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ORDINANCES, SECOND READING:

ORDINANCE: 22-21

TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY ESTABLISHING NEW CHAPTER 364 ENTITLED "SOIL/FILL IMPORTATION PERMIT"

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED: NO ONE CAME FORWARD.

MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 22-21 BY: SAUICKIE MOTION SECONDED BY: CHISHOLM YES: BORRELLI CHISHOLM SAUICKIE KERN

YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, SAUICKIE, KERN

ABSENT: FLEMMING

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 22-21 ON SECOND READING, ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PASSAGE AND APPROVAL IN AN APPROVED NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW BY: BORRELLI MOTION SECONDED BY: CHISHOLM YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, SAUICKIE, KERN ABSENT: FLEMMING

Council President Kern commented on the amount of effort that has gone in to this replacement ordinance. It shows the measure of the man sitting next to him and how much he cares about this town and everything that happens within.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION 1. Purpose: The purpose of this Chapter is to manage the importation and deposition of soil/fill to protect the safety, public health and general welfare of the Township of Jackson and the environment. The adoption and enforcement of this Chapter does not exempt any permit applicant from any other required local, state or federal approvals or local soil conservation district requirements regarding the acceptability and placement of soil/fill materials.

This Chapter does not apply to soil/fill imported for the purposes of remediation pursuant to the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (ARACS N.J.A.C. 7:26C) and Technical Requirements for Site Remediation ( N.J.A.C. 7:26E), operation and/or closure of sanitary landfills ( N.J.A.C. 7:26) or dredge repository sites approved by State or Federal Agencies.

a. For purposes of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:

Non-water-soluble, non-decomposable, inert solids such as soil, subsoil, topsoil, sand, clay, loam, gravel, humus, rock, concrete, brick, glass, and/or clay or ceramic products, free of construction/demolition debris, garbage, refuse, or sludge and not containing concentrations of one or more contaminants that exceed the DEP’s Residential Direct Contact Soil Remediation Standards or Non-Residential Direct Contact Soil Remediation Standards, whichever is more stringent, as set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:26D, Remediation Standards.

The property owner requesting a soil importation permit as provided for in this chapter.