Consumer Products, Portable Fuel Containers & Architectural Coatings Registration and Date Code Reporting

The Department has adopted amendments to its rules at N.J.A.C. 7:27-24 Prevention of Air Pollution from Consumer Products which became effective on May 3, 2004. The Department has also adopted amendments to its rules at N.J.A.C. 7:27-23 Prevention of Air Pollution from Architectural Coatings which will become effective on June 21, 2004.

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-24.5(a), any manufacturer of a chemically formulated consumer product that is subject to N.J.A.C. 7:27-24.2(b)1, that is sold in New Jersey for use in New Jersey, shall submit an electronic registration and explanation of the date code for the date of manufacture to the Department after the operative date of the rule, June 6, 2004. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-24.10(c), any manufacturer of a portable fuel container who uses a date code on the container or its packaging, in lieu of using the date of manufacture, shall submit an electronic registration and explanation of the date code for the date of manufacture to the Department after the operative date of the rule, June 6, 2004. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-23.6(c), any manufacturer of an architectural coating who uses a date code on the coating container, in lieu of using the date of manufacture on the container, shall submit an electronic registration and explanation of the date code for the date of manufacture to the Department after the operative date of the rule, July 20, 2004. The registration information shall be submitted electronically, unless electronic submission would impose hardship on the manufacturer, and the Department approves a request from the manufacturer to submit the information on paper. The registrations shall be submitted as follows:

• For products sold in New Jersey prior to January 1, 2005, the registration shall be submitted prior to January 1, 2005;
  
  
• For products sold in New Jersey on or after January 1, 2005, that were not sold in New Jersey prior to January 1, 2005, the registration shall be submitted prior to selling the product in New Jersey;
  
  
• A manufacturer who, after the submission of its registration, begins to manufacture a product for sale in New Jersey which changes the original registration information, or if any of the information provided in the registration changes, shall submit a revised registration including the new information within 90 days of the change;
  
  
• Any information submitted as part of the registration shall not be claimed to be confidential, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 27-23.6(c) and N.J.A.C. 27-24.5(b); Also, please note, although manufacturers' date codes may include information other than the date of manufacture, the Department is only requiring the explanation of the date of manufacture.
  
  
• The appropriate form, shown below, must be filled out electronically and submitted electronically in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:27-23.6(c), 24.5(a) and 24.10(c). Preferably, the Department would like the forms submitted by email to the following address: consumer-products@dep.state.nj.us

or, the forms may be put on computer diskette or CD-rom and mailed to:

Attn: Chemically Formulated Consumer Product Registration, or Attn: Portable Fuel Container Registration, or
Attn: Architectural Coating Registration

Bureau of Air Quality Planning
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
P.O. Box 418
401 East State Street, 7th Floor
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0418

Please pick the appropriate form below:

If you have any questions regarding this material, please contact Michael Santilli of the Bureau of Air Quality Planning at (609) 984-7284.