This subchapter governs the Department's assessment of civil administrative penalties and the issuance of orders for the violation of any provision of the State Act or any regulation, rule, permit or order adopted or issued by the Department pursuant thereto. This subchapter shall also govern the procedure for assessment, settlement and payment of civil administrative penalties and for requesting an adjudicatory hearing on appeal from a notice of civil administrative penalty assessment or administrative order.
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:10-3.1