N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-15.4
The following words and terms when used in this subchapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Act" means the Clean Communities and Recycling Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-92.1 et seq.
"Applicant" means a county or a municipality submitting an application for a Recycling Tonnage grant pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-15.5.
"Collection" means any of a number of procedures by which recyclable materials are collected from residential or commercial sources.
"Commercial source" means apartment buildings with 10 or more dwelling units, farms and wholesale, retail or service establishments including but not limited to restaurants, markets, retail and wholesale outlets, theaters, hotels, warehouses, schools, hospitals, institutions, research facilities, public and private offices, and gas stations.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Conversion" means the physical or chemical process by which recyclable materials are made into an economically valuable raw material or product other than fuel.
"County" means any of the 21 counties in New Jersey.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
"EDA" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
"Education Fund" means the portion of the State Fund specified by Section 5(b)(5) of the Act.
"Education Grant" means grants awarded by the Department from the Education Fund.
"Market" means a purchaser of recyclable materials.
"Municipality" means any of the forms of local government subdivisions below the county level, including cities, townships, towns, boroughs, or villages located in New Jersey.
"NJDEP" means the New Jersey Department Environmental Protection.
"Planning and Program Fund" means the portion of the State Fund specified by Section 5(b)(4) of the Act.
"Planning and Program Grant" means any grant awarded by the Department from the Planning and Program Fund.
"Processing" means treating recyclable materials so as to conform to market specifications, including but not limited to separating materials by type, grade or color, crushing, grinding, shredding or baling, or removing contaminants.
"Recyclable materials" means materials generated by residential and commercial sources which can be separated from the solid waste stream for the purpose of recycling.
"Recycling" means any process or processes by which materials which would otherwise become solid waste are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream of raw materials or products.
"Recycling business and industry" means a for-profit business which collects, processes, sells, purchases or converts recyclable materials.
"Recycling Business Loan" means a loan or loan guarantee made from the Recycling Business Loan Fund.
"Recycling Business Loan Fund" means the portion of the State Fund specified by Section 5(b)(2) of the Act.
"Recycling coordinator" means a person designated to organize, supervise or coordinate recycling programs and activities within a county.
"Recycling Tonnage Grant" means any grant awarded by the Department from the Recycling Tonnage Grant Fund.
"Recycling Tonnage Grant Fund" means the portion of the State Fund specified by Section 5(b)(1) of the Act.
"Recipient" means any person to whom monies have been allocated by the Department from any of the Funds established pursuant to the Act, whether or not said person has actually received monies.
"Regional recycling coalition" means an intermunicipal recycling coordinating agency organized under the InterLocal Services Act (N.J.S.A. 40:8A-1 et seq.) or through a joint purchasing agreement under the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-10), or a county-sponsored recycling program serving two or more municipalities within the county.
"Residential source" means houses and apartment buildings with nine or fewer dwelling units, yards and vehicles used for personal transportation.
"State Fund" means the State Recycling Fund established by Section 5(a) of the Act.
"State Program Fund" means the portion of the State Fund specified by Section 5(b)(3) of the Act.
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26-15.4
See: 28 New Jersey Register 2114(a), 28 New Jersey Register 5248(a).
Added "applicant"; and amended several definitions.