STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1683

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senators B. SMITH and GREENSTEIN)

ADOPTED: JUNE 20, 2019

      The floor amendments to the bill:

      (1)  clarify that the soil and fill recycling registration issued pursuant to section 1 of the bill is a temporary registration;

      (2)  provide that the term “soil and fill recycling services” does not include the operation of a solar electric power generation facility at a properly closed sanitary landfill where soil and fill materials have been previously deposited for permanent disposal;

      (3)  add a penalty section to P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.) (the “A901” licensing law);

      (4)  require any person who collects, transports, treats, stores, brokers, transfers, or disposes of solid waste or hazardous waste, or who engages in soil and fill recycling services, to furnish the appropriate license or registration upon the request of any law enforcement officer or any agent of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), a local board of health, or a county health department;

      (5)  permit the DEP, a local board of health, and a county health department to enter, inspect, and take samples at or from any facility or premises used in connection with the provision of soil and fill recycling services in order to determine compliance with the provisions of the bill, P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-133), and any other applicable law, rule, or regulation; and

      (6)  make technical amendments.