21. The Department of Health, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall jointly establish a procedure for annually receiving information from the public and any other interested party, concerning any revision of the workplace hazardous substance list and any revision of the environmental hazardous substance list. This procedure shall include a mechanism for revising the workplace hazardous substance list and the environmental hazardous substance list. Any revision of the workplace hazardous substance list or environmental hazardous substance list shall be based on documented scientific evidence. The Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection shall publicly announce any revisions of the workplace hazardous substance list or the environmental hazardous substance list, and any such additions or revisions shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 34:5A-21
Joint procedures concerning revision of workplace or environmental hazardous substance list
Known as the Worker and Community Right to Know Act
The act spans §§ 34:5A-1 to 34:5A-9 (47 sections).
L.1983, c.315, s.21; amended 2010, c.87, s.19; 2012, c.17, s.403.
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