PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Union County Board of County Commissioners on March 13, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the Commissioner Meeting Room on the 6th Floor of the Administration Building located at 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 (the “Open Public Meetings Act”), for the purpose of hearing persons interested in, or who are affected by, the Board of County Commissioners’ consideration of an Ordinance Amending the Union County District Solid Waste Management Plan described below. The Plan Amendment that is the subject of the Public Hearing has been prepared in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.).
The purpose of the Plan Amendment is to:
(1) INCLUDE THE WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NEW JERSEY, INC. FACILITIES IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, AS THE COUNTY’S DESIGNATED FACILITIES TO WHICH SOLID WASTE TYPES 13, 13C, 23 AND 27 ARE TO BE DIRECTED FOR DISPOSAL, (2) INCORPORATE THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE UNION COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NEW JERSEY, INC. FOR THE PROVISION OF DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR SOLID WASTE TYPES 13, 13C, 23 AND 27, AND (3) DIRECT ALL SOLID WASTE TYPES 13, 13C, 23 AND 27 TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NEW JERSEY, INC. FACILITIES IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY FOR DISPOSAL, PURSUANT TO REGULATORY WASTE FLOW CONTROL.
The facilities which are the subject of this Plan Amendment are Waste Management of New Jersey, Inc.’s, Front Street Transfer Station, located at 625-647 S. Front Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey 07202 (Block 763, Lot 1; Block 763.01, Lot 1; Block 757, Lots 2 and 3).
The name and address of the Union County District Solid Waste Coordinator is Linda Stender, Acting Executive Director c/o Union County Utilities Authority, 1499 Routes 1&9 North, Rahway, New Jersey.
A copy of the Plan Amendment is available for public inspection at the offices of the Union County Utilities Authority, 1499 Routes 1 & 9 North, Rahway, New Jersey, and at the office of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, located at 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 07207, during regular business hours.
In addition, a link to the Plan Amendment and related documents are available for review on the official website of the Union County Utilities Authority at: http://www.unioncountyutilitiesauthority.org/ucswmp/. Contact James E. Pellettiere at 908-527-4140, or Lisa DaSilva at 732-382-9400, should there be any problem with accessing the link or the documents.
James E. Pellettiere, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, Union County.