4:24-43 - Certification of plan by district;  development of projects

4:24-43.  Certification of plan by district;  development of projects
    Approval of an application for development for any project by the State, any  county, municipality, or any instrumentality thereof shall be conditioned upon  certification by the local district of a plan for soil erosion and sediment  control.  Any person proposing to engage in any project not requiring approval  by the State, any county, municipality, or any instrumentality thereof shall,  prior to commencing such project, receive certification by the local district  of a plan for soil erosion and sediment control.  Any public utility,  municipality, county or the State or any agency or instrumentality thereof,  other than the State Department of Transportation, which proposes a project  shall, prior to the construction of such project submit to and receive  certification by the district of a plan for soil erosion and sediment control.   The State Department of Transportation shall certify a plan for any project  that it proposes to construct and shall file such certification with the  district. Certification by the Department of Transportation shall be pursuant  to soil erosion control standards developed jointly by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Protection and the committee and promulgated by the Department of Transportation.

     L.1975, c. 251, s. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1976.  Amended by L.1979, c. 459, s. 3, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.