N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.78
The port authority is authorized and empowered to cooperate with the States of New York and New Jersey, with any municipality thereof, with any person, with the Federal Government and with any agency, public authority or commission of any one or more of the foregoing, or with any one or more of them, for and in connection with the acquisition, clearance, replanning, rehabilitation, reconstruction or redevelopment of any industrial development project or facility or of any other area forming part of any industrial development project or facility for the purpose of renewal and improvement of said area and for any of the purposes of this act, and to enter into an agreement or agreements, and from time to time to enter into agreements amending or supplementing the same, with any such person, municipality, commission, public authority or agency and with the States of New York and New Jersey and with the Federal Government, or with any one or more of them, for or relating to such purposes, including but not limited to agreements with respect to the dedication by the municipalities of the port district of refuse, solid waste or waste resulting from other treatment processes to resource recovery to permit the generation of lower priced energy and the recovery of useful materials; with respect to a commitment by such municipalities to pay fees to permit the delivery and removal after processing of such refuse or solid waste at rates and for periods of time at least sufficient to assure the continued availability of such energy and recovered materials; with respect to financial assistance, loans and grants pursuant to any Federal law now in effect or hereinafter enacted which would provide such financial assistance, loans and grants in connection with any of the purposes of this act, provided, that if either state shall have or adopt general legislation governing applications for such Federal aid by municipalities, public authorities, agencies or commissions of such state or the receipt or disbursement of such Federal aid by or on behalf of such municipalities, public authorities, agencies or commissions, then such legislation shall at the option of such state apply to applications by the port authority for such Federal aid in connection with an industrial development project or facility located in such state and to the receipt and disbursement of such Federal aid by or on behalf of the port authority, in the same manner and to the same extent as other municipalities, public authorities, agencies or commissions of such state; and, with respect to occupancy of space in any industrial development project or facility. The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to apply for and accept financial assistance, loans and grants for such purposes under Federal, State or local laws, and to make application directly to the proper officials or agencies for and receive Federal, State or local loans or grants in aid for any of the purposes of this act. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to limit or impair the power of the Governor of the State of New York and the Governor of the State of New Jersey to review the actions of the commissioners of the port authority as provided for in chapter 700 of the laws of New York of 1927, as amended, and in chapter 333 of the laws of New Jersey of 1927, as amended, or to authorize the port authority to commence the effectuation of any industrial development project or facility unless and until the municipality in which such project or facility is to be located has consented to the commencement of such effectuation, with such consent to be provided for in the agreement authorized by section 11 or section 12 hereof. The port authority is authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements (and from time to time to enter into agreements amending or supplementing the same) with any public authority, agency or commission of either or both states to provide for the effectuation of any of the purposes of this act through a subsidiary corporation owned jointly by the port authority and any such public authority, agency or commission, and any such public authority, agency or commission is authorized and empowered to enter into such agreement or agreements with the port authority.
N.J.S. § 32:1-35.78