N.J. Admin. Code § 19:31G-1.2
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Act" means P.L. 1993, c. 139, as amended and supplemented.
"Applicant" means a municipality, county, redevelopment entity, company, firm, non-profit organization, an individual, corporation, partnership, or other private business entity which has been determined by the Department to be eligible for financial assistance or a grant under the Fund.
"Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
"Brownfield development area" means an area that has been so designated by the Department, in writing, pursuant to section 7 of P.L. 1993, c. 139 as amended.
"Brownfield site" means any former or current commercial or industrial site that is currently vacant or underutilized and on which there has been, or there is suspected to have been, a discharge of a contaminant.
"Community collaborative initiative" means the partnership established between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Authority, where Department staff are assigned to work directly with Department-designated communities to address environmental and redevelopment issues.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
"Discharge" shall have the same meaning as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:26E, Technical Requirements for Site Remediation.
"Eligible project" means a project determined by the Department to be eligible to apply to the Authority to receive financial assistance or a grant from the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
"Financial assistance" means loans and loan guarantees.
"Fund" means the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
"Innocent party" means a person who:
1. Acquired the real property prior to December 31, 1983 and continues to own the real property at least until the Authority renders final approval to the grant;
2. Demonstrates that the hazardous substance or hazardous waste that was discharged at the real property was not used by that person, or by any person that had permission to use the site from the applicant; and
3. Certifies that the applicant or any person that had permission to use the site from the applicant did not discharge any hazardous substance or hazardous waste at an area where a discharge is discovered.
"Members" means the members of the Authority.
"Non-profit organizations" mean 501(c)3 corporations pursuant to Section 501(c)3 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)3, that are exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(a) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(a).
"Person" means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, or other private business entity and shall not include non-profit organizations.
"Preliminary assessment" shall have the same meaning as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:26E.
"Public entities" means municipalities, counties and, as defined in this section, redevelopment entities.
"Qualifying person" means any person who has a net worth of not more than $ 2 million.
"Recreation and conservation purposes" means the use of lands for beaches, biological or ecological study, boating, camping, fishing, forests, greenways, hunting, natural areas, parks, playgrounds, protecting historic properties, water reserves, watershed protection, wildlife preserves, active sports, or a similar use for either public outdoor recreation or conservation or natural resources, or both.
"Redevelopment entity" means any redevelopment entity authorized to exercise government powers pursuant to section 4 of P.L. 1992, c. 79 (40A:12A-4 ).
"Remediation" shall have the same meaning as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:26E.
"Remediation funding source" means the methods of financing the remediation of a discharge.
"Renewable energy generation" means:
1. Electric energy produced from solar technologies, photovoltaic technologies, wind energy, fuel cells, geothermal technologies, wave or tidal action, methane gas from landfills, a resource recovery facility, a hydropower facility or a biomass facility, provided that the biomass is cultivated and harvested in a sustainable manner, and provided further that the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection has determined that the resource recovery facility, hydropower facility or biomass facility, as appropriate, meets the highest environmental standards and minimizes any impacts to the environment and local communities; and
2. Energy produced from solar thermal or geothermal technologies.
"Site investigation" shall have the same meaning as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:26E.
N.J. Admin. Code § 19:31G-1.2
See: 26 N.J.R. 1612(b), 26 N.J.R. 2918(a).
Amended by R.2000 d.297, effective 7/17/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 1705(a), 32 N.J.R. 2602(c).
Rewrote "Applicant"; and inserted "Municipal governmental entity", "NJRA" and "Qualifying person".
Amended by R.2006 d.369, effective 10/16/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 3001(a), 38 N.J.R. 4503(a).
In definition "Act", inserted ", as amended and supplemented"; in definition "Applicant", substituted "municipality, county, redevelopment entity, company, firm, non-profit organization" for "municipal governmental entity, the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority"; added definitions "Brownfield development area", "Brownfield site", "Non-profit organizations", "Public entities", "Redevelopment entity" and "Recreation and conservation purposes"; in definition "Department", deleted "and Energy" from the end; rewrote definitions "Innocent Party" and "Person"; and deleted definitions "Municipal governmental entity" and "NJRA".
Amended by R.2010 d.285, effective 12/6/2010.
See: 42 N.J.R. 2019(a), 42 N.J.R. 2969(a).
Added definition "Renewable energy generation".
Amended by R.2021 d.126, effective 11/1/2021.
See: 53 N.J.R. 1270(a), 53 N.J.R. 1859(a).
Added definition "Community collaborative initiative"; in definition "Department", inserted "New Jersey"; in definition "Discharge", inserted ", Technical Requirements for Site Remediation"; and deleted definitions "Innocent party" and "Qualifying person".