N.J. Stat. § 52:27D-198.27: Fire suppression system; annual certification.

2. A scrap metal business with an unprepared metal shredder feedstock stockpile with over 200 tons of unprepared metal in a single stockpile for any 24-hour period shall install a fire suppression system that is designed by a fire protection engineer and that can be remotely operated to prevent hot spots from flashing into fires by rapidly extinguishing future fires and reflash. The system shall include, but not be limited to:

a. an overhead fire suppression system including water towers with articulating water supply heads and related water supply improvements;

b. monitored heat detection equipment around stockpiles of unprepared metal of at least 500 tons to identify hot spots prior to ignition; and

c. annual certification, for a nominal fee as determined by the Commissioner of Community Affairs, by the local enforcing agency that the system meets all State regulatory fire prevention and National Fire Protection Association standards for the scrap metal industry.

L.2026, c.38, s.2.