{"id":6932,"date":"2022-12-07T13:56:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/?page_id=6932"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:10:58","slug":"wrc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/industrial-stormwater-program\/general-permits\/wrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Waste Recycling and Leaf Composting Permit (WRC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672943118755{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1674504091363{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}&#8221;]This NJPDES General permit provides an alternative to an individual NJPDES stormwater permit for regulating stormwater discharge for the following activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recycling activities in which tree branches, tree limbs, tree trunks, brush, and other wood waste that has not been chemically treated, glued, dyed, or painted are received, stored, processed, and transferred. Processing shall be limited to chipping, grinding, screening, and size reduction.<\/li>\n<li>Composting activities in which grass clippings, leaves, and wood chips (not chemically treated, glued, dyed, or painted) are received, stored, processed, and transferred.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672943127086{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}&#8221;][info-box-shortcode]<span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>*NEW (12\/2\/2025)* <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/wrc-final-permit-package.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final Wood Waste Recycling and Leaf Composting Master General Permit (Effective 1\/1\/2026)<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/draft-wood-waste-recycling-and-leaf-composting-wrc-general-permit-nj0324183.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft Wood Waste Recycling and Leaf Composting Master General Permit <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/wrc_final_permit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final Wood Waste Recycling and Leaf Composting Master General Permit (Effective 1\/1\/2023) <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/wrc_draft_permit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft Wood Waste Recycling and Leaf Composting Master General Permit (Effective 1\/1\/2023) <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/wrc_annual_report_form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRC Annual Report Form <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dwq\/permitting_information\/permits_application_forms_and_checklists\/#WRC\">Permit Application Forms and Checklists<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dwq\/permitting_information\/permits_application_forms_and_checklists\/#additional_forms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Information Update and Additional Forms and Procedures<\/a>[\/info-box-shortcode][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672943118755{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1674504091363{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}&#8221;]This NJPDES General permit provides an alternative to an individual NJPDES stormwater permit for regulating stormwater discharge for the following activities: Recycling activities in which tree branches, tree limbs, tree trunks, brush, and other wood waste that has not been chemically treated, glued, dyed, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":7315,"parent":6813,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6932","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6932"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9981,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6932\/revisions\/9981"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njpdes-stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}