N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26A-13.4

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

Section 7:26A-13.4 - Collection plan and annual report submission requirements

(a) Each manufacturer for whom the Department has identified a collection obligation shall submit a collection plan to the Department, either individually or as part of a group of manufacturers, by June 1 in the calendar year of the notification of the collection obligation.

(b) In addition to meeting the content requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:26A-13.6, a collection plan must provide for recycling resources and capacity sufficient to address the collection obligation of the submitting manufacturer or group of manufacturers as follows:

1. An individual manufacturer's collection plan must provide for the collection, transportation, and recycling of the individual manufacturer's collection obligation; and

2. A collection plan submitted by a group of manufacturers must provide for the collection, transportation, and recycling of the sum of the collection obligations of all participating manufacturers.

(c) Each manufacturer or group of manufacturers shall submit an annual report to the Department by February 1 of the year following a calendar year in which it had a collection obligation that includes the following:

1. The total weight of televisions and covered electronic devices other than televisions collected for recycling in the previous program year pursuant to the collection plan; and

2. For a television manufacturer or a group of manufacturers that includes one or more television manufacturers, the total number of all new televisions manufactured by the television manufacturer or, for a group of manufacturers, by each television manufacturer in the group, that were sold in New Jersey in the previous program year.

(d) A manufacturer who chooses to submit a collection plan and an annual report as part of a group, shall, at least 30 days prior to the submittal of each group collection plan, participate in the preparation and submission to the Department of a Group Designation Form, which is available on the Department's website at http://www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/ewaste/manufacturers.html.

(e) Each Group Designation Form submitted pursuant to (d) above shall provide the following information:

1. A name identifying the group;

2. The name, title, telephone number, email address and mailing address of the group's contact person, to whom the Department should address all communication regarding the submission of the collection plan and the annual report and whom the group has authorized to act on its behalf;

3. For each manufacturer participating in the group, its name, the program interest number assigned to it when it initially registered with the Department under N.J.A.C. 7:26A-13.3 and the name of the manufacturer's contact person;

4. Signature and certification by each manufacturer as to the veracity of the information contained in the Group Designation Form and all attachments thereto and to the authorization of the named contact person to act on its behalf in all matters pertaining to the submittal of collection plans and annual reports; and

5. Signature and certification by each manufacturer's contact person and the group's contact person as to the veracity of the information contained in the Group Designation Form and all attachments thereto.

(f) Each manufacturer or group of manufacturers shall implement, at its own expense, its plan for the collection, transportation, and recycling of covered electronic devices by January 1 of each calendar year for which it has a collection obligation.

(g) A manufacturer shall continue to carry out the collection program as set forth in the approved plan for the entire program year, even if that manufacturer meets or exceeds its collection obligation before the end of the program year.

(h) A manufacturer or group of manufacturers may amend any element of an approved plan, but shall not implement any such amendment unless and until the Department has approved it.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26A-13.4

Notice of readoption with technical change.
See: 48 N.J.R. 76(a).