Department of Envtl. Protection v. Harris
ELR Citation: ELR 20707 No(s). A-860-85T1 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Jul 9, 1986)
The court rules that civil penalties under the New Jersey Solid Waste Management Act (SWMA) may be imposed on violators in the absence of proof of willfulness or intention to violate the Act. The court first holds that the trial court correctly found thatdefendant, the owner-operator of a sanitary l...