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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 34:5A-8

Hazardous substance fact sheets

Known as the Worker and Community Right to Know Act

The act spans §§ 34:5A-1 to 34:5A-9 (47 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce v. Hughey (1985)

Most recently applied in New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce v. Hughey (October 1985)

L. 1983, c. 315, s. 8, eff

a. Upon receipt of a completed workplace survey from an employer, the Department of Health shall transmit to that employer a hazardous substance fact sheet for each hazardous substance reported by the employer on the workplace survey. If an employer makes a trade secret claim for information on the workplace survey pursuant to section 15 of this act, the department shall transmit a hazardous substance fact sheet for that substance with the identity of the substance concealed.

b. Any employer whose workplace survey transmitted to the Department of Health pursuant to section 7 of this act indicates that no hazardous substances are present at the facility shall be exempt from the provisions of this act for that facility, except for the requirement to annually update the workplace survey pursuant to section 10 of this act, and except for the provisions of section 33 of this act. Any employer exempted from the provisions of this act pursuant to this subsection who transmits to the Department of Health an update of the workplace survey which indicates that a hazardous substance is present at the employer's facility shall immediately be subject to the provisions of this act.

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