SENATE, No. 1040
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Exempts community gardens composting on-site from certain DEP permits
under certain conditions.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee with
technical review.
S1040 GREENSTEIN
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AN ACT concerning permits for certain community gardens and 1
supplementing Title 13 of the Revised Statutes. 2
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4
of New Jersey: 5
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1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the 7
contrary, a community garden that operates an on-site composting 8
system shall not be required by the Department of Environmental 9
Protection to obtain a permit, approval, or other authorization 10
issued by the department pursuant to the "Solid Waste Management 11
Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), the "New Jersey Statewide 12
Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act," P.L.1987, c.102 13
(C.13:1E-99.11 et al.), the "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)," 14
P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.), or the "Water Pollution 15
Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), or any rules or 16
regulations adopted pursuant thereto, for the operation of the on-site 17
composting system provided that: 18
(1) the property on which the composting system is located is 19
exclusively used as a community garden; 20
(2) the composting system only uses vegetative waste generated 21
by the community garden; and 22
(3) all compost generated from the composting system is used 23
on-site exclusively for the community garden. 24
b. As used in this section, “community garden” means any 25
publicly or privately owned piece of land maintained and cultivated 26
as a garden by members of the surrounding community. 27
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2. This act shall take effect immediately. 29