58:10B-23.2 Preparation of inventory of brownfield sites; definitions.

2. a. In accordance with section 5 of P.L.1997, c.278 (C.58:10B-23), the Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force shall continue to prepare an inventory of brownfield sites in the State , and shall expedite its efforts to compile a State inventory of brownfield sites for listing on the New Jersey Brownfields Site Mart. Within 12 months after the effective date of this act, and annually thereafter, the Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force shall submit a progress report to the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, summarizing the efforts employed during the past 12 months toward compilation of an inventory of known brownfield sites in the State.

b. The inventory of brownfield sites shall include a list of known brownfield sites in the State, and at least the following information for each site:

(1) the street address, lot and block number, municipality and county;

(2) the size of the site;

(3) the last known municipal zoning classification for the site;

(4) the name and address of the owner of record of the site;

(5) an assessment of the contaminants known or suspected by the Department of Environmental Protection to have been discharged at the site;

(6) the extent and status of any remediation known by the Department of Environmental Protection to have been performed on the site; and

(7) the planning area designation and any center designation as shown on the State Plan Policy Map prepared by the State Planning Commission pursuant to P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.).

c. As used in this section, "brownfield site" means any former or current commercial or industrial site that is currently vacant or underutilized and on which there has been, or is suspected to have been, a discharge of a contaminant and "New Jersey Brownfields Site Mart" means an interactive database accessible on the Internet that provides information to developers, property owners, and State and local planners and officials, about brownfield sites in order to facilitate the sale and redevelopment of those properties.

L.2005,c.365,s.2.