| Requirement & Regulatory Citation | Compliance Status | Compliance Comments |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDKEEPING AND ANNUAL REPORTS. | | |
| Does facility maintain the following records? 1. A daily record of the amounts of each recyclable material by type and municipality of origin which are received, stored, processed or transferred each day, expressed in tons, cubic yards, cubic feet or gallons. Those operators specifying this information in cubic yards shall also indicate the conversion ratio of the materials from cubic yards to tons; 2. The name, address and telephone number of the end-markets for all recyclable materials transported from the recycling center, including the amounts, in tons, cubic yards, cubic feet or gallons, transported to each end-market. Those persons specifying this information in cubic yards shall also indicate the conversion ratio of the materials from cubic yards to tons; and 3. The amount of residue disposed of, expressed in tons, cubic yards, cubic feet or gallons, including the name and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection solid waste registration number of the solid waste collector/hauler contracted to provide the haulage/disposal service. Those persons specifying the amount of residue in cubic yards shall also indicate the conversion ratio of the residue from cubic yards to tons. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.17(a)] | | |
| Note: As a condition of approval to operate a recycling center for the receipt, storage, processing or transfer of Class B, Class C or Class D recyclable materials, the Department may require the filing of the information required in N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.17(a) at more frequent intervals which shall be specified in the general approval to operate a recycling center issued by the Department. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.17(d)] | | |
| Note: All information submitted to the Department pursuant to this chapter shall be handled in accordance with the requirements of the Public Records law, N.J.S.A. 47:1-1 et seq. The Department will hold confidential and end-market information, as well as information pertaining to the municipality of origin of recyclable material, submitted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.2, 3.7, and 3.17 through 3.20 for a period of two years from the date on which the information is submitted to the Department, where specified as confidential by the applicant and where there are no health, safety or environmental concerns which require the release of the information, as determined by the Department. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.17(f)] | | |
| RECYCLING CENTERS - GENERAL OPERATIONAL STANDARDS . | | |
| Does facility comply with the following operational standards: 1. All recyclable materials received, stored, processed or transferred at all recycling centers shall conform to the following criteria: i. The recyclable materials shall have been separated at the point of generation from other waste materials or separated at a permitted solid waste facility authorized to separate recyclable materials from the incoming waste stream; ii. The recyclable materials shall consist only of Class A recyclable materials, or of Class B, or Class C or Class D recyclable materials which the Department has approved pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3 for receipt, storage, processing or transfer at the recycling center; and iii. Class A recyclable materials may be commingled only with other Class A recyclable materials. Class B recyclable materials may be commingled only with other Class B recyclable materials and only to the extent authorized in the general or limited approval issued pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.5 or 3.7. Class C recyclable materials may be commingled only with other Class C recyclable materials and only to the extent authorized in the general approval issued pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.5. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)1] | | |
| Does recycling center ensure that recyclable material is separated at the point of generation from other waste material?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)1i] | | |
| Did recycling center ensure only Class A, Class B or Class C materials were received, stored, processed or transferred at the center?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)1ii] | | |
| Did recycling center comply with commingling requirements?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)1iii] | | |
| Does facility store residue on-site for not more than six months?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)2] | | |
| Does facility remove all residue from the recycling center site in accordance with each district's waste plan?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)3] | | |
| Is the residue stored separately and in a manner which prevents run-off, leakage or seepage?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)4] | | |
| Is the facility operating in such a manner that it is free of litter, debris and prevents tracking of mud off site?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)8] | | |
| Note: All recycling centers located within the Pinelands Protection Area shall be operated in a manner consistent with the goals of the comprehensive management plan developed by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to the Pinelands Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 13:18A-1 et seq., and shall obtain all approvals required by the Pinelands Commission. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)9] | | |
| Note: The construction of all recycling centers shall be in conformance with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(b)] | | |
| Note: No recycling center, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1.3, with the exception of those recycling centers operating pursuant to an approval granted under N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.7, shall commence operations unless and until it is included in the applicable district solid waste management plan. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.2] | | |
