ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENT AND SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2978

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2978 (1R).          

      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.

As reported by the committee, this bill is identical to Assembly Bill No. 4194 as amended and also reported by the committee.