New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE
- Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Subchapter 2 - DISPOSAL
- Subchapter 2A - ADDITIONAL, SPECIFIC DISPOSAL REGULATIONS FOR SANITARY LANDFILLS
- Subchapter 2B - ADDITIONAL, SPECIFIC DISPOSAL REGULATIONS FOR THERMAL DESTRUCTION FACILITIES, TRANSFER STATIONS, MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES, CO-COMPOSTING AND SOLID WASTE COMPOSTING FACILITIES
- Subchapter 2C - PARTICIPATION BY LANDFILLS IN SILVER TRACK II TIER OF SILVER AND GOLD TRACK PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
- Subchapter 2D - REQUIREMENTS ON RAIL CARRIERS THAT TRANSFER CONTAINERIZED SOLID WASTE TO OR FROM RAIL CARS
- Subchapter 3 - TRANSPORTATION
- Subchapter 3A - REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
- Subchapter 4 - FEES FOR SOLID WASTE
- Subchapter 4A - RESERVED
- Subchapter 5 - CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND REQUESTS FOR ADJUDICATORY HEARINGS
- Subchapter 6 - SOLID WASTE PLANNING REGULATIONS
- Subchapter 7 THROUGH 14 - RESERVED
- Subchapter 14A - RESOURCE RECOVERY AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY LOANS
- Subchapter 15 - RECYCLING GRANTS AND LOANS PROGRAM
- Subchapter 16 - SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE LICENSING AND REVOCATION- DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS AND INTEGRITY REVIEW
- Subchapter 16A - SPECIAL RULES FOR SUBMISSION OF DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS BY EXISTING LICENSEES AND APPLICANTS WHOSE APPLICATIONS WERE PENDING BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO JULY 2, 1984
- Subchapter 17 - CONFIDENTIALITY DETERMINATIONS
CHAPTER
SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: May 22, 2023.
See: 55
N.J.R. 1291(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 26, Bureau
of Solid Waste Management, was filed and became effective prior to September 1,
1969, pursuant to authority delegated at
N.J.S.A.
26:2C-1, et seq. and
N.J.S.A.
26:2D-1 et seq. Amendments to Chapter 26 became
effective July 1, 1974 as R.1974 d.172. See: 5 N.J.R. 369(b), 6 N.J.R. 305(c).
Subchapter 2 was partially repealed and partially recodified to
Subchapter 2A and a new Subchapter 2, Disposal, was adopted as R.1987 d.235,
effective June 1, 1987. See: 18 N.J.R. 883(a), 19 N.J.R. 928(b).
Subchapter 2A, Additional Specific Disposal Regulations for Sanitary Landfills, was
partially recodified from Subchapter 2 and the remainder was adopted as new rules by
R.1987 d.235, effective June 1, 1987. See: 18 N.J.R. 883(a), 19 N.J.R. 928(b).
Subchapter 2B, Additional, Specific Disposal Regulations for Thermal
Destruction Facilities, Transfer Stations, Materials Recovery Facilities,
Co-Composting and Composting Facilities, was adopted as new rules by R.1987 d.235,
effective June 1, 1987. See: 18 N.J.R. 883(a), 19 N.J.R. 928(b). Subchapter 2B, was
renamed Additional, Specific Disposal Regulations for Thermal Destruction
Facilities, Transfer Stations, Materials Recovery Facilities, Co-Composting and
Solid Waste Composting Facilities by R.1996 d.578, effective November 18, 1996. See:
28 N.J.R. 2114(a), 28 N.J.R. 5248(a).
Subchapter 3, was adopted as
R.1984 d.279, effective July 2, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 986(a), 16 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Subchapter 3 expired on June 9, 1985 and a new Subchapter 3, Transportation, was
adopted as R.1985 d.558, effective November 4, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 1041(a), 17
N.J.R. 2609(a).
