N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:26-1.1 - Scope of rules

(a) Unless otherwise provided by rule or statute, this chapter shall constitute the rules of the Department of Environmental Protection that govern the registration, operation, maintenance, and closure of sanitary landfills and other solid waste facilities in the State of New Jersey as may be approved by the Department; registration, operation, and maintenance of solid waste transporting operations and facilities in the State of New Jersey; a fee schedule for services provided by the Department to solid waste facilities, generators, and transporters; and the assessment of civil administrative penalties. These rules shall not apply to the following:

1. The purchase, sale, collection, storage, transport, or controlled processing of source separated or commingled source separated recyclable, recycled, or secondary nonhazardous materials, which would otherwise be handled as solid waste pursuant to this chapter for introduction or reintroduction into the economic mainstream as raw materials for further processing or as products for use, provided that such materials are free from putrescible matter and are not mixed with solid or liquid waste as defined herein. Specifically not exempted are solid waste materials (including fuel and reusable energy), or thermal destruction facilities. These rules shall not apply only if the conditions in (a)1i or ii below are met.

i. The use or reuse of material, which would otherwise become solid waste under this chapter, directly as a product or incorporated into any form of raw material to be used in the manufacturing of a product shall meet the generally accepted product specifications and standards for similar manufactured products or raw materials. The used or reused material shall not present a greater risk to human health or the environment than the use of the product or raw material it is replacing.

ii. The use or reuse of materials that would otherwise become solid waste pursuant to this chapter as fill material, aggregate substitute, fuel substitute, or landfill cover shall be approved as beneficial use pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.7.

iii. Specifically not exempt are those used or reuses of materials which, if released to the environment through transport, storage or other handling will cause pollution of the surface or ground water of this State or which may pose a substantial or material threat to the public health, safety or welfare in the environment.

2. Container-pickup facilities as herein defined;

3. Source separated food waste fed to livestock in the State of New Jersey as approved by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture;

4. Recycling depots as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1.3 where individuals or organizations deposit separate materials such as newsprint, bottles, cans, and so forth, prior to transport to the secondary materials industry;

5. Convenience centers as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.4;

6. The intra-plant transport, temporary storage or other handling of plant generated waste materials. Specifically not exempt are those materials to be, or which are, deposited on or in the lands of this State for periods exceeding six months, or which through transport, storage or other handling will cause pollution of the surface or ground waters of this State, or which may pose a substantial or material threat to the public health, safety or welfare;

7. Any discharge of a mixture of domestic sewage and other waste that are discharged into a sewer system to a domestic treatment works, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:14A, which is authorized in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A and local ordinances.

i. This exemption does not include transport or discharge by waste transporters;

8. Recycling operations and recycling centers approved and operated pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A; and

9. A small vehicle transfer area meeting the following requirements:

i. Solid waste is transferred from a collection vehicle not exceeding 16,000 pounds gross vehicle weight directly to a registered solid waste collection vehicle;

ii. Such solid waste is collected in the collection vehicle not exceeding 16,000 pounds gross vehicle weight because the point of generation is not accessible to a registered solid waste collection vehicle (that is, down a narrow lane or private driveway, or on public property such as a park or beach);

iii. All waste collected at the small vehicle transfer area shall be removed by the end of each operating day (or next operating day if collected on a weekend or holiday);

iv. Waste received in the area shall not be processed, segregated, sorted, or handled in any fashion other than direct transfer from the collection vehicle not exceeding 16,000 pounds gross vehicle weight into the registered collection vehicle or other collection container;

v. Area operations shall not result in the generation of odors, litter, dust, leachate, or any other negative environmental impacts;

vi. Small vehicle transfer areas shall receive approval from the municipality in which they are located prior to commencing transfer operations. In addition, operators of small vehicle transfer areas shall notify the Department in writing and the respective county health department following municipal approval and prior to commencing operations; and

vii. The operator of a small vehicle transfer area is subject to compliance with all other applicable solid waste regulations.

(b) In addition to the rules in this chapter, all solid waste landfill facilities are required to obtain a permit pursuant to the New Jersey "Water Pollution Control Act", N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder, "Regulations Concerning the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System", N.J.A.C. 7:14A.

(c) The exemptions set out at (a)1 through 9 above are not applicable to activities associated with hazardous waste or regulated medical waste.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-1.1

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 991(a), effective 5/18/2015.