N.J. Admin. Code § 8:59-7.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:59-7.1 - Department obligations

(a) The Department shall maintain a file of all completed Right to Know Surveys received from public employers and hazardous substance fact sheets prepared by the Department or by public employers.

(b) The Department shall retain hazardous substance fact sheets that it prepared, and each Right to Know survey and hazardous substance fact sheet received from public employers, for 30 years.

(c) Any person may request in writing from the department a copy of a Right to Know survey for a facility or a copy of any hazardous substance fact sheet.

(d) The Department shall transmit any material requested pursuant to (c) above within 30 days of the request.

(e) The Department shall treat as confidential any request made pursuant to (c) above by an employee for material pertaining to the facility at which he or she is employed.

(f) Any person who requests the disclosure of information for which a trade secret claim has been made or approved shall follow the procedures set forth in 8:59-3.10.

(g) The Department shall not distribute to any person, except as provided in 8:59-3.15, hazardous substance fact sheets prepared by public employers for the protection of trade secrets.

(h) The Department shall have the right to charge for making and supplying copies of any documents requested by any persons in accordance with 47:1A-1 et seq. The Department shall have the right to charge for copies of hazardous substance fact sheets requested by any person except for those sent to an employer in response to hazardous substances reported on the workplace survey and except for research and development laboratories covered by the Act.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:59-7.1

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 1036(a), effective 3/19/2018