New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE
Subchapter 2A - ADDITIONAL, SPECIFIC DISPOSAL REGULATIONS FOR SANITARY LANDFILLS
Section 7:26-2A.1 - Scope and applicability

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:26-2A.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) This subchapter shall constitute the rules of the Department governing the design, construction, operation, maintenance, closure and post-closure care of sanitary landfills.

(b) The requirements of this subchapter are in addition to the general engineering design submission requirements in 7:26-2.10 and the general operational requirements in 7:26-2.11.

(c) This subchapter shall apply to the following facilities:

1. All newly proposed sanitary landfills and all existing sanitary landfills proposing to expand their existing operations onto previously unfilled permitted areas;

2. Any existing sanitary landfills operating as an open dump or in an environmentally unsound manner that the Department determines needs to be environmentally upgraded; and

3. Any sanitary landfill for the purpose of regulating disruptions pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.8(j), control of smoking, smoldering, or burning landfills pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.8(k), and closure and post-closure care pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.9.

(d) This subchapter does not apply to hazardous waste landfills. See N.J.A.C. 7:26G.

(e) The provision of this subchapter and N.J.A.C. 7:26-2 shall not be interpreted as permitting the disposal of domestic sewage, sewage sludge, or septage in any manner other than that prescribed by law.

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