This chapter, being necessary to promote the public health and welfare, and to protect the environment, shall be liberally construed in order to permit the Commissioner and the Department to effectuate the purposes of N.J.S.A. 13:1D-1 et seq., 13:1E-1 et seq., 13:1K-6 et seq., 13:1K-15 et seq., 58:10-23.11a et seq., 58:10A-1 et seq., 58:10A-21 et seq., 58:10B-1 et seq. and 58:10C-1 et seq.
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26E-1.2