Subchapter 3A, Special Medical Waste, was adopted as an
emergency new rule by R.1988 d.429, effective August 10, 1988 ( to expire October 9,
1988). See: 20 N.J.R. 2321(a). The concurrent proposal was adopted as R.1988 d.523,
effective October 7, 1988. See: 20 N.J.R. 2321(a), 20 N.J.R. 2760(a). Subchapter 3A,
Special Medical Waste, was repealed and an new Subchapter 3A, Regulated Medical
Waste, was adopted as an emergency repeal and new rule by R.1989 d.396, effective
June 26, 1989. See: 21 N.J.R. 2109(a). The concurrent proposal was adopted as R.1989
d.506, effective August 25, 1989. See: 21 N.J.R. 2109(a), 21 N.J.R. 2967(a).
Subchapter 4, Fees for Solid Waste, Excluding Hazardous Waste, was
amended by R.1975 d.110, effective April 29, 1975. See: 7 N.J.R. 101(a), 7 N.J.R.
259(a). Subchapter 4 was further amended by R.1976 d.327, effective November 1,
1976. See: 8 N.J.R. 374(d), 8 N.J.R. 510(d); and R.1978 d.205, effective July 1,
1978. See: 10 N.J.R. 327(c). Subchapter 4, Fees for Solid Waste, Excluding Hazardous
Waste, was renamed Fees for Solid Waste by R.1996 d.578, effective November 18,
1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 2114(a), 28 N.J.R. 5248(a).
Subchapter 4A,
Hazardous Waste Fees, was adopted as R.1989 d.54, effective January 17, 1989. See:
20 N.J.R. 1995(a), 21 N.J.R. 190(a). Subchapter 4A was repealed by R.1996 d.500,
effective October 21, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 5, Rules of Practice and Procedure, was adopted, pursuant to authority of
N.J.S.A.
13:1E-1 et seq., by R.1973 d.300, effective
October 23, 1973. See: 5 N.J.R. 370(c). Subchapter 5 was further amended by R.1982
d.433, effective December 6, 1982. See: 14 N.J.R. 1138(a), 14 N.J.R. 1367(a); and
R.1984 d.279, effective July 2, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 986(a), 16 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 5, Rules of Practice and
Procedure, expired on October 7, 1985 and the Department does not intend to readopt
its provisions. Subchapter 5, Rules of Practice and Procedure, was repealed by
R.1987 d.235, effective June 1, 1987. See: 18 N.J.R. 883(a), 19 N.J.R. 928(b).
Subchapter 5, Civil Administrative Penalties and Requests for Adjudicatory Hearings,
was adopted as R.1990 d.50, effective January 16, 1990. See: 21 N.J.R. 2734(a), 22
N.J.R. 187(a).
Subchapter 6, was adopted as R.1979 d.502, effective
December 31, 1979. See: 11 N.J.R. 616(b), 12 N.J.R. 71(b). Subchapter 6 was repealed
and a new Subchapter 6, Interdistrict and Intradistrict Solid Waste Flow, was
adopted as R.1982 d.434, effective December 6, 1982, in accordance with a New Jersey
Supreme Court decision modifying Department of Environmental Protection authority to
direct the interdistrict flow of waste (A.A. Mastrangelo, Inc., et al. v. Commr.
Env. Prot., August 11, 1982). See: 14 N.J.R. 1027(b), 14 N.J.R. 1368(a).
Subchapter 7, Labeling, Records and Transportation Requirements, was
adopted as R.1978 d.72, effective February 27, 1978. See: 9 N.J.R. 459(d), 10 N.J.R.
146(a). Subchapter 7 was repealed by R.1996 d.500, effective October 21, 1996. See:
28 N.J.R. 1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 8, Hazardous Waste
Criteria, Identification and Listing, was adopted as R.1981 d.281, effective August
6, 1981. See: 12 N.J.R. 511(a), 13 N.J.R. 484(b). Public Notice: Petition for
Rulemaking. See: 22 N.J.R. 994(a). Public Notice: Action on Petition for Rulemaking.
See: 22 N.J.R. 994(d). Subchapter 8, Hazardous Waste Criteria, Identification and
Listing, was repealed by R.1996 d.500, effective October 21, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R.
1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 9, Requirements for Hazardous
Waste Facilities, was adopted as R.1981 d.370, effective October 8, 1981. See: 12
N.J.R. 511(a), 13 N.J.R. 706(b). Subchapter 9 was repealed by R.1996 d.500,
effective October 21, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 10, Additional Operational and Design Standards for Hazardous Waste
Facilities, was adopted as R.1982 d.324, effective October 4, 1982. See: 13 N.J.R.
