58:11-55. Enforcement

a. Any person, corporation, or municipality who shall violate any of the provisions of this act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder shall be subject to the applicable provisions of section 10 of P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-10) and section 6 of P.L.1990, c.28 (C.58:10A-10.1), to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.), or in any case before a court of competent jurisdiction wherein injunctive relief has been requested. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce "the penalty enforcement law".

b. A public entity operating and controlling a public sewage treatment plant shall, in accordance with subsection a. of this section, enforce any applicable pretreatment standard adopted by the public entity pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1972, c.42 (C.58:11-57), or shall obtain injunctive relief against a violation or threatened violation of a pretreatment standard. A public entity operating and controlling a public sewage treatment plant with pretreatment standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1972, c.42 (C.58:11-51), may enforce applicable pretreatment standards in accordance with subsection a. of this section, or obtain injunctive relief as provided in this subsection. The action shall be brought in the name of the local public entity. Of the amount of any penalty assessed and collected pursuant to subsection a. of this section, 10% shall be deposited in the "Wastewater Treatment Operators' Training Account," established in accordance with section 13 of P.L.1990, c.28 (C.58:10A-14.5), and used to finance the cost of training operators of public sewage treatment plants. The remainder shall be used by the local agency solely for enforcement purposes, and for upgrading treatment works.

L.1972,c.42,s.7; amended 1988,c.170; 1990,c.28,s.18.