Director John P. Kelly Commissioner John P. Kelly has been an elected Ocean County official since He is serving as the Director of the Board of Commissioners in Read more Deputy Director Virginia E. Haines Commissioner Virginia E.
She is serving as the Deputy Director of the Board for Read more Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari Commissioner Joseph H. Without those revenues, Superfund cleanups have been delayed and the backlog of sites needing cleanup has grown.
Over the past two decades, the pace of cleanups across the country and here in New Jersey has slowed to a trickle. Hurricanes and inland flooding are becoming more severe as we saw recently when Hurricane Ida flooded a New Jersey Superfund site and threatened nearby communities with hazardous chemicals. Over the next 20 years in the United States, more than Superfund toxic waste sites are at risk of flooding.
Many of these sites are on the East Coast where the sea level is rapidly rising. Thankfully, Democrats and the Biden administration are leading the way to make progress on this front: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that Congress recently passed and President Biden signed into law reinstates the Superfund tax on chemical companies.
These polluter-pays taxes would pump money into the languishing Superfund program and help clean up the over 1, toxic waste sites across the country. We need to hold the chemical and oil industries accountable for the cost of cleaning up their own pollution to return to the original promise of the Superfund program.
Polluting industries, rather than individual American taxpayers, will foot the bill for the toxic pollution their industries cause. By reinstating these two critical polluter-pays taxes, New Jersey could have the funds to complete comprehensive cleanups of toxic sites, tear down the fences that cordon off these polluted lands from our communities, and fully remediate their environmental harm.
Be especially cautious with any potential exposure to chlorinated solvents. Oil-filled filters check with your used oil recycler. Oil generated by spill or leak. Oil separated from wastewater, e. Oil that displays a characteristic of a hazardous waste. Used oil must not be: Rags or other absorbents where all free-flowing oil has been removed. Oil filters that have been drained of all free-flowing oil. PCB oil. That is, oil that contains polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs in concentrations of equal to or greater than 50 ppm.
Oil that is unused. Oil that is mixed with a permitted wastewater discharge. Oil that is presumed to be contaminated with chlorinated solvents where the presumption cannot be rebutted by the used oil generator. NJ DEP has the following additional requirements for the identification of a used oil: None Interested in site specific training at your site that covers this topic, and more!
NJ DEP identifies the following additional hazardous waste generator status: None Episodic Generator Status: A generator may find that the amount of hazardous waste generated varies from month-to-month and with it, their hazardous waste generator status.
Episodic event may be planned or unplanned. Generator is limited to one episodic event per year. The generator may petition for a second event. Second event must differ from first event, i. Event must be completed — including waste shipped off-site — within sixty 60 days. In addition to the above a very small quantity generator VSQG managing an episodic event of hazardous waste generation must comply with the following: Obtain a US EPA identification number.
Use the uniform hazardous waste manifest for the off-site transportation of the waste. Send the waste to a RCRA-permitted facility for treatment, storage, or disposal. Identify at least one emergency coordinator. Container or tank of hazardous waste must be in good condition and compatible with the waste. Container or tank must be kept closed except when adding or removing waste.
In addition to the above a small quantity generator SQG managing an episodic event of hazardous waste generation must comply with the following: Continue to comply with regulations as a small quantity generator. An identification number is required for the following hazardous waste generator status: Large Quantity Generator of hazardous waste. Small Quantity Generator of hazardous waste. NJ DEP has the following additional requirements for a facility identification number: NJ DEP does not have a state identification numbers for hazardous waste generators.
Training Requirements for the Facility Personnel of a Large Quantity Generator of Hazardous Waste: All Facility Personnel must be trained on the management of hazardous waste in a way that teaches them how to do their job in compliance with state and Federal regulations. Training program may be classroom instruction or on-the-job training or a combination of the two. Per the Generator Improvements Rule online training e. Employer must ensure that the training program includes all the elements the training records indicate were addressed during training.
Do what you say! Training program must include instruction which teaches Facility Personnel what they need to know in order to perform their job duties in compliance with state and Federal hazardous waste regulations.
At a minimum, the training program must ensure that Facility Personnel are able to respond effectively to emergencies. Training must familiarize Facility Personnel with emergency procedures, emergency equipment, and emergency systems including where applicable: Procedures for using, inspecting, repairing, and replacing emergency and monitoring equipment. Key parameters for automatic waste feed cut-off systems.
Communications or alarm systems. Response to fires or explosions. Shutdown of operations. Facility Personnel must successfully complete the program required within six months after the date of their employment or assignment to a new position. Untrained Facility Personnel must be directly supervised by trained and knowledgeable Facility Personnel until they receive training. Facility Personnel must take part in an annual review of the initial training.
Contact me with any questions you may have about the generation, identification, management, and disposal of hazardous waste Daniels Training Services, Inc. Generator responsibilities under the land disposal restrictions include: Determine hazardous waste codes. This will be accomplished in completion of the hazardous waste determination. Classify the hazardous waste by its hazardous waste codes.
The land disposal restrictions identify two categories for each hazardous waste code: Wastewater. Any applicable hazardous waste that is not a wastewater.
Identify the treatment standard to be met based on its classification. Treatment standards may be expressed as a concentration level to be met or a specific treatment technology that must be used. If it is a characteristic hazardous waste, generator will also have to determine the presence of Underlying Hazardous Constituents or those reasonably expected to be present at the point of generation above its Universal Treatment Standards.
Some hazardous waste because of their nature do not respond well to standard treatment efforts and are subject to alternative treatment standards: Contaminated soil Debris Labpack waste Hazardous waste generator may choose not to determine the land disposal restrictions if determination is instead made by a RCRA-permitted Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility TSDF.