567(a), 14 N.J.R. 1089(d). Subchapter 10 was repealed by R.1996 d.500, effective
October 21, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter
11, Additional Requirements for Hazardous Waste Facilities Operating Under Existing
Facility Status, was adopted as R.1981 d.370, effective October 8, 1981. See: 12
N.J.R. 511(a), 13 N.J.R. 706(b). Subchapter 11 was repealed by R.1996 d.500,
effective October 21, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 12, Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Requirements, was adopted as R.1981
d.370, effective October 8, 1981. See: 12 N.J.R. 511(a), 13 N.J.R. 706(b).
Subchapter 12 was repealed by R.1996 d.500, effective October 21, 1996. See: 28
N.J.R. 1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 13, Siting Criteria for
New Major Commercial Hazardous Waste Facilities, was adopted as R.1983 d.276,
effective July 5, 1983. See: 15 N.J.R. 113(a), 15 N.J.R. 1096(a). Subchapter 13 was
repealed by R.1996 d.500, effective October 21, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 1693(a), 28
N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 13A, Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting
Commission: Policies and Procedures, was adopted as R.1984 d.304, effective July 16,
1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 408(b), 16 N.J.R. 1989(a). Subchapter 13A was repealed by
R.1996 d.500, effective October 21, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 1693(a), 28 N.J.R. 4606(a).
Subchapter 14, Resource Recovery Grants or Loans, was adopted as R.1981
d.184, effective June 4, 1981. See: 13 N.J.R. 9(a), 13 N.J.R. 340(d). Subchapter 14
was repealed by R.1996 d.578, effective November 18, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 2114(a),
28 N.J.R. 5248(a).
Subchapter 14A, Resource Recovery and Solid Waste
Disposal Facility Loans, was adopted as R.1988 d.268, effective June 20, 1988. See:
19 N.J.R. 828(a), 20 N.J.R. 1346(a).
Subchapter 15, Recycling Grants
and Loans Program, was adopted as R.1982 d.32, effective February 16, 1982. See: 13
N.J.R. 865(a), 14 N.J.R. 206(b).
Subchapter 16, Solid and Hazardous
Waste Licensing and Revocation--Disclosure Statements and Integrity Review was
adopted as R.1984 d.279, effective July 2, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 986(a), 16 N.J.R.
1425(a), 16 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Subchapter 16A, Special Rules for
Submission of Disclosure Statements by Existing Licensees and Applicants Whose
Applications Were Pending Before the Department Prior to July 2, 1984, was adopted
as R.1984 d.279, effective July 2, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 986(a), 16 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Subchapter 17, Availability of Information; Confidential Business
Information, was adopted as R.1988 d.57, effective February 1, 1988. See: 19 N.J.R.
1869(a), 20 N.J.R. 273(a). Subchapter 17, Availability of Information; Confidential
Business Information, was repealed and a new Subchapter 17, Confidentiality
Determinations, was adopted as R.1996 d.578, effective November 18, 1996. See: 28
N.J.R. 2114(a), 28 N.J.R. 5248(a).
Chapter 26, Bureau of Solid Waste
Management, was renamed Division of Waste Management and amended by R.1984 d.279,
effective July 2, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 986(a), 16 N.J.R. 1425(a), 16 N.J.R. 1766(a).
Amendments to Chapter 26 became effective June 1, 1987 as R.1987 d.235. See: 18
N.J.R. 883(a), 19 N.J.R. 928(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No.
66(1978), Chapter 26, Division of Waste Management, was readopted as R.1990 d.578,
effective October 25, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R 2882(a), 22 N.J.R. 3514(a). The expiration
date of Chapter 26, Division of Waste Management, was extended by gubernatorial
directive from October 25, 1995 to October 25, 1996. See: 27 N.J.R. 4700(a). The
expiration date of Chapter 26, Division of Waste Management, was further extended by
gubernatorial directive from October 25, 1996 to November 25, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R.
