N.J. Admin. Code § 7:1K-4.5

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

Section 7:1K-4.5 - Part II of a Pollution Prevention Plan

(a) Part II of a Pollution Prevention Plan shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

1. A narrative description of each targeted production process, and of each targeted source that is not grouped within a targeted production process, including a description of the process, lines, methods, activities or techniques used in the process or source;

2. Inventory data, in pounds, for the annual quantities, either in pure form or contained in a mixture, determined by direct measurement or calculations and estimates using best engineering judgment, of each hazardous substance generated as nonproduct output at each source within each targeted production process;

3. If determined to be necessary by the industrial facility, detailed process-level inventory data for each targeted production process or specific targeted production processes;

4. An identification, for each targeted production process and targeted source, of available pollution prevention options, including procedures, technologies and equipment, that may substantially reduce the use and generation of hazardous substances;

5. A feasibility analysis of pollution prevention options identified under (a)4 above, including:

i. A technical analysis of specific pollution prevention options identified under (a)4 above; and

ii. An estimate of the costs in order to determine potential savings, realized by investments in pollution prevention options compared to the costs of using hazardous substances, generating hazardous substances as nonproduct output, and releasing hazardous substances as determined in N.J.A.C. 7:1K-4.3(b)6, including, at a minimum:

(1) Storage and handling costs;

(2) Monitoring, tracking and reporting costs;

(3) Treatment costs;

(4) Transportation and disposal costs;

(5) Manifesting and labeling costs;

(6) Permit fees;

(7) Liability insurance costs, if the industrial facility is covered by liability insurance;

(8) Raw material costs;

(9) Safety and health compliance costs; and

(10) Optional: Additional costs which may be considered are found in the Pollution Prevention Planning Guidance Document published by the Department. The Pollution Prevention Planning Guidance Document describes the total cost assessment method of capital budgeting for industrial facilities who choose to apply total cost assessment to their sources and production processes;

6. For each targeted production process, a description of pollution prevention options the owner or operator of the industrial facility intends to implement during the next five years;

7. For the industrial facility, the five-year numeric goal for reducing the use of each hazardous substance (Note: The facility-level goals to be reported in (a)6 and 7 are the same as those reported in the Plan Summary pursuant to 7:1K-5.1(b)3i and ii.);

8. For the industrial facility, the five-year numeric goal for reducing the generation of each hazardous substance as nonproduct output;

9. For each targeted production process, the five-year numeric goal for reducing the use of each hazardous substance per unit of product, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:1K-1.5 (Note: The process-level goals to be reported in (a)8 and 9 are the same goals reported in the Plan Summary pursuant to 7:1K-5.1(b)5ii and iii.);

10. For each targeted production process, the five-year numeric goal for reducing the generation of each hazardous substance as nonproduct output per unit of product, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:1K-1.5;

11. A schedule for implementing the pollution prevention options identified in (a)5 above, including at a minimum:

i. Start date for construction or other activities which may require pre-approval from the Department through the issuance of permits or other approvals, if applicable; and

ii. Completion date for implementing the pollution prevention options identified under (a)5 above;

12. A quantitative description of the impact that the industrial facility's implementation of individual pollution prevention techniques is expected to have on post-treatment multimedia releases of hazardous substances by the industrial facility, reported by medium; and

13. A description of the valuation methods used by the owner or operator of the industrial facility to determine not to install or utilize each option, identified under (a)4 above, that would have resulted in a greater percentage reduction in the use of hazardous substances per unit of product or the generation of nonproduct output per unit of product than the options identified at (a)5i above.

(b) An industrial facility is not required to include information on the product, co-product or intermediate product of a production process in developing the industrial facility's use reduction and NPO reduction goals pursuant to (a) above.

(c) An industrial facility filing a Raw Material Substitution Certification with the Department as part of the industrial facility's Pollution Prevention Plan Summary is not required to include information on hazardous substances listed on the Raw Material Substitution Certification in developing the industrial facility's use reduction goals pursuant to (a) above. See N.J.A.C. 7:1K-4.6.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:1K-4.5

Amended by R.1994 d.51, effective 2/7/1994.
See: 25 N.J.R. 1849(a), 26 N.J.R. 842(a).
Amended by R.2000 d.118, effective 3/20/2000.
See: 31 N.J.R. 4187(a), 32 N.J.R. 1001(a).
In (a), substituted "An estimate" for "A comprehensive financial analysis" at the beginning of 5ii, and made internal reference changes in 13.
Amended by R.2005 d.317, effective 9/19/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 984(a), 37 N.J.R. 3637(c).
In (a)5ii, substituted "in order to determine potential" for "or" preceding "savings,"; rewrote (a)5ii(8); added (a)5ii(9); recodified former (a)5ii(9) as (a)5ii(10); in (a)12, added "and" to the end of the paragraph; in (a)13, deleted "; and" and added "." at the end of the paragraph; deleted (a)14.
Notice of readoption with technical change.
See: 46 N.J.R. 353(a).