N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-3A.21

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

Section 7:26-3A.21 - Generator recordkeeping

(a) Each generator shall:

1. Keep the copy of each tracking form required by 7:26-3A.19 and the signed "Copy 1--Generator Copy" of each completed tracking form signed by the owner or operator of the destination facility, intermediate handler or collection facility for at least three years from the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter unless the Department specifically requires an additional retention period; and

2. Retain a copy of all exception reports required to be submitted pursuant to 7:26-3A.22(b) for at least three years after the day the exception report was submitted unless the Department specifically requires an additional retention period.

(b) Each generator who treats and destroys regulated medical waste on-site by a method or process other than incineration, shall maintain the following records:

1. The approximate quantity by weight, of regulated medical waste that is subject to the treatment and destruction processes;

2. The approximate percent, by weight, of total waste treated and destroyed that is regulated medical waste; and

3. For regulated medical waste accepted from other generators, the name and address of the generators, the date the waste was accepted from each generator, the weight of waste accepted from each generator, and the date the waste was treated and destroyed for each generator.

(c) Each generator in (b) above shall maintain records for a period of at least three years from the date the waste was treated and destroyed, unless the Department specifically requires an additional retention period.

(d) Except as set forth in (h) below, generators of more than 200 pounds of regulated medical waste during the reporting period of June 22 through June 21 of each calendar year shall submit annual generator reports to the Department on forms available from the Department at the address listed at 7:26-3A.8(f)4. The generator annual report shall cover all regulated medical waste generated, treated or destroyed, and disposed of during the reporting period. The generator annual report shall be submitted to the Department by July 21 of each calendar year and shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

1. The date of the report;

2. A description of the regulated medical waste, identified by Waste Class;

3. The total quantity in pounds for the year for each Waste Class of regulated medical waste generated, treated, destroyed, or disposed of;

4. The name and NJDEP solid waste transporter registration number of every transporter who transported the generator's regulated medical waste;

5. The name and address of each intermediate handler or destination facility and a description of quantity in pounds for each Waste Class of regulated medical waste sent to each facility; and

6. The method of treatment, destruction or disposal of each Waste Class by quantity in pounds (for example, on-site treatment, on-site incineration, disposal via sanitary sewer).

(e) Generators of regulated medical waste that is reused or recycled shall comply with the reporting requirements of 7:26-3A.6(b)6 iii and 7iii.

(f) All copies of the generator's annual reports, tracking forms and other documents required to be maintained under this subchapter as well as copies of the Department's compliance inspection reports and the certificate of generator registration for the site shall be retained at the generator's site, for at least three years from the date that the documents were due, or created, unless the Department specifically requires an additional retention period.

(g) Generators required to file Annual Generator Reports pursuant to (d) above shall have the option to file the required data electronically at the Division of Sustainable Waste Management's Internet website at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/online.

(h) Regulated medical waste consisting of body fluids, blood, and blood products removed from a dead human body as part of the embalming process in a funeral home facility that is registered with the Department as a regulated medical waste generator pursuant to 7:26-3A.8(a), which waste is disposed of at the funeral home directly into the collection system of a POTW, shall not be included in the calculation of the quantity of regulated medical waste generated, for purposes of (d) above.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-3A.21

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 991(a), effective 5/18/2015.

Administrative Change, 55 N.J.R. 1922(b), effective 7/31/2023