4959(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 26, Division
of Waste Management, was readopted as Chapter 26, Solid Waste, by R.1996 d.578,
effective November 18, 1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 2114(a), 28 N.J.R. 5248(a).
Chapter 26 was extensively amended by Emergency Adoption R.1997 d.404, effective
September 2, 1997 (to expire November 1, 1997). New rule
N.J.A.C.
7:26-1.9 and the amendments to
N.J.A.C.
7:26-1.9, 1.11, 6.10, and 6.11 became operative on
September 2, 1997. All other amendments and repeals were to become operative upon
final disposition of Atlantic Coast Demolition and Recycling, Inc. v. Board of
Chosen Freeholders of Atlantic County. See: 29 N.J.R. 4170(a). The provisions of
R.1997 d.404 were readopted as R.1997 d.510, effective October 31, 1997, with
changes upon adoption effective December 1, 1997. Concurrent new rule
N.J.A.C.
7:26-1.9 and the concurrent amendments to
N.J.A.C.
7:26-1.9, 1.11, 6.10 and 6.11 became operative on
October 31, 1997. All other concurrent amendments and repeals (including the
renaming of Subchapter 6, Interdistrict and Intradistrict Solid Waste Flow, as Solid
Waste Planning Regulations) became operative on November 10, 1997, the date of final
disposition (denial of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court) of Atlantic
Coast Demolition and Recycling, Inc. v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of Atlantic
County. All changes upon adoption became operative on December 1, 1997. See: 29
N.J.R. 5084(a).
Chapter 26, Solid Waste, was readopted as R.2002 d.181,
effective May 17, 2002. See: 33 N.J.R. 4218(a), 34 N.J.R. 2049(a).
Subchapter 2D, Requirements on Rail Carriers that Transfer Containerized or
Noncontainerized Solid Waste to or from Rail Cars, was adopted as new rules by
R.2004 d.408, effective November 15, 2004. See: 35 N.J.R. 4405(a), 36 N.J.R.
5098(b).
In accordance with
N.J.S.A.
52:14B-5.1d, the expiration date of Chapter 26,
Solid Waste, was extended by gubernatorial directive from May 17, 2007 to November
18, 2007. See: 39 N.J.R. 2248(c).
In accordance with
N.J.S.A.
52:14B-5.1d, the expiration date of Chapter 26,
Solid Waste, was extended by gubernatorial directive from November 18, 2007 to May
16, 2008. See: 39 N.J.R. 5081(b).
In accordance with
N.J.S.A.
52:14B-5.1d, the expiration date of Chapter 26,
Solid Waste, was extended by gubernatorial directive from May 16, 2008 to November
12, 2008. See: 40 N.J.R. 3718(a).
In accordance with
N.J.S.A.
52:14B-5.1d, the expiration date of Chapter 26,
Solid Waste, was extended by gubernatorial directive from November 12, 2008 to May
11, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 6965(a).
Chapter 26, Solid Waste, was
readopted as R.2009 d.342, effective October 20, 2009. See: 41 N.J.R. 2186(a), 41
N.J.R. 4195(a).
Subchapter 2D, Requirements on Rail Carriers that
Transfer Containerized or Noncontainerized Solid Waste to or from Rail Cars, was
renamed Requirements on Rail Carriers that Transfer Containerized Solid Waste to or
from Rail Cars by R.2009 d.335, effective November 2, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 6507(b),
41 N.J.R. 4105(a).
In accordance with
N.J.S.A.
52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 26, Solid Waste, was
scheduled to expire on October 20, 2016. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a). Chapter 26, Solid
Waste, was readopted, effective September 16, 2016. See: 48 N.J.R. 2138(a).
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective April 13, 2020.
See: 52 N.J.R. 976(b).
Chapter 26, Solid Waste, was readopted with
technical changes, effective 5/22/2023. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also,
section annotations.
CHAPTER AUTHORITY:
N.J.S.A. 13:1B-3, 13:1D-1 et seq., 13:1D-125 et seq., 13:1E-1 et seq., 13:1E-9, 26:2C-1 et seq., 47:1A-1 et seq., 58:10-23.11, and 58:10A-1 et seq.