| Did facility allow the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or an authorized representative acting pursuant to the County Environmental Health Act, N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-1 et seq. to enter and inspect any building or other portion of a recycling center, recycling depot or any site at which an exempted activity is conducted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1.4(a), at any time in order to determine compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto? This right to inspect includes, but is not limited to: 1. Sampling any materials on site; 2. Photographing any portion of the recycling center; 3. Investigating an actual or suspected source of pollution of the environment and 4. Ascertaining compliance or non-compliance with the statutes, rules or regulations of the Department, including conditions of the recycling center approval issued by the Department. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.3(a)] | | |
| Note: The right of entry specified in N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3(a) shall be limited to normal operating hours for the purpose of reviewing and copying all applicable records, which shall be made available to the Department during an inspection and submitted to the Department upon request. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.3(b)] | | |
| Note: In an enforcement action, or on specific request of the Department, persons claiming that they qualify for any exclusion or exemption in this chapter or that they are not otherwise subject to the rules in this chapter shall demonstrate and appropriately document that they satisfy all terms of the law releasing them from the requirements of this chapter. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1.5(a)] | | |
| Does recycling center operator ensure that traffic associated with the operation of the center does not result in a degradation of a level of service of any major intersection or public roadway within a half-mile radius?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)10] | | |
| Are recycling center operations separated from any and all adjacent residential, commercial and/or other sensitive land uses through the establishment of an effective visual screen buffer?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)11] | | |
| Is the entrance to the access road fenced or otherwise secured to prevent unauthorized access to the site?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)12] | | |
| Are those areas of the recycling center subject to vehicular usage suitably compacted and where necessary paved to provide sufficient support for vehicles, to prevent the tracking of soil onto public roads and to minimize the generation of dust?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)13] | | |
| Is adequate water supply and fire-fighting equipment readily available to extinguish any fires? Is the telephone number of the local fire department posted at the entrance to the recycling center?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.1(a)14] | | |
| Did Class B, Class C or Class D recycling center not receive, store, process or transfer material until receiving written Department approval? Is facility operating in compliance with all conditions of the approval? | | |
| CLASS C - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS . | | |
| Did facility submit an annual report containing monthly summary statements of the information required pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.17(a) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, on or before March 1 of each year, for the previous calendar year?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-3.17(c)] | | |
| Does the recycling center have sufficient capacity to handle projected incoming volumes of yard trimmings?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)2] | | |
| Does facility only receive yard trimmings during times when the recycling center operator or owner is present?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)4] | | |
| Were all yard trimmings removed from bags and boxes and were these containers placed in a suitable refuse receptacle in the staging area of the recycling center for removal to an off-site disposal facility in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-6? Note: Yard trimmings in paper or biodegradable plastic bags need not be removed from such bags if the processing equipment provides for a shredding or cutting action. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)5] | | |
| Within one year of the start up of the recycling center, did the recycling center operator attend a composting course sponsored by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the appropriate county agricultural or resource management agents or any other similar course recognized by the Department?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)7i] | | |
| Is the active composting surface an improved surface, such as compacted clay, gap-graded crushed aggregate, asphalt or other such surface that can withstand heavy equipment use and is the surface sloped to prevent ponding of liquids and to prevent surface runoff from directly entering any surface waters?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)7ii] | | |
| Prior to windrow formation, are dry yard trimmings moistened to saturation without producing excessive runoff?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)7iii] | | |
| To facilitate drainage and to reduce surface water ponding, was each windrow constructed and positioned in such a manner that it is perpendicular to the contours of the ground surface?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)7iv] | | |
| Is a windsock installed at the recycling center in order to indicate wind direction so that the recycling center operator may determine appropriate times for windrow turning operations?. [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)7v] | | |
| Does the recycling center employ one of the allowed methods of windrow composting? . [N.J.A.C. 7:26A-4.5(a)7vi] | | |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS C RECYCLING CENTERS WHICH ENGAGE IN COMPOSTING OPERATIONS. | | |
