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a.The department, pursuant to the criteria established in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection c. of section 6 of this act, may direct the owner or operator of an industrial facility which is not designated a priority industrial facility pursuant to section 3 or subsection h. of section 8 of this act, to prepare a pollution prevention plan for the industrial facility and to submit a pollution prevention plan summary and pollution prevention plan progress report to the department. An owner or operator of an industrial facility directed to prepare a pollution prevention plan, pollution prevention plan summary, and pollution prevention plan progress report pursuant to this subsection shall prepare the pollution prevention plan, submit the pollution prevention plan summary
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10. a. The department, pursuant to the criteria established in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection c. of section 6 of this act, may direct the owner or operator of an industrial facility which is not designated a priority industrial facility pursuant to section 3 or subsection h. of section 8 of this act, to prepare a pollution prevention plan for the industrial facility and to submit a pollution prevention plan summary and pollution prevention plan progress report to the department. An owner or operator of an industrial facility directed to prepare a pollution prevention plan, pollution prevention plan summary, and pollution prevention plan progress report pursuant to this subsection shall prepare the pollution prevention plan, submit the pollution prevention plan summary to the department within 18 months of receipt of the department's directive, and shall annually submit to the department a pollution prevention plan progress report. b. The department shall have the authority to approve a pollution prevention plan, pollution prevention plan summary, or pollution prevention plan progress report prepared pursuant to this section, and to require the owner or operator of an industrial facility to make any revisions or modifications in a pollution prevention plan or pollution prevention plan summary necessary for compliance with the provisions of this act, as determined by the department pursuant to rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 6 of this act. In reviewing a pollution prevention plan, pollution prevention plan summary, or pollution prevention plan progress report, the department shall have the authority to require an owner or operator of an industrial facility to provide such information as the department deems necessary to support the owner or operator's identification of a targeted production process or targeted source. If the department requires the owner or operator of an industrial facility to make revisions or modify a pollution prevention plan, pollution prevention plan summary, or pollution prevention plan progress report, the department shall consider the financial impact on the owner or operator of the industrial facility of the changes or modifications. c. At the time of an initial application for, or an application for the renewal of, any permit, certificate, registration, or any other relevant approval issued by the department pursuant to P.L.1970, c.33 (C.13:1D-1 et seq.), P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), or P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.) to the owner or operator of an industrial facility that has been directed by the department to prepare a pollution prevention plan and pollution prevention plan summary pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the department may require that the permit, certificate, registration, or approval include the pollution prevention strategies set forth in the pollution prevention plan or pollution prevention plan summary prepared for the industrial facility. d. The department may revoke, issue, reissue, or modify any permit, certificate, registration, or any other relevant approval issued by the department pursuant to P.L.1970, c.33 (C.13:1D-1 et seq.), P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), or P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.) to the owner or operator of an industrial facility that has been directed by the department to prepare a pollution prevention plan and pollution prevention plan summary pursuant to subsection a. of this section for the purpose of including the pollution prevention strategies set forth in the pollution prevention plan or pollution prevention plan summary prepared for the industrial facility. Any action taken by the department pursuant to this subsection to revoke, issue, reissue, or modify any permit certificate, registration, or other department approval may be appealed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1970, c.33 (C.13:1D-1 et seq.), P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), or P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.), as appropriate. L.1991,c.235,s.10.