N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-6.73

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

Section 7:50-6.73 - General prohibitions

(a) Except as expressly authorized in this Part, no waste management facility shall be developed within the Pinelands.

(b) Except as expressly authorized in this Part, no hazardous or toxic substances, including hazardous wastes shall be stored, transferred, processed, discharged, disposed or otherwise used within the Pinelands. Provided it is permitted by State or Federal law, this prohibition does not apply to a hazardous or toxic substance, other than a waste, associated with a commercial, industrial, agricultural, domestic, community or other lawful use of a property.

(c) No waste shall be accepted for disposal, stored, collected, processed, transferred, separated, recycled, reclaimed, recovered or reused in the Pinelands unless it originates from one or more Pinelands municipalities or from one or more non-Pinelands municipalities located within Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May or Ocean Counties. The following shall be exempt from this importation limitation:

1. Recyclable materials;

2. Suitable sewage sludge and sludge products derived from suitable sewage sludge;

3. Regulated medical waste, in accordance with the limitations prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.78; and

4. Cathode ray tubes and consumer electronics, in accordance with the limitations prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.76(e).

(d) Except for the waste importation limitations prescribed in (c) above, nothing in this Part or in N.J.A.C. 7:50-5 shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise constrain either the development and operation of a waste management facility essential for the remediation of a site contaminated with wastes or hazardous or toxic substances and located within the Pinelands or the management of by-products of an otherwise lawful use of a property in a manner essential for complying with State or Federal requirements.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-6.73

Repeal and New Rule, R.1996 d.225, effective 5/20/1996.
See: 27 N.J.R. 3878(a), 28 N.J.R. 2596(a).
Section was "Landfills prohibited".
Amended by R.2010 d.194, effective 9/7/2010.
See: 42 N.J.R. 663(a), 42 N.J.R. 2125(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (c), substituted "Counties" for "counties"; in (c)2, deleted "and" from the end; in (c)3, substituted "; and" for a period at the end; and added (c)4.