[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Glassboro as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste and recycling — See Ch. 408.
[Adopted 4-13-1982 by Ord. No. 82-4]
The following words, whenever used in this article,
shall, for the purpose of this article, have the following meanings:
Any individual or group of individuals composing any community
of interest, firm, partnership, corporation, political subdivision
or authority.
Any substance which is, in its production and/or disposal,
regulated by any governmental agency for the purpose of protecting
health, safety or welfare of citizens from the actual or potential
threat imposed by noncompliant production and/or disposal of such
substances and shall specifically include chemical waste, sewage,
septage or any other chemical or biological wastes.
Any vehicle duly authorized by the Board of Public Utilities
or other regulating agency of the State of New Jersey.
Movement from one location to another by use of a vehicle
or container upon public streets or highways.
No person shall transport a potentially dangerous
substance through the Borough of Glassboro unless transportation is
made on a duly regulated vehicle which prominently displays a certificate
of approval from an appropriate governmental agency.
A.
No person shall dispose of, dump or place any potentially
dangerous substance into any manhole, pipe, sewage line or any other
receptacle, field, stream or lot situate within the Borough of Glassboro.
B.
The only authorized disposal facility for sewage and
septage within the County of Gloucester shall be the Gloucester County
Utilities Authority or any other agency authorized by law to accept
such substances. Other potentially dangerous substances not authorized
to be disposed of at the Gloucester County Utilities Authority shall
be disposed of only with the agency authorized by law to dispose of
such potentially dangerous substances.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article by transporting a potentially dangerous substance in an unregulated
vehicle or who disposes of a potentially dangerous substance in a
place other than authorized shall, upon conviction, be subject to
a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 90
days or a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or
any combination thereof. If a person performs a series of prohibited
transactions, each transaction shall be deemed to be a separate violation
of this article for sentencing purposes.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. II, Cleanup and Removal of Hazardous Substances, adopted 12-13-1994 by Ord. No. 94-24, consisting of §§ 279-5 through 279-8, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). See now Ch. 241, Emergency Response, Art. I, Cost Recovery.
