Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) An owner or operator to whom the Department grants a de minimis quantity exemption is exempt from the substantive requirements of this chapter based on de minimis quantities of hazardous substances or hazardous waste generated, manufactured, refined, transported, treated, stored, handled or disposed of at an industrial establishment. Such an owner or operator is not exempt from any requirement in any other law or regulation to remediate a discharge.
(b) An owner or operator can obtain a de minimis quantity exemption if the following criteria are satisfied:
1. The total quantity of hazardous substances or hazardous wastes generated, manufactured, refined, transported, treated, stored, handled or disposed of at the subject industrial establishment at any one time during the owner's or operator's period of ownership or operation, does not exceed 500 pounds or 55 gallons;
2. If the hazardous substances or hazardous wastes are mixed with nonhazardous substances, then the total quantity of hazardous substances or hazardous wastes in the mixture at any one time during the owner's or operator's period of ownership or operation does not exceed 500 pounds or 55 gallons; and
3. The total quantity of hydraulic or lubricating oil, in the aggregate, does not exceed 220 gallons at any one time during the owner's or operator's period of ownership or operation.
(c) The total quantity of hazardous substances or hazardous wastes at an industrial establishment may be a combination of both (b)1 and 2 above; however, in the aggregate, the total quantity shall not exceed 500 pounds or 55 gallons.
(d) The total quantity of hazardous substances at an industrial establishment having the NAICS number of 424210 or 446191 as qualified by the limitations noted in Appendix C shall not include any mixture containing hazardous substances if the mixture is in final product form for wholesale or retail distribution.
(e) The owner or operator of the subject industrial establishment that satisfies the criteria established in (b) above may apply for a de minimis quantity exemption by submitting:
1. A completed ISRA Alternative Compliance Option Application de minimis quantity exemption application form available from the Department on its website at
www.nj.gov/dep/srp/srra/forms, certified in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26B-1.6, to the Department at the address provided on the form, that includes information that identifies the owner or operator and the industrial establishment, describes the quantities and nature of the hazardous substances or hazardous waste generated, manufactured, refined, transported, treated, stored, handled or disposed of at the industrial establishment; and
2. A fee of $ 300.00.
(f) The owner or operator:
1. May close operations or transfer ownership or operation of an industrial establishment upon receipt of the Department's written approval of the de minimis quantity exemption application; or
2. Shall remediate the industrial establishment in accordance with this chapter and the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, N.J.A.C. 7:26C, or withdraw the general information notice pursuant to 7:26B-3.2(c), if the Department disapproves the application.
