New Jersey § 13:1e-48
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:1e-48, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13:1e-48.
a. Within 12 months of the receipt of a written determination of need and notification
of a regulated medical waste disposal capacity shortfall pursuant to section 15 of
this act, the governing body of the affected county shall provide for the regulated
medical waste disposal requirements of the county as determined by the department. b. A county may provide for its regulated medical waste disposal requirements in accordance
with any of the following arrangements: (1) the development of one or more new commercial regulated medical waste disposal
facilities, which facilities may utilize incineration or non-incineration technologies,
within the county; (2) the development of one or more new noncommercial regulated medical waste disposal
facilities within the county; (3) the more efficient utilization of existing operational incinerators or facilities,
which incinerators and facilities accept regulated medical waste for disposal and
are located within the county; or (4) the negotiation of an interdistrict agreement providing for the disposal of regulated
medical waste generated within the county at an out-of-district incinerator, facility
or proposed new commercial regulated medical waste disposal facility, as the case
may be. c. In the event that a county has negotiated an interdistrict agreement pursuant to
subsection b. of this section, the governing body of the county that is the designated
recipient of out-of-district regulated medical waste shall transmit to the department,
by certified mail, a copy of the negotiated or proposed interdistrict agreement and
any other agreements therefor, including evidence of the intent of the parties to
adopt the agreement, and the terms and conditions thereof. d. Each affected county shall prepare and adopt an amendment to the district solid
waste management plan required pursuant to the provisions of the “Solid Waste Management
Act,” P.L.1970, c. 39 ( C.13:1E-1 et seq. ) to incorporate the regulated medical waste disposal arrangement selected pursuant
to subsection b. of this section.
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