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Solid Waste Inspection Checklists

 

Recycling & Reclamation Facilities

"Recycling Center" means a facility designed and operated solely for receiving, storing, processing or transferring source separated recyclable material (Class A, Class B, Class C and/or Class D recyclable material as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1.3). Recycling centers shall not include recycling depot, manufacturers, or scrap processing facility as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1.3.
"Recycling or Reclamation Facility" means any place, equipment or plant designed and/or operated for the purpose of recycling or reclamation, as defined above, to collect, store, process or to redistribute separated waste so as to return the material to market.


The inspection checklists listed below are actual DEP inspector checklists. A DEP inspector will use them when evaluating a facility compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:26A-1 et seq.

 
 

All Recycling Center Requirements (SW13)

Class B Materials - General Requirements (SW45)

Class B Materials - Limited Approval - General Requirements (SW47)

Class C Recycling Center - General Requirements (SW63)

Class C Recycling Center - Composting Operations (SW64)

Class C Recycling Center - Yard Trimmings & Add'l Mat'ls (SW65)

Class C Recycling Center - Additional Requirements (SW48)

Exempt Recycling Center - General Requirements (SW50)

Exempt Recycling Center - Class B Materials - General Reqt's (SW55)

Exempt Recycling Center - Class B Mat'ls - Continuous Op (SW57)

Exempt Recycling Center - Class B Mat'ls - 60 Day Operation (SW56)

Exempt Recycling Center - Composting Operations (SW49)

Exempt Recycling Center - Leaf Mulching Activities (SW52)

Exempt Recycling Center - Leaf Transfer Requirements (SW51)

Exempt Recycling Center - Land Clearing Activities (SW54)

Exempt Recycling Center - Tree Parts (SW61)

Exempt Recycling Center - Scrap Tires (SW59)

Exempt Recycling Center - Tire Retreads-Recaps (SW60)

Exempt Recycling Center - Non-Container Plastics (SW53)

Exempt Recycling Center - Artificial Reef (SW58)

Class A Recycling Center (SW17)

Tire, Tree Stump-Parts Or Wood Waste Rec Ctrs - Additional Reqts (SW46)

Appliances, Motor Vehicles, Machines etc With Refrigerant (SW62)

Mobile Recycling Equipment Requirements (SW44) 

   
 

Solid Waste Facilities

"Solid Waste Facility" means any system, site, equipment or building which is utilized for the storage, collection, processing, transfer, transportation, separation, recycling, recovering or disposal of solid waste but shall not include a recycling center, a regulated medical waste collection facility authorized pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A.39, or an intermodal container facility authorized by the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-3.6.

   
The inspection checklists listed below are actual DEP inspector checklists. A DEP inspector will use them when evaluating a facility compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-1 et seq.
 
 

Solid Waste Facility - General Requirements (SW01)

Major Sanitary Landfill Requirements (SW02)

Minor Sanitary Landfill Requirements (SW03)

Closed Landfill Inspection Requirements (SW04)

Landfill Disruption Requirements (SW05)

Major Transfer Station Requirements (SW06)

Minor Transfer Station Requirements (SW07)

Intermodal Container Facilities - General Requirements (SW12)

Major Thermal Destruction Facility Requirements (SW08)

Minor Thermal Destruction Facility Requirements (SW09)

   
 

Utilities

Pursuant to 7:26H-1.6(a) No person shall engage in the business of solid waste collection or solid waste disposal as defined by N.J.S.A. 48:13A-3 unless such person is the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Department.

 
The inspection checklists listed below are actual DEP inspector checklists. A DEP inspector will use them when evaluating a facility compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:26H-1 et seq.
 
 

General Utility Requirements (SW31)

General Solid Waste Utility Requirements (SW33)

General Utility Requirements - Collection Utility (SW32)

   
 

Regulated Medical Waste

"Regulated Medical Waste" or "RMW" means those medical wastes that have been listed or meet the waste characteristic classification criteria described at N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A.6 and that must be managed in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter.

 

The inspection checklists listed below are actual DEP inspector checklists. A DEP inspector will use them when evaluating a facility compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A. et seq.

 
 

Regulated Medical Waste - General Requirements (MW01)

Regulated Medical Waste - Generator (MW03)

Regulated Medical Waste - Generator - On-site Incinerator (MW04)

Regulated Medical Waste -Transporter (MW02)

Regulated Medical Waste - Intermediate Handler (MW07)

Regulated Medical Waste - Collection Facility (MW05)

 
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