Hazardous waste generator must provide to the TSDF or initial transporter for the hazardous waste and retain a copy on-site for three years of either one of the following: Certification that the hazardous waste meets the applicable treatment standards and does not require further treatment prior to land disposal.
Notification that the hazardous waste does not meet the applicable treatment standards and further treatment is necessary before land disposal. Generator must provide the following equipment: Internal emergency communication system or alarm. A device capable of summoning emergency assistance from external agencies.
Fire suppression equipment. Spill control equipment. Decontamination equipment. Water at adequate volume to supply fire suppression system. All equipment must be tested and maintained as necessary. Generator must ensure immediate access to emergency communication or alarm systems. Generator must ensure adequate aisle space to allow for unobstructed movement of personnel and equipment to any area of the facility in an emergency.
Generator must attempt to designate its primary external emergency response agencies and attempt to make arrangements with them to respond in the event of an emergency.
Per the Generator Improvements rule all such attempts must be documented. Facility must attempt to familiarize external emergency response agencies with the layout of its facility, the potential hazards, and other emergency response information. Per the Generator Improvements Rule all attempts must be documented.
Under the Generator Improvements Rule the above requirements apply to hazardous waste accumulated in a Satellite Accumulation Area as well as the Central Accumulation Area. Facility must have a documented contingency plan designed to minimize hazards to human health and the environment from a fire, explosion, or unplanned release of a hazardous waste.
Contingency Plan to include: Description of actions facility personnel will take in the event of an emergency. Arrangements to respond in an emergency agreed to by state and local emergency response agencies. Name and contact information for emergency coordinators. Note: Generator Improvements Rule no longer requires home address and phone number of emergency coordinators.
List of all emergency equipment at the facility including its location, a physical description, and its capabilities. Facility evacuation plan. Contingency plan may be combined with other emergency response plans at the facility such as the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure SPCC Plan required for certain facilities by the Clean Water Act, and many others. A copy of the contingency plan must be maintained at the facility and copies provided to local emergency response agencies.
After May 30, the Generator Improvements Rule requires updates to existing contingency plans or new contingency plans submitted by an LQG to include the quick reference guide. Contingency plan must be reviewed and immediately amended if the facility changes, the regulations changes, or the plan fails in an emergency. At least one facility employee must function as the emergency coordinator.
Responsibilities of the emergency coordinator: Activate internal alarms or communication system. Notify state or local agencies as necessary.
Identify the nature of any emergency. Assess possible hazards to human health or the environment. Make external notifications to local, state, and Federal agencies depending on the nature of the emergency. Ensure the emergency does not spread or recur. Monitor operations that may shut-down during the emergency to ensure there are no leaks, pressure build-ups, etc.
After the emergency, provide for disposal of any waste. Ensure no incompatible material enters the contaminated area. Ensure all emergency response equipment is restored to a useable condition.
Note in the operating record relevant information about the incident. Hazardous waste may be accumulated in any of four accumulation units: Containers: any portable receptacle. Tanks: stationary, man-made materials, and designed to contain hazardous waste. Drip pads: unique to the wood-preserving industry. Containment buildings: an actual building with doors and windows provides containment for large bulky waste.
Hazardous waste container: Containers managed to prevent rupture or leakage. Containers in good condition Containers compatible with contents. Containers kept closed except when adding or removing hazardous waste. Hazardous waste or hazardous waste residue must not be present on the outside of the container. Incompatible hazardous waste must be separated. Conduct weekly documented inspections of hazardous waste accumulation areas.
Also note the following: Weekly inspections must not be more than seven days apart. During inspection, must look for: Leaking containers.
Deterioration of containers caused by corrosion or other factors. NJDEP highly recommends that a written inspection log be maintained, though it is not required. NJ DEP has the following additional requirements for accumulation of hazardous waste containers at an LQG or SQG: NJDEP recommends secondary containment for certain hazardous waste containers identified below in order to minimize the potential for breakage the consequences of breakage if it were to occur: Liquid hazardous waste in glass containers stored on the floor.
Hazardous waste are to be segregated by hazard class and stored in separate cabinets, trays, or pans. On-site management of hazardous waste for large quantity generator only: Accumulate hazardous waste on-site for no more than 90 days. Accumulation of hazardous waste beyond this time requires a permit.
Containers of Ignitable D and Reactive D hazardous waste must be more than fifty 50 feet from the facility property line. The Generator Improvements Rule now allows for an exception to this rule may be granted by the authority having jurisdiction AHJ over the fire code. RCRA air emission standards apply as follows: Applicable to hazardous waste in containers with average VO volatile organic concentration at the point of waste origination of equal to or greater than parts per million by weight ppmw.
Accumulate in container equipped with a cover and closure devices that form a continuous barrier over the container openings such that when the cover and closure devices are secured in the closed position there are no visible holes, gaps, or other open spaces into the interior of the container.
Per the Generator Improvements Rule an LQG may receive hazardous waste consolidated from one or more very small quantity generators under the following conditions: LQG and VSQG s must be under the control of the same person as that term is defined.
Notification must be made using EPA Form Date of initial accumulation marked on hazardous waste container is the date it was received on-site. LQG must report receipt and off-site transportation of hazardous waste on biennial report. Like this article? NJ DEP has the following additional requirements for the management of hazardous waste at an LQG: None On-site management of hazardous waste for small quantity generator only: Accumulate hazardous waste on-site for no more than days.
At no time may an SQG accumulate more than 6, kg 13, lbs of hazardous waste on-site. Limited to containers only, no tanks.
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