New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 26 - SOLID WASTE › Subchapter 2B - ADDITIONAL, SPECIFIC DISPOSAL REGULATIONS FOR THERMAL DESTRUCTION FACILITIES, TRANSFER STATIONS, MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES, CO-COMPOSTING AND SOLID WASTE COMPOSTING FACILITIES › Section 7:26-2B.5 - Additional engineering design submission requirements and design requirements for transfer stations and materials recovery facilities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The requirements of this section are in addition to the requirements of 7:26-2.10.
(b) All solid waste transfer stations and materials recovery facilities, except for those regulated pursuant to 7:26-2.4(c)2, and except as noted in (g) below, shall be designed in accordance with the following:
1. Facilities shall be designed with a system capable of collecting, storing, treating and disposing of wastewater generated during normal operations, including the wash-out and cleaning of equipment, trucks and floors, in compliance with the applicable rules regarding wastewater and stormwater management at N.J.A.C. 7:14A;
2. Facilities shall be designed with facility processing, tipping, sorting, loading, storage and compaction areas located within the confines of an enclosed building.
3. Facilities shall be designed with concrete or equivalent tipping floors or ramps to ensure the proper containment and channeling of wastewater to sanitary sewer connections or corrosion resistant holding tanks and to withstand heavy vehicle usage, in compliance with the applicable rules regarding the discharge of wastewater and the utilization of holding tanks at N.J.A.C. 7:14A and 7:14B;
4. Facilities' on site roadways and storage areas shall be designed with concrete or asphalt paving in those areas subject to vehicle loading and unloading activities;
5. Facilities shall be designed with sufficient internal storage areas for unprocessed incoming solid waste to ensure an environmentally sound operation and for proper processing of the maximum permitted daily incoming waste loading;
6. Facilities and all appurtenances, including all vehicles while onsite, shall be designed, positioned and buffered in such a manner that the sound levels generated by the operation shall not exceed limits established pursuant to the Noise Control Regulations, N.J.A.C. 7:29;
7. Facilities shall be designed in a manner which will prevent the migration of odors and dust outside the confines of the enclosed building;
8. Facilities shall be designed in such a manner so as to afford fluid vehicular movement onsite in accordance with the approved on-site queuing plan and prevent traffic backups and related traffic hazards on access roads servicing the facility;
9. Offsite truck routes for the conveyance of solid waste shall be defined and delineated in such a manner as to minimize impacts on surrounding residential development or similar sensitive receptor. The truck traffic to and from the proposed facility shall not result in an unacceptable decrease in the level of service, as described and defined in the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Highway Access Management Code (N.J.A.C. 16:47), at major intersections located along the designated truck routes;
10. Facility layout design shall conform to the configuration of the site. A setback area shall be provided to allow for adequate buffering of the site. All main building enclosures shall be designed with a minimum setback of 50 feet from the facility property line. The Department shall allow a reduction in the setback limit if the applicant satisfactorily demonstrates that such a reduction will not pose an adverse impact on the adjacent land use activities;
11. Facilities shall be designed with alarm and fire protection systems capable of detecting, controlling, and extinguishing any and all fires that may occur. All fire protection systems shall be designed to comply with 5:23-3.17 and the standards established by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA);
12. The interior layout shall provide for system installations that maximize accessibility for repairs, maintenance, and cleaning, while affording employee safety;
13. Facilities shall be designed and constructed in full conformance with the specifications and requirements of the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23;
14. The facility shall be designed so as not to place a demand exceeding the remaining use capability of existing physical utilities including, but not limited to, water supply, wastewater and stormwater collection and treatment systems, energy supply and transportation systems; and
15. The proposed ultimate disposal facility and location for all waste processed by the facility shall be identified.