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NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Environmental Regulation
Air Quality Management
Notice of Rule Proposal
N.J.A.C. 7:27-16, Control and Prohibition of Air Pollution By Volatile Organic
Compounds and N.J.A.C. 7:27A-3.10, Air Administrative Procedures and Penalties.
Public Notice
Take notice that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is
proposing new rules, and amendments at N.J.A.C. 7:27-16 and N.J.A.C. 7:27A-3.10,
Control and Prohibition of Air Pollution By Volatile Organic Compounds and
Air Administrative Procedures and Penalties, respectively. If adopted, this
rulemaking will help the State continue to make progress towards attainment
of the one-hour standard of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
ozone, since volatile organic compounds are one of the precursors of ozone.
The amendments are proposed to be incorporated in the State's Ozone State
Implementation Plan (SIP).
The Department is proposing new rules and amendments to it's rules governing
the standards, emission limits and equipment specifications for sources of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions and the penalty code revisions.
These new rules and amendments would establish new requirements for solvent
cleaning operations, mobile equipment repair and refinishing operations,
and gasoline transfer operations, in order to prevent or decrease emissions
of VOCs from these operations.
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Solvent Cleaning Operations: The proposed amendments are based on a model
rule prepared by the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) and would establish
more stringent equipment specifications and operating for vapor cleaning
machines used to clean metal parts.
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Mobile Equipment Repair and Refinishing: The proposed new rules are based
on a model rule prepared by OTC and would reduce VOC emissions by limiting
the VOC content of paints, by requiring use of higher efficiency of spray
guns and enclosed equipment for cleaning of spray guns and training of equipment
operators by body shops and other mobile equipment repair and refinishing
facilities.
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Enhanced Vapor Recovery: The proposal includes provisions which increase
the stringency of the requirements by requiring a facility's vapor control
system to have 98 percent control efficiency for transfer of gasoline from
gasoline delivery vehicle to the facility's storage tank; requiring yearly
pressure integrity testing of a vapor recovery system; requiring installation
of pressure relief valves on all vents; and requiring a phase-in of new nozzles
and gasoline dispensers that are compatible with the on-board vapor recovery
systems.
The proposed amendments also would revise terms and definitions to make them
consistent with the same terms and definitions found in the Air Pollution
Control Code, N.J.A.C, 7:27, and the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Act,
N.J.S.A. 26:2C-1 et seq.
The proposal was published in the New Jersey Register dated August 5,2002.
The proposal is available in the following formats:
Subchapter 16 Proposal
Subchapter 16 Proposal |
Technical Attachment to Proposal
(Economic Impact Analysis and Estimated VOC Emission Reductions - N.J.A.C.
7:27-16.3) |
| Adobe Acrobat "Portable Document Format (PDF)"
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Adobe Acrobat "Portable Document Format (PDF)"
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WordPerfect 9 format
WPD |
WordPerfect 9 format
WPD |
Copies of the Department's proposal are also available from the Department's
Public Information Center at 401 E. State Street in Trenton, the Department's
Regional Enforcement Offices, and a number of public libraries throughout
the State. For more information on obtaining copies, please contact:
Ms. Lori McGee
DEP, Office of Air Quality Management
401 E. State Street
P.O. Box 418
Trenton, N.J. 08625-0418
phone: (609) 777-1345
fax: (609) 633-6198
lmcgee@dep.state.nj.us
A public hearing concerning the proposal is scheduled as follows:
Friday, September 6, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.
First Floor Public Hearing Room
Department of Environmental Protection
401 E. State Street
Trenton, New Jersey
Written comments may be submitted by close of business Wednesday, September
10th, 2002, to:
Stacey P. Roth, Esq.
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Legal Affairs
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0402
ATTN: DEP Docket #20-02-07/243
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