New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE
Subchapter 3A - REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
Section 7:26-3A.27 - Transporters
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The requirements of 7:26-3A.27 through 3A.37 apply to transporters and collection facilities, including generators that transport their own waste, and owners and operators of transfer facilities engaged in transporting regulated medical waste that is generated, stored, transferred, treated, destroyed, disposed of, or otherwise managed in New Jersey.
(b) The requirements of (a) above shall not apply to on-site transportation of regulated medical waste.
(c) No person shall engage or continue to engage in transportation of regulated medical waste in New Jersey unless:
(d) Generators of less than three cubic feet (50 pounds) of regulated medical waste per month that meet the requirements of 7:26-3A.17(a) are exempt from the requirements of (c) above.
(e) Generators, such as a hospitals or doctors, that generates regulated medical waste in the ordinary course of business and transports such regulated medical waste only among facilities that such generators wholly owns and operates are exempt from the requirements of (c) above, provided:
(f) A transporter of regulated medical waste shall also comply with applicable requirements of 7:26-3A.16, 3A.18, 3A.20, 3A.21, 3A.22, 3A.23 and 3A.39, when it consolidates two or more shipments of regulated medical waste onto a single regulated medical waste tracking form.
(g) Transporters shall also comply with the pre-transport requirements of 7:26-3A.10 through 3A.15 if they:
(h) Persons transporting regulated medical waste through New Jersey, when roadways and highways in New Jersey constitute a segment of such vehicle's route, are exempt from the requirements of (c) above, provided:
(i) Regulated medical waste transporters registered with the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-3, 3A, 16 and 16A that transport regulated medical waste of New Jersey origin may retain regulated medical waste in a transportation vehicle for up to 14 consecutive calendar days provided the waste does not become putrescent or emit any odors. If the regulated medical waste becomes putrescent, or emits any odors, the transporter shall dispose of the waste immediately.
(j) Regulated medical waste shall not be removed from or be transferred between vehicles by transporters or other persons unless the site of transfer is authorized as a solid waste transfer station for regulated medical waste pursuant to this chapter, or is registered and operating as a regulated medical waste collection facility pursuant to 7:26-3A.39.
(k) Regulated medical waste transported in New Jersey shall be transported in accordance with all applicable Federal regulations including, but not limited to, 49 C.F.R. Parts 171 - 180 as amended and supplemented.