
PERSON
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 Haddon Heights shall be strictly liable for all cleanup and removal costs incurred by the Borough of Haddon Heights 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 governing body exclusively upon the reasonableness of the amount assessed.
[Added 9-18-2001 by Ord. No. 1116]
The cost of materials as hereinabove noted shall be the replacement cost of all materials used to clean up or to prevent damage associated with a discharge. The cost of labor shall be assessed in accordance with the following schedule:
A. 
Firefighter: $25 per hour.
B. 
Fire apparatus: $100 per hour.
[Added 6-18-2002 by Ord. No. 1129; amended 4-1-2003 by Ord. No. 1150]
All sums received in the form of cleanup or removal costs as hereinabove described shall be maintained under an account separate from the general revenue fund of the Borough and from the operating budget of the Fire Department at the discretion of the Chief of the Fire Department, along with the Director of Public Safety, for use only to purchase equipment and supplies used in cleanup or removal of discharge of hazardous substances and for training related to hazardous substance cleanup. The Fire Chief shall render an accounting of receipts and disbursements with the governing body on an annual basis at the time of submittal of the Haddon Heights Fire Department's operating budget.