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CHAPTER 212, LAWS OF 1954 C.26:2C-9 Powers. 9. The department shall control air pollution in accordance with any code, rule or regulation promulgated by the commission and for this purpose shall have power to- (a) Conduct and supervise research programs for the purpose of determining the causes, effects and hazards of air pollution; (b) Conduct and supervise State-wide programs of air pollution control education including the preparation and distribution of information relating to air pollution control; (c) Require the registration of persons engaged in operations which may result in air pollution and the filing of reports by them containing information relating to location, size of outlet, height of outlet, rate and period of emission and composition of effluent, and such other information as the department shall prescribe to be filed relative to air pollution. The requirement for filing of reports shall be conditional upon either the consent of the person engaged in operations which may result in air pollution or the direction of the department, which direction may be granted only after a hearing upon notice to the person engaged in such operations; (d) Enter and inspect any building or place, except private residences, for the purpose of investigating an actual or suspected source of air pollution and ascertaining compliance or noncompliance with any code, rules and regulations of the commission. The right to enter and inspect shall be conditional upon either the consent of the owner or lessee of the premises or the direction of the department, which direction may be granted only after a hearing upon notice to the owner or lessee of the premises. Before any entry and inspection is made, the person who is to make the same shall sign a statement in the presence of and witnessed by a notary public or other officer qualified to take acknowledgment to deeds, that all information obtained shall be kept confidential except as it relates directly to air pollution. If samples are taken for analysis, a