Quantity Limits:

 Generate less than 220 pounds of hazardous waste per month and less than 2.2 pounds of acutely hazardous waste per month.

• May not accumulate more than 2,200 pounds of hazardous waste at any time.

Requirements:

 Must identify all the hazardous waste generated.

• Must ensure that hazardous waste is delivered to a person or facility who is authorized to manage it.
• If shipping waste by manifest can obtain a USEPA identification number or obtain an NJX identification number from NJDEP

Checklist:

Click here for Very Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator inspection checklist used by our staff.

Fact Sheets:

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators  (July 2020)

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators In Arabic

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators in Chinese (Simplified)

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators in Chinese (Traditional)

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators in Korean

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators in Russian

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators in Spanish

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators in Tagalog

Fact Sheet on Requirements for Very Small Quantity Generators in Vietnamese

Regulations:

New Jersey’s hazardous waste regulations are found at N.J.A.C. 7:26G-1 et seq., adopted October 21, 1996 and announced at 28 NJR 4606. By this adoption, the Department “incorporated by reference” (with limited exception) the July 1, 1993 version of the Federal hazardous waste regulations at 40 CFR Parts 124, 260-266, 268 and 270, mandated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) and amended by the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA). Effective January 19, 1999 the Department amended the regulations to allow for prospective incorporation by reference, which means that all provisions of 40 CFR Parts 124, 260-266, 268 and 270 incorporated by reference are continually automatically updated in order to maintain consistency with the most current Federal rules.

The requirements for hazardous waste generators are specifically found at N.J.A.C. 7:26G-6 et seq., which references 40 CFR Part 262 of the Federal regulations (with some exceptions and/or changes).

Click here to obtain an official copy of the Hazardous Waste Regulations.

Click here for a complete description of VESQG regulations as listed at 40 CFR section 262.14