New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26A - RECYCLING RULES
Subchapter 5 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCESSING DISCARDED APPLIANCES THAT CONTAIN REFRIGERANT FLUID
Section 7:26A-5.1 - Requirements for processing discarded appliances, motor vehicles, machines or other goods which contain refrigerant fluid

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:26A-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) No shearing, shredding, baling or other actions which could cause release of refrigerant fluid shall take place prior to recovery of such refrigerant fluid.

(b) Recovery of refrigerant fluid shall be performed in a manner such that no venting of refrigerant fluid occurs.

(c) Recovered refrigerant fluid shall be delivered to a facility which has agreed to reprocess the refrigerant fluid to specifications suitable for reentry into commerce. If arrangements cannot be made with a reprocessing facility to accept recovered refrigerants, or if the refrigerants cannot be otherwise made suitable for reuse, the person who recovered the refrigerant shall store or dispose of the material in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

(d) Recovery and disposition of refrigerant fluid must comply with all applicable laws, regulations and guidelines, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Safety standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), including standards for handling compressed gases at 29 C.F.R. 1910.101 and standards for air contaminants at 29 C.F.R. 1910.1000;

2. Persons transporting recovered chlorofluorocarbons mixed or combined with a hazardous waste shall comply with the Department's hazardous waste rules at N.J.A.C. 7:26G, particularly N.J.A.C. 7:26G-5 and 7:26G-6;

3. Recovered refrigerant fluid shall be stored and transported in containers in accordance with the requirements at 49 C.F.R., particularly Chapter 1 and Subchapter C; and

4. Recovery, storage and transport of refrigerants shall comply with Air Conditioning and Refrigerant Institute (ARI) guideline K for containers for recovered refrigerants, incorporated herein by reference.

5. The provisions of Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

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