N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-2.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:26-2.8 - Registration and general prohibitions

(a) The registration statement shall be executed, in accordance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.4(e), on forms furnished by the Department, and shall state such information necessary and proper for the enforcement of this subchapter as the Department may require.

(b) Prior to May 1 of each calendar year, each permittee shall submit to the Department, a statement updating the information contained in the initial registration statement. This update shall be on forms furnished by the Department. In no case shall submission of an updated statement alter the conditions of the permit.

(c) The permittee shall notify the Department in writing within 30 days of any change in the information set forth in this current registration statement.

(d) The failure to submit an updated registration statement and to submit all applicable fees, required by N.J.A.C. 7:26-4, on or before July 1 of each calendar year shall be sufficient cause for the Department to revoke the permit or take such other enforcement action as is appropriate.

(e) No person shall engage or continue to engage, unless exempt by N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.1,1.7 or 1.8 in the disposal of solid waste in this State without first having filed a completed application for and received approval of a SWF Permit.

1. No person shall be issued an approved registration or a SWF permit if that person is disqualified for any of the reasons set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:26-16.8.

(f) No person shall begin construction or operation of a solid waste facility without obtaining a SWF Permit unless exempt pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.1, 1.7 or 1.8.

(g) No person shall continue to operate a solid waste facility, unless exempt pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.1, 1.7 or 1.8 without obtaining a SWF Permit. All existing Certificates of Approved Registration and Engineering Design Approval shall constitute an approved SWF Permit until the duration of the Certificate of Approved Registration and Engineering Design Approval expires or a modification is requested by the permittee or required by the Department.

(h) The fulfillment of the application and approval requirements set forth in this subchapter shall not exempt the applicant from obtaining all other permits or approvals required by law or regulations.

(i) No person shall engage or continue to engage in the disposal of solid waste in this State if such an operation does not comply with the operational requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.11, unless specifically exempted by N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.1, 1.7 or 1.8.

(j) No person shall engage or continue to engage in disposal of solid waste in this State in a manner which does not meet all the conditions, restrictions, requirements or any other provisions set forth in its SWF permit.

(k) Except for minor modifications as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.6(d), no permit condition shall be modified, revised or otherwise changed without prior written approval of the Department.

(l) No owner shall transfer ownership of the permit without receiving prior written approval of the Department, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.7(e).

(m) No permittee shall begin construction of a sanitary landfill until the Department approves the final Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan submitted in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.5.

(n) No permittee shall begin operating a sanitary landfill, composting or co-composting facility, transfer station, materials recovery facility, or thermal destruction facility until:

1. The Department approves the final Operations and Maintenance manual in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.10; and

2. The Department receives and approves the certification of construction prepared by a N.J. licensed professional engineer in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.7(a).

(o) No thermal destruction facility shall begin operations until:

1. The Department receives and approves the certification of the construction prepared by a N.J. licensed professional engineer in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2B; and

2. The Department approves the testing period results in accordance with standards and procedures set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:26-2B.8(c).

(p) The owner or operator of any solid waste facility which is determined by the Department to be operating in an environmentally unsound manner shall:

1. Within 90 days of notification by the Department, submit a plan to close or environmentally upgrade the facility in conformance with the applicable standards, as determined by the Department and set forth in this chapter;

2. Within 90 days of receipt of written approval by the Department of the submitted plan, begin to close or construct the environmental upgrading at the facility; and

3. Within one year of receipt of written approval by the Department of the submitted plan, complete closure or construction of the environmental upgrading at the facility.

(q) A one time extension of the compliance schedule established by (p) above shall be granted by the Department provided the facility owner or operator demonstrates that he or she has made a good faith effort to meet the schedule.

(r) Should the closure or environmental upgrading required pursuant to (p) above not be completed or should continued operations be determined by the Department to be environmentally unsound despite the implementation of the plan approved pursuant to (p) above, the solid waste facility shall temporarily or permanently cease operations and close or enter into receivership, as provided for in N.J.S.A. 13:1E-9, for that period of time necessary to rectify the environmentally unsound conditions.

(s) No person shall knowingly dispose of a used covered electronic device, as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:26A-13.2, or any of its components or subassemblies, as solid waste. A used covered electronic device shall be recycled in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26A.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-2.8

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2935(a), effective 9/5/2017