N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-19.18

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:28-19.18 - Procedures for requesting and conducting adjudicatory hearings

(a) Any applicant required to submit any information pursuant to the Act or this chapter which in the applicant's opinion constitutes trade secrets, proprietary information or information related to national security, may assert a confidentiality claim by following the procedures set forth in this subchapter.

(b) Any applicant submitting any information to the Department and asserting a confidentiality claim covering any information contained therein shall submit two documents to the Department. One shall contain all the information required by the Act or this chapter including any information which the applicant alleges to be entitled to confidential treatment. The second shall be identical to the first except that it shall contain no information which the applicant alleges to be entitled to confidential treatment. The second can be a photocopy of the first, with the allegedly confidential material blacked out.

(c) The top of each page of the first submission containing the information which the applicant alleges to be entitled to confidential treatment shall display the heading "CONFIDENTIAL" in bold type, or stamp.

(d) All parts of the text of the first submission which the applicant alleges to be entitled to confidential treatment shall be underscored or highlighted in a clearly identifiable manner. This manner of marking confidential information shall be such that both the allegedly confidential information and the underscoring or highlighting is reproducible on photocopying machines.

(e) The applicant or violator shall send the request for an adjudicatory hearing to:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Office of Administrative Hearings and Dispute Resolution

ATTENTION: Adjudicatory Hearing Requests

401 E. State Street

Mail Code 401-07A

PO Box 420

Trenton, NJ 08625-0420; and

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of X-ray Compliance

Mail Code 25-01

25 Arctic Parkway

PO Box 420

Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420

Attention: Hearing Request

(f) To ensure proper delivery, the complete package should be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by other means which will allow verification of receipt. Ordinary mail may be used, but the Department will assume no responsibility for packages until they are actually received.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-19.18

Amended and recodified from 7:28-19.17 by 52 N.J.R. 1267(a), effective 6/15/2020

Administrative Change, 55 N.J.R. 528(a), effective 2/23/2023