(a) No employee of the Division shall have a financial interest in any hazardous waste management facility or in any commercial enterprise engaged in the transportation, treatment or disposal of hazardous waste or in any business which furnished real property, plans, labor, material or equipment to hazardous waste management facilities. For purposes of this Section, “financial interest of an employee of the Division” shall extend to that employee's husband or wife if said husband or wife is a stockholder, an officer or a management official of a commercial entity engaged in any of the activities listed above.

(b) Payment by the owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility to the Division pursuant to the provisions of § 6(i) shall not be construed to mean that the Division personnel serving as on-site inspectors have financial interest in such facility.