New Jersey

Pollution Prevention Act of 1991





P2 Objective: To establish a regulatory program that shifts the state's

focus from pollution control to P2.

Numeric Goal: Using 1987 as a baseline, 50% reduction over 5 years in use,

discharge and generation of hazardous waste.

Assistance Offered: State offers education and outreach program for the general

public.  Technical assistance offered through the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Reporting Requirements: Pollution Prevention Plan (Part I and II), Pollution

Prevention Plan Summary, Pollution Prevention Plan Progress Report.

Incentives: None.

Funding: Pollution Prevention Fund, consisting of per-employee fees, penalty fees,

and any appropriated monies, used solely for implementing this Act. $ 100,000 of this fund goes

to Technical Assistance Program (TAP) annually.

Contact: Jeanne Herb, Office of Pollution Prevention
New Jersey Department

of Environmental Protection and Energy
CN 423; 401 East State Street
Trenton, NJ

08625
Phone: 609/777-0518 

Email: jherb@dep.state.nj.us



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Definitions


Facility-wide Permit -- A single permit issued by the Department to the owner or

operator of a priority industrial facility incorporating the permits, certificates, registrations,

or any other relevant Department approvals previously issued to the owner or operator of

the priority industrial facility, and the appropriate provisions of the pollution prevention plan

prepared by the owner or operator of the priority industrial facility.  The Act gives the

Department authority to undertake an initial FWP pilot program.


Pollution Prevention --


1. changes in production technologies, raw materials or products, that in the reduction of the

demand for hazardous substance per unit of product manufactured and the creation of hazardous

products or nonproducts outputs; or


2. changes in the use of raw materials, products, or production technologies that result in the

reduction of the input use of hazardous substances and the creation of hazardous by-products or

destructive results; or


3. on-site facility changes in production processes, products, or the use of substitute raw

materials that result in the reduction of the amount of hazardous waste generated and disposed of

the land or hazardous substances discharged into the air or water per unit of product

manufactured prior to treatment, and that reduce or eliminate, without shifting, the risks that the

use of hazardous substances at an industrial facility pose to employees, consumers, and the

environment and human health.


Priority Industrial Facility -- Any industrial facility required to prepare and submit a

toxic

chemical release TRI Form R, or any other facility designated a priority industrial facility

pursuant

to rules and regulations adopted by the Department.


Targeted Production Process -- Any production process which significantly contributes

to the use or release of hazardous substances or the generation of hazardous waste or nonproduct

output, as determined by the owner or operator of an industrial facility pursuant to criteria

established by the Department.

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