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State Implementation
Plans (SIPS)
SIP Name |
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Notice of Public Hearing and Availability : Proposed New Jersey's Sulfur in Fules Rule Amendment (N.J.A.C. 7:27-9) and Proposed Revisions to New Jersey's State Implementation Plan Addressing Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Regional Haze
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January 5, 2010 |
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to amend its rules at N.J.A.C. 7:27-9, Sulfur in Fuels, specifically N.J.A.C. 7:27-9.2, to lower, and thus make more stringent, the maximum sulfur content standard and maximum sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions standards for fuel oil sold for use in New Jersey. Both the existing and the proposed amended standards are based on the grade of the fuel oil; that is numbers 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 grade fuel oils. The Department is proposing a first phase of more restrictive maximum sulfur content standards for all grades of fuel oil (except No. 5, No. 6 and heavier grades in Zones 3, 4 and 6), to take effect July 1, 2014. This includes reducing the sulfur content in No. 2 oil (home heating oil) and lighter grade fuel oil from over 2000 parts per million (ppm) to 500 ppm in the first phase. The Department is also proposing a second phase of more stringent maximum sulfur content standards to 15 ppm for No. 2 and lighter grade fuel oil, to take effect July 1, 2016. Analogous changes to the maximum SO2 emissions standards, would also be effective July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2016. The proposed amendments affect those who store, offer for sale, sell, deliver or exchange fuel oils for use in New Jersey, as well as the users of these fuel oils. |
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January 15, 2010 |
New Jersey Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program - Rule Changes, I/M Program Modeling and Revised Performance Standard Modeling |
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April 20, 2009 |
The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is proposing a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) to implement changes to its vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) program. Changes are being proposed to both Department and Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) rules to implement these changes that include the following:
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Emission tests will no longer require the use of a dynamometer.
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Emission tests will include On-Board Diagnostics (OBD), gas cap, visible smoke and two-speed idle (TSI) tailpipe tests.
Repair cost waiver provisions have been removed.
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Gas cap testing is excluded for vehicles of model year 2001 and newer.
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Certain classes of vehicles will require annual (more frequent) inspection.
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Light duty diesel vehicles will now be subject to emission testing.
This SIP revision consists of the Department rule changes, the MVC rule changes, and an analysis showing the emissions impact of the proposed changes to the program. This analysis evaluates the emission impacts of the proposed enhanced I/M program changes by comparing emission factors for the existing and proposed programs. The results indicate that the proposed changes to the enhanced I/M program do not compromise the State’s efforts to meet and/or maintain National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone or carbon monoxide.
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June 8, 2009 |
NOx Budget Program
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November 17, 2008 |
The Department is proposing to repeal N.J.A.C. 7:27-31.23, the expiration of the NOx Budget Program. The Clean Air Interstate Rules (CAIR) at N.J.A.C. 7:27-30 is to replace the NOx Budget Program on January 1, 2009. The Federal CAIR program, as established in the Federal rules, was vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on July 11, 2008 (State of North Carolina v. Environmental Protection Agency, 531 F.3d 896 (D.C. Cir. 2008)), along with the Federal Implementation Plan (FIP). Accordingly, the Department proposes to repeal the December 31, 2008 expiration of the NOx Budget Program, in order that the NOx Budget Program remains applicable during the 2009 ozone season, which begins on May 1, 2009.
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December 19, 2008 |
Regional Haze |
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July 2009 |
A SIP revision to protect and enhance visibility levels in the Brigantine Wilderness Area of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, a federally designated Class I area. The purpose of this SIP revision is to establish the first Reasonable Progress Goal within the Class I area to help achieve the Congressionally mandated goal of reaching natural background visibility levels by the year 2064. The SIP revision demonstrates that New Jersey will meet the 2018 Uniform Rate of Progress set for Brigantine Wilderness Area by the deadline established in the USEPA regulations. The SIP revision also addresses other mandatory SIP elements for regional haze. |
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| Public Notice of Extension of comment Period |
| United States Fish and Wildlife Service Comments on New Jersey Regional Haze SIP |
| Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) |
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March 26, 2009 |
A SIP revision to meet the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The purpose of this SIP revision is to demonstrate that New Jersey’s two (2) associated multi-state nonattainment areas will attain the 1997 PM2.5 annual NAAQS by the attainment date, April 5, 2010. The SIP revision also addresses the other mandatory SIP elements associated with the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. |
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June 16, 2008 |
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August 8, 2008 |
| The update of the early transportation conformity budgets for Mercer County |
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February 25, 2008 |
A SIP revision that updates the initial early transportation conformity budgets for PM2.5 to incorporate the latest planning assumptions. |
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January 2, 2008 |
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December 17, 2007 |
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January 28, 2008 |
| The Federal Clean Air Act Infrastructure Requirements |
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February 25, 2008 |
A SIP revision that addresses the requirements under 42 U.S.C. § 7410, Section 110(a)(1) and (2) of the Clean Air Act, for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone and the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). |
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December 7, 2007 |
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January 28, 2008 |
| 8 Hour Ozone |
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October 29, 2007 |
A SIP revision to implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The core of this SIP revision is the State’s demonstration that its two multi-state 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas will attain the 8-hour ozone NAAQS by their mandatory attainment date of June 15, 2010. The remainder of the SIP revision addresses the other mandatory SIP elements for 8-hour ozone (with the exception of a Reasonable Available Control Technology (RACT) analysis, which the Department proposed on February 2, 2007 and submitted as final to the USEPA separately) and other related issues. |
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June 15, 2007 |
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August 1, 2007 |
| CAIR |
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June 19, 2007 |
