NJ A3383

Paint producers must implement or participate in a statewide architectural paint stewardship program for collecting, reusing, recycling, and disposing of post-consumer architectural paint sold in containers of five gallons or less.

Collection sites must be established so that 90 percent of New Jersey residents have a permanent collection location within 15 miles of their residence, with at least one site per 30,000 residents in population centers.

A paint stewardship assessment fee will be added uniformly to the purchase price of all architectural paint sold in the state to fund the program, with the fee amount set to cover but not exceed program costs.

Producers, distributors, or retailers who sell paint without participating in an approved stewardship program face a written warning for a first offense and $500 penalties for subsequent violations, with maximum civil administrative penalties of $10,000 per calendar year.

Beginning five to six years after enactment, stewardship plans must be amended to include aerosol paint collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, and disposal.