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Senate Commerce Committee Statement - Assembly Bill No. 4851, New Jersey (December 16, 2021)

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Senate Commerce Committee statement to Assembly, No. 4851 with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated December 16, 2021, reporting favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4851. As amended, the bill would authorize the use of steel slag as an aggregate for certain uses in industrial and commercial development and the remediation of contaminated sites. A licensed site remediation professional could authorize its use in remediation, and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) could adopt rules concerning the use of steel slag. The statement says the bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 4268, as also amended and reported by the committee.

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“Senate Commerce Committee Statement - Assembly Bill No. 4851, New Jersey (December 16, 2021).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-12-16-scm-a4851-s2-84a8c458af/, SHA-256 563072e4dd8a80b6fbc8ebbd17b2ccd55659650c2b9ddf65a64f33a13062c330.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

               ASSEMBLY, No. 4851
                   with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                   DATED: DECEMBER 16, 2021

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4851.
    As amended, this bill would authorize the use of steel slag as an
aggregate for certain uses in industrial and commercial development
and the remediation of contaminated sites.
    Specifically, the bill would authorize a person to use steel slag as
an aggregate in commercial or industrial development for one of the
uses specified in subsection b. of the bill. The bill would also allow a
licensed site remediation professional to authorize the use of steel slag
as an aggregate in the remediation of a contaminated site for one of the
uses specified in subsection b. of the bill. Under the bill, any
authorized use of steel slag would be prohibited from causing the
exceedance of any drinking water quality standard or groundwater
quality standard established by law, and any steel slag would be
required to meet all applicable engineering or geotechnical standards
and specifications.
    The bill would also authorize the Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) to adopt rules concerning the use of steel slag as an
aggregate, as necessary in order to ensure the protection of the public
health, safety, and the environment.
    As amended and reported, this bill is identical to Senate Bill No.
4268, as also amended and reported by the committee.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
   The committee amended the bill to:
   (1) provide that steel slag used pursuant to the bill would be
required to meet all applicable engineering and geotechnical standards
and specifications;
   (2) provide that the use of steel slag as alternative fill in the
remediation of a contaminated site pursuant to the bill would not
require prior written approval from the Department of Environmental
Protection;
   (3) narrow the allowed uses of steel slag under the bill to those
specified in subsection b. of the bill;
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   (4) add definitions for "alternative fill," "contaminant," and
"remedial action" to subsection d. of the bill; and
   (5) make technical and clarifying changes to the bill's language.

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