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• A brainstorming session and discussions with plant personnel are conducted
to identify savings opportunities.
• Engineering measurement and observations are noted.
• A short summary meeting at the end of the day is completed to make sure
NJME has all the information needed to prepare the assessment report.
The assessment report is provided to the facility within 60 days of the on-site
assessment and contains an analysis of utility bills, engineering calculations, associated dollar savings, implementation costs, and vendor information. NJME then
follows up with the facility within 6 to 12 mo to check on the status of the implementation of their recommendations. It is not required that a facility carry out the
recommendations provided by NJME.
ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS
Because the establishment of the NJTAP was primarily a directive in the P2 Act, the
stakeholders, the industries and the NJ DEP, had little input into who would implement the NJTAP. Instead, the legislators decided that a nonregulatory institution
would implement the program. Both New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and
NJME have directly assisted the New Jersey industries with their P2 issues with no
involvement from the NJ DEP. The role of NJME is to assist the industries and provide recommendations for P2 solutions. The advantage of using Rutgers University
to implement the NJTAP is that it is not a regulatory institution; therefore, it is
not required to enforce laws and regulations. In contrast, New Jersey law requires
NJ DEP employees to report permit violations observed during facility site visits.
The use of non-NJ DEP personnel to conduct on-site assessments of facilities
creates a more comfortable situation for the industries seeking P2 assistance.
Industries are more inclined to seek help knowing that they will not be fined or cited
for permit violations noted during an on-site assessment of their facility.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The NJ DEP OPP receives a budget, known as the Pollution Prevention Fund, from
the state, as specified by the NJ P2 Act. The amount of monies funded to the NJTAP
through the Pollution Prevention Fund was also specified in the NJ P2 Act. The NJTAP
receives $200,000 annually from the NJ DEP OPP. Ten percent of the funding goes to
the university and the department, and the remainder is used for the salaries, students,
tuition, supplies, and services. The funding is received by the grants accounting office
of the university, which sets up the account for NJME. NJME typical staff includes
the following:
• A full-time center director and program manager (approximately 40 h/wk
each)
• Two full-time project engineers, who split their time working on the NJME
(approximately 10–20 h/wk each) along with other programs at CAES