Preparation of pollution prevention plan, submission of summary; progress reports

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13:1D-42. Preparation of pollution prevention plan, submission of summary; progress reports

8. a. The owner or operator of each priority industrial facility having a Standard Industrial Classification, as designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget, within Major Group Numbers 26, 28, 30, 33 and 34, shall prepare a pollution prevention plan and submit a pollution prevention plan summary to the department on or before July 1, 1994.

b. The owner or operator of each priority industrial facility, other than those priority industrial facilities enumerated in subsection a. of this section, shall prepare a pollution prevention plan and submit a pollution prevention plan summary to the department on or before July 1, 1996.

c. The owner or operator of a priority industrial facility shall maintain a copy of the pollution prevention plan for the facility at the facility, where it shall be available for inspection by the department.

d. The owner or operator of a priority industrial facility shall annually update the information required to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (13) through (17) of subsection b. of section 7 of this act. The owner or operator of a priority industrial facility shall update the information required to be reported in paragraphs (1) through (12) of subsection b. of section 7 of this act, and pursuant to subsection h. of section 7 of this act, if a significant change in the operation of the priority industrial facility occurs, including the cessation or major expansion of a production process, the installation or removal of primary components of a production process, or the use or release of a hazardous substance, or the generation of a hazardous waste, which was not used, released, or generated when the initial pollution prevention plan was completed.

e. The owner or operator of a priority industrial facility shall prepare a complete revision of a pollution prevention plan by July 1 of the fifth year after the year of the initial completion of the pollution prevention plan, and by July 1 of each fifth year thereafter.

f. The owner or operator of a priority industrial facility shall prepare and submit to the department a complete revision of a pollution prevention plan summary by July 1 of the fifth year after the year of the initial completion of the pollution prevention plan summary, and by July 1 of each fifth year thereafter.

g. The owner or operator of a priority industrial facility shall prepare and submit to the department, on July 1 of each year after the year of the initial completion of a pollution prevention plan or the year of a complete revision of the pollution prevention plan, a pollution prevention plan progress report that indicates the progress made in the previous year in complying with the pollution prevention goals set forth in the initial pollution prevention plan, or revised pollution prevention plan, as appropriate.

h. After January 1, 1995, the department, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may adopt rules and regulations designating as priority industrial facilities industrial facilities other than those designated as priority industrial facilities pursuant to section 3 of this act. At least one year prior to the final adoption of any rules and regulations designating proposed priority industrial facilities pursuant to this subsection, the department shall submit to the Legislature a list of the proposed priority industrial facilities.

i. The department may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," rules and regulations establishing criteria for the inclusion of hazardous substances in pollution prevention plans, pollution prevention plan summaries, and pollution prevention plan progress reports other than the hazardous substances on the list established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s. 11023, which criteria shall include a consideration of the toxicity of a substance, evidence of the production of the substance in commercial quantities, and prior regulation as a hazardous substance pursuant to P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11 et seq.), section 4 of P.L.1985, c.403 (C.13:1K-22), or 42 U.S.C. s. 9601.

L.1991,c.235,s.8.


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