NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AIR, ENERGY AND MATERIALS SUSTAINABILITY
DIVISION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Notice of Rule Proposal
Food Waste Recycling
Proposed New Rules: N.J.A.C. 7:26K

Public Notice

Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing the promulgation of new Food Waste Recycling rules at N.J.A.C. 7:26K.

The Department is proposing a new chapter entitled Food Waste Recycling, N.J.A.C. 7:26K, to implement N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.122 et seq. governing the source separation and recycling of food waste by certain businesses identified as large food waste generators. The proposed rules prescribe recordkeeping and reporting requirements for both authorized food waste recycling facilities and large food waste generators. Authorized food waste recycling facilities will also be subject to provisions covering economic benefit for municipalities. The proposed rules include waiver provisions for source separation and recycling and enforcement provisions. The notice of proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated August 5, 2024.  A copy of the proposal is available on the Department’s webpages at: https://njdepwptest.net/wp-content/uploads/rules/proposals/proposal-20240805a.pdf and LexisNexis free public access to the New Jersey Register at: https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/njoal/.

A public hearing concerning the proposal will be conducted virtually via the Department’s video conferencing software on September 5, 2024, at 9:00 A.M.

Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. 

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 294 488 749 088
Passcode:  MfHBuL

You can also dial in using your phone (audio only)

+1 856-338-7074 United States, Camden

Phone conference ID: 340 498 67#

If you are interested in providing oral comments at the virtual public hearing, please email the Department at julia.garcia@njdepwptest.net no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 3, 2024, with your contact information (name, telephone number, email address, and if applicable, the name of the organization on behalf of which you are speaking).  You must provide a valid email address so the Department can send you an email confirming receipt of your interest to testify orally at the hearing and provide you with a separate option for a telephone call-in line if you do not have access to a computer or mobile device that can connect to Microsoft Teams.

Written comments are due by October 4, 2024.  The Department encourages submission of comments electronically at: https://njdepwptest.net/rules/rule-comment-form/.  In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to:

Alice A. Previte, Esq.
ATTN: DEP Docket No. 07-24-05
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Legal Affairs
Mail Code 401-04L; PO Box 402
401 East State Street, 7th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402