Sponsored by:
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Senator STEVEN V. OROHO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes mobile electronic waste destruction units to operate without DEP permit.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
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. 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.
As used in this section, "electronic storage device" means a computer processing unit, hard drive, or laptop computer.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would authorize the owner or operator of a mobile unit that crushes, shreds, or otherwise destroys electronic storage devices, such as computer hard drives, for the purpose of destroying the data contained in the device, to operate the mobile unit without a recycling permit from the Department of Environmental Protection.