N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-2C.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:26-2C.6 - Pollution Prevention and Sustainability Plan

(a) Within one year of the effective date of its Silver Track II Covenant, the participating landfill applicant shall develop and submit a Pollution Prevention and Sustainability Plan with a scope consisting of the next 10 years of operations. The plan shall include a discussion of the long-term environmental goals and milestones selected by the applicant for inclusion in the Silver Track II Covenant. The applicant shall select those goals and milestones which will reduce the existing environmental and operational impacts of the facility, emissions and discharges from the facility and achieve Federal, State or solid waste management district pollution prevention goals to the greatest extent possible. At a minimum, applicants shall incorporate within their long-term plan the necessary activities, milestones and time frames to implement the following:

1. An accounting of the inputs and outputs of materials at the facility, including estimates of the quantities of raw materials used and wastes generated at each source to incorporate maximum achievable levels of pollution prevention;

2. Methods to reduce energy usage by the facility, including both the facility equipment usage and vehicle transportation. This reduction shall be based on an energy balance for the facility and vehicle transportation;

3. Methods to eliminate or reduce levels of hazardous substances used by the facility through material or product substitution or other means;

4. Methods to reduce the level of the facility's process residue and/or the development of programs to more effectively treat or use residue as a product;

5. Methods to reduce water usage by the facility; and

6. Methods to reduce wastewater discharges by the facility.

(b) In addition to the requirements under (a) above, applicants shall identify at least three of the following areas and/or identify other areas for incorporation within the long-term plan to develop activities, milestones and schedules to reduce the existing environmental and operational impacts of the facility, emissions and discharges from the facility and achieve Federal, State or solid waste management district pollution prevention goals to the greatest extent possible:

1. Methods to increase the recovery of material from solid waste through the addition of manual or mechanical materials recovery systems in furtherance of State and solid waste management district recycling goals;

2. Methods to reduce levels of discarded products containing heavy metals, particularly those containing cadmium, lead and mercury from the solid waste disposal stream. This reduction shall be based on a materials balance for the facility;

3. Methods to reduce levels of discarded products containing volatile organic compounds from the solid waste disposal stream. This reduction shall be based on a materials balance for the facility;

4. Methods to reduce the quantity of household hazardous waste, small quantity generatory waste and/or universal waste disposed of by the solid waste facility;

5. Formulation of a landfill mining plan to extract valuable resources for recycling, reduce the size of the landfill footprint, reclaim additional disposal capacity or otherwise improve resource management;

6. Methods to reduce the likelihood of accidental spills or releases of hazardous substances; and

7. Methods to reduce direct and/or fugitive air emissions from the facility.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-2C.6

New Rule, R.2002 d.181, effective 6/17/2002.
See: 33 New Jersey Register 4218(a), 34 New Jersey Register 2049(a).