Bill Text: NJ A4194 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes mobile electronic waste destruction units to operate without DEP permit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Substituted by S2978 (1R) [A4194 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4194-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4194

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblywoman  L. GRACE SPENCER

District 29 (Essex)

Assemblyman  SCOTT T. RUMANA

District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)

Assemblyman  JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes mobile electronic waste destruction units to operate without DEP permit.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee on November 16, 2015, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning mobile electronic waste destruction units, and supplementing P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.11 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    ¹a.¹  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 41 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.34) or any other law, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, the owner or operator of a mobile unit that crushes, shreds, or otherwise destroys electronic storage devices for the purpose of destroying the data contained therein shall not be required to obtain prior approval to operate the mobile unit from the Department of Environmental Protection ¹as long as the owner or operator of the mobile unit submits a certification to the department, in writing, that the mobile unit is certified by the National Association for Information Destruction. 

     b.    The material generated from the destruction of electronic storage devices by the mobile unit shall be delivered for processing to a recycling center authorized to operate by the department pursuant to subsection b. of section 41 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.34) or to an otherwise authorized recycler that operates in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances¹ .

     ¹c.¹ As used in this section, "electronic storage device" means a ¹[computer processing unit,]¹ hard drive ¹[,]¹ or ¹[laptop computer] other electronic data storage device¹ .

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.