N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26C-4.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:26C-4.9 - Payment of fees and oversight costs

(a) The person responsible for conducting the remediation shall pay all fees and costs pursuant to an invoice the Department issues or as otherwise required pursuant to this chapter.

(b) The person responsible for conducting the remediation shall make all payments of fees and oversight costs required by this chapter:

1. By either:

i. Certified check, attorney check, money order, or personal check made payable to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey"; or

ii. E-check or credit card after the Department posts a notice for either on its website at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra or in the New Jersey Register that the Department's portal for making payments by E-check or credit card is available; and

2. By mailing payments to the following address unless otherwise indicated on the first page of a billing invoice:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Case Assignment & Initial Notice

Mail Code 401-05H

401 East State Street, 5th Floor

PO Box 420

Trenton, NJ 08625-0420

(c) If the person responsible for conducting the remediation fails to pay any fee or cost pursuant to this chapter, the person responsible for conducting the remediation:

1. Shall pay interest on the unpaid fees beginning at the end of the period when payment is due as stated in an invoice issued by the Department, at the rate established by Rule 4:42 of the current edition of the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey;

2. May be subject to enforcement pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26C-9, including penalties for each day the fee is not paid;

3. May have its property subject to a lien on all real and personal property of the person responsible for conducting the remediation, including a first priority lien on the property subject of the remediation; and

4. Shall not receive a final remediation document until all the costs and fees are paid in full.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26C-4.9

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 7:26C-4.7 by R.2012 d.095, effective 5/7/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1935(a), 44 N.J.R. 1339(b).
Administrative corrections and changes.
See: 45 N.J.R. 1652(a).