New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 1H - COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STANDARDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND PERFORMANCE › Subchapter 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS › Section 7:1H-3.4 - Performance standards for conducting a solid waste control program

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Monitor compliance with the rules and regulations of the department concerning the operation of solid waste facilities and the activities of solid waste collectors and haulers. Report the results of such monitoring to the department for departmental enforcement or for local enforcement with the assistance of the department.
(b) Enforce the Solid Waste Management Act, 13:1E-1 et seq. by identifying violators and by collecting penalties. All enforcement efforts shall be coordinated with the department to obtain consistent enforcement and to preclude duplication of effort.
(c) Identify and prosecute illegal or promiscuous solid waste dumping, in violation of 7:26-2.2.
(d) Assure limitation of landfill working face width to 150 feet pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(e) Assure limitation of landfill lift height to 12 feet pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(f) Assure that no solid waste is disposed in contact with surface or ground water pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(g) Assure control of landfill litter, pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(h) Assure adequate dust control at landfills, pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(i) Assure control of landfill odors pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(j) Assure the covering of all exposed waste surfaces at landfills pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(k) Assure maintenance of cover thickness and stability pursuant to 7:26-2.5.
(l) Assure that only vehicles registered with the department and properly displaying their Solid Waste Numbers are allowed to haul or dispose of solid waste pursuant to 7:26-2.5 and 7:26-3.2.
(m) Assure covering of all septic tank and other fecal wastes pursuant to 7:26-2.6 and N.J.A.C. 7:14-5.1 et seq. at those landfills which are permitted to receive such wastes.
(n) Assure that bulky waste items are not allowed to protrude through final cover or the side slopes of a landfill pursuant to 7:26-2.6.
(o) Assure proper notice to local fire and police offices in the case of a landfill fire pursuant to 7:26-2.8.
(p) Assure that no waste disposal activities occur in the vicinity of a landfill fire as prohibited by 7:26-2.8.
(q) Assure compliance with general operational requirements for incinerators, transfer stations, processing facilities and resource recovery facilities pursuant to 7:26-2.11.
(r) Assure that no landfill disposal activities occur within 50 feet of a landfill property boundary pursuant to 7:26-2.12.
(s) Monitor and assure compliance with the collection and haulage requirements in N.J.A.C. 7:26-3.
(t) Personnel performing solid waste inspections, as identified in the standards described above, shall be trained by the department, through the arrangement of joint inspections with departmental inspectors, experienced in solid waste facility inspection. It shall be the responsibility of the county department or local health agency to arrange such joint training inspections.
(u) Assure that the type of waste disposed of at a land fill is in compliance with the type of waste identified in the landfill registration statement.
(v) Fees for enforcement activities may be charged and collected from the owner or operator of any sanitary landfill facility in accordance with 7:26-4.10.