The Federal Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) program, as established in the Federal rules, starts in 2009 for the annual and ozone season NOx control periods, and 2010 for the annual SO2 control period, and prescribes the participation by New Jersey’s large stationary combustion units in the Federal CAIR cap and trade programs at 40 CFR Part 97, which are designed to reduce emissions of NOx and SO2 in the eastern half of the United States. The Department's rules allocate the NOx allowances differently than the Federal rules to satisfy the Federal requirements for an abbreviated SIP for CAIR (40 CFR Part 97 Subpart EE and Subpart EEEE). |
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February 5, 2007 |
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March 28, 2007 |
| RACT |
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August 1, 2007 |
The focus of the SIP revision is on Reasonable Available Control Technology (RACT) for ozone attainment. Provisions relevant to other aspects of the ozone, fine particulate matter and regional haze SIP are included where appropriate. |
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February 2, 2007 |
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March 19, 2007 |
| Transport SIP Letter |
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December 22, 2006 |
This letter describes the State's plan for addressing the transported emission requirements prescribed in Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Clean Air Act. This letter was sent to the EPA Region 2 by Commissioner Jackson on December 22, 2006. The transported emissions related actions will be part of various SIP proposals, including but not limited to the RACT proposal (submitted to the EPA on February 7, 2007), the CAIR rule proposal (submitted to the EPA on February 7, 2007) and the Regional Haze proposal (due to the EPA by December 2007). All these SIP proposals have, or will, go through a public comment process prior to being finalized for submission to the EPA |
| 8 Hour Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard , 1 Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard and the 2002 Periodic Emission Inventory
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May 2006 |
The SIP revisions include updated carbon monoxide and ozone budgets for northern New Jersey for transportation conformity purposes that incorporate updated planning assumptions; a revised general conformity emission budget for McGuire Air Force Base to ensure that increases in activity at the McGuire Air Force Base conform with the ozone SIP; a fine particulate matter, PM2.5, transportation conformity budget for northern New Jersey for the interim period prior to the PM2.5 attainment demonstration SIP; a carbon monoxide limited maintenance plan for Camden County and the nine not-classified areas for the second ten-year compliance period; and the 2002 periodic emission inventory. |
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February 28, 2006 |
| Carbon Monoxide and 1 Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
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May 3, 2004 |
This document establishes updated transportation
conformity budgets for New Jersey's Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs) because of changes to emission prediction
models. |
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March 15, 2004 |
| Attainment and Maintenance of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and the New Jersey Revised Motor Vehicle Emission Inventories and Transportation Conformity Budgets Using the MOBILE 6 Model
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April 4, 2003 |
New Jersey Revised Motor Vehicle Emission
Inventories and Transportation Conformity Budgets Using
the MOBILE6 Model |
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January 29, 2003 |
| Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program for the State of New Jersey
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November 27, 2002 |
Revision to the State of New Jersey's enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) program State Implementation Plan (SIP) for securing EPA approval for the State to extend the new vehicle emission inspection exemption from the current one inspection cycle (i.e., 2 years) to two inspection cycles (i.e., 4 years). |
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August 20, 2002 |
| Request to Defer the Integration of On Board Diagnostic (OBD)Inspections into the State's I/M Program |
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April 22, 2002 |
Request to Defer the Integration of On-Board
Diagnostic (OBD) Inspections into the State's I/M Program |
| Attainment and Maintenance of the Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
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October 1, 2001 |
Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan
for the New Jersey Portion of the New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Area |
| 1 Hour Ozone NAAQS |
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September 12, 2001 |
Update to Meeting the Requirements of the Alternative Ozone Attainment Demonstration Policy: Additional Emission Reductions, Reasonably Available Control Measure (RACM) Analysis, and Mid-Course Review |
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June 18, 2001 |
| Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program |
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June 9, 2001 |
Proposed SIP Revision: Amendments to New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles' Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Rules |
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May 4, 2001 |
Proposed Revisions to the New Jersey State Implementation
Plan for the Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program
for the State of New Jersey |
| Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) |
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March 31, 2001 |
Revisions to the New Jersey State Implementation Plan
for the Attainment and Maintenance of the One-Hour Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard: New Jersey 1996 Actual
Emission Inventory and Rate of Progress (ROP) Plans |
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January 10, 2001 |
| 1 Hour Ozone SIP |
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February 4, 2000 |
Proposed State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the Attainment and Maintenance of the One-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Update to Meeting the Requirements of the Alternative Ozone Attainment Demonstration Policy-Additional Emission Reduction Commitment and Transportation Conformity Budgets |
| NOx SIP Call |
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September 28, 1999 |
Proposed Revisions to New Jersey's Ozone and Carbon Monoxide State Implementation Plans (SIPs) - Meeting the Requirements of the Regional NOx Cap and Establishment of Transportation Conformity Budgets |
| NJ's 15% Rate of Progress Plan |
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November 23, 1998 |
Proposed Revision to NJ's 15% Rate of Progress Plan |
| Low Emission Gasoline Program |
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November 16, 1998 |
Proposed SIP Revision requesting a waiver under section
211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act. This request is being
made because the proposed new fuel requirements are different
from, and more stringent than, the RFG requirements currently
in effect in New Jersey. The State has determined that the
additional emission reduction benefits that these new gasoline
standards would generate will be necessary to (1) meet the
new eight-hour NAAQS for ozone and (2) address in part the
uncertainty in attaining the one-hour NAAQS. |
| Phase II Ozone SIP |
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June 30, 1998 |
Proposed revision for the Attainment and Maintenance
of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. |
| Inspection and Maintenance Program |
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February 10, 1998 |
Proposed revision to the Basic I/M SIP. |
| Enhanced I/M Performance Standard Modeling |
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January 30, 1998 |
Submitted to the EPA to satisfy a condition placed by
the EPA on its conditional interim approval of New Jersey's
Enhanced I/M SIP. |
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