John Castner, Director Division of County Environmental

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Recycling Enforcement Responsibilities
Who has what responsibility?
John Castner, Director

Division of
County Environmental Waste Enforcement
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Who Plays a Role in Recycling Enforcement?
EVERYONE!

• DEP
• CEHA Agency
• Solid Waste Utility or other County Authority
• Local Board of Health
• Local Recycling Coordinator
• Other Local Entities

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DEPs Enforcement Role

• Authority Solid Waste Management Act (SWMA) as
  amended (N.J.S.A. 131E-1 et seq.) implementing
  regulations, administrative orders, permits,
  etc.
• Inspection Universe Recycling
  Facilities, Transporters, Generators
• Enforcement Tools Compliance Assistance
• NOVs, AONOCAPAs, NOCAPAs, AOs, ACOs, Court
• Judicial Forum Superior Court (injunctive
  relief) Superior Court (actions to collect a
  penalty)

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County Solid Waste Utility or
other Authoritys Role

• Authority SWMA CEHA (If CEHA contractor)
  District SWMP (if identified in the plan as the
  enforcement entity) N.J.S.A. 131E-99.13
• Inspection Universe As identified in the
  SWMP or CEHA contract
• Enforcement Tools Compliance Assistance, NOVs
  ( Penalties), Summonses
• Judicial Forum Superior Court or
  Municipal Court having jurisdiction

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Local Recycling Coordinator Role

• Authority SWMA for Local Recycling Ordinance
  (N.J.S.A. 131E-99.16)
• Inspection Universe As identified in the
  ordinance
• Enforcement Tools As identified in the
  ordinance
• Judicial Forum Municipal Court

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Local Board of Health Role

• Authority SWMA or local recycling or
  anti-dumping ordinance
• Inspection Universe (SWMA) Could include
  generators, transporters, recycling facilities
  and/or as identified in the recycling ordinance
• Enforcement Tools NOVs, Citation, Summons
• Judicial Forum Superior Court (for
  SWMA) or Municipal Court

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Other Local Entities

• Authority Local recycling or anti-dumping
  ordinances
• Universe As identified in the ordinance
• Enforcement Tools As identified in
  the ordinance
• Judicial Forum Municipal Court

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CEHAs Role

• Authority SWMA and County Environmental Health
  Act (N.J.S.A. 263A2-21 et seq.)
• Inspection Universe Complaint Investigations,
  Generators, transporters, and recycling
  facilities
• Enforcement Tools Compliance Assistance
• NOVs ( Penalties), Summonses
• Judicial Forum Superior Court or Municipal
  Court having jurisdiction

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DEP penalties for non-compliance

• Statutory max. 50,000/violation/day
• Regulatory - penalty tables x severity factor
  multiplier (if applicable)
• NM 4,500 - 10,000
• M 3,000 ( grace period)
• Regulatory - penalty matrix
• Used when violation is not listed in the DEPs
  penalty tables (insufficient history) or the
  penalty would be too low to be a sufficient
  deterrent

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Example Penalty Calculation using penalty tables
severity factors

• Violation Failure of approved recycling center
  to comply with all approval conditions
• Base penalty (N.J.A.C. 726A-31.(a) 3,000
• Severity Factor for violating same rule
• 24 - 12 months prior 0.50 x 3,000 1,500
• Severity factor for violating different rule
  24-12 months prior 0.25 x 3,000 750
• Total civil administrative penalty
  5,250

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DEPs Recycling Penalty Matrix
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Recycling Sweeps Update

• Atlantic County v. Hudson County
• A H
• Overall compliance rate 77
  78
• Variation in municipal rates 50-100 58-90
• Schools 79 74
• Hotels/Motels/Casinos 60 88
• Casinos 92
• Hotels/motels 55

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Recycling Enforcement Issues

• Many local recycling ordinances need to be
  updated to include enforcement provisions and tie
  into the SWMP
• The SWMPs need to be updated to reflect current
  recycling priorities and enforcement as well

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