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Statement to Senate Committee Substitute, No. 312 — Senate Commerce Committee

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Statement to Senate Committee Substitute for Senate, No. 312, from the Senate Commerce Committee of the State of New Jersey, dated May 18, 2026, reporting the substitute favorably. The statement describes fire prevention duties for scrap metal businesses, including a fire safety plan made in writing and available upon request. It says the county enforcing agency is to review and approve in writing that a business installed heat detection equipment and developed the plan. For a stockpile of over 200 tons, it lists monitored heat detection around piles of at least 500 tons and annual certification. It states the substitute is identical to the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Substitute to Assembly Bill No. 2401.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                     STATEMENT TO

 SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
                    SENATE, No. 312

 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                       DATED: MAY 18, 2026

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably a Senate
Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 312.
    The committee substitute requires each scrap metal business in
the State to reduce the likelihood of a fire by, at a minimum:
(1) installing and maintaining heat detection equipment capable of
detecting an incipient fire or potential hot spots; (2) developing a
fire safety plan in coordination with the local fire department
official or fire marshal, which is to be made in writing
and publicly available upon request; (3) making available, to any fire
code official investigating the scrap metal business as a result of a fire
at the business, records retained pursuant to current law; and (4)
confirming that the pile height of combustible material,
noncombustible material, or a combination thereof does not exceed 55
feet.
      Additionally, a scrap metal business that contains an
unprepared metal shredder feedstock stockpile with over 200 tons
of unprepared metal in a single stockpile for any 24-hour period is
to install a fire suppression system that can be remotely
operated and is designed to prevent hot spots from flashing into
fires by rapidly extinguishing future fires and reflash. The system is
to include, but not be limited to: (1) an overhead fire suppression
system including water towers with articulating water supply heads
and related water supply improvements; (2) monitored heat
detection equipment around piles of at least 500 tons to identify hot
spots prior to ignition; and (3) annual certification by a fire safety
engineer, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the
Division of Fire Safety within the New Jersey Department of
Community Affairs, to meet all NFPA and State regulatory fire
prevention standards for the industrial activity.
    Under the substitute, the county enforcing agency is to review and
approve, in writing that is to be displayed in a conspicuous manner in
the office of the scrap metal business or on the Internet website of the
business, that a scrap metal business demonstrates that it installed
a heat detection equipment capable of detecting an incipient fire or
potential hot spots, developed a fire safety plan in coordination with
the local fire department official or fire marshal, and, if applicable, met
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the requirements for a scrap metal business that contains an
unprepared metal shredder feedstock stockpile with over 200 tons
of unprepared metal in a single stockpile for any 24-hour period.
    As reported by the committee, the committee substitute for Senate
Bill No. 312 is identical to the Assembly Environment and Solid
Waste Committee Substitute to Assembly Bill No. 2401, which was
also reported by the committee on this date.

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