{"id":64,"date":"2025-07-01T11:17:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:21:53","slug":"diesel-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/diesel-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Diesel Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;625&#8243; img_size=&#8221;2560&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-caption d-md-block d-sm-block\">\n<h2>Diesel Enforcement<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Diesel Enforcement Program provides enforcement services pertaining to mobile sources \u2013 motor vehicles and equipment. New Jersey has over 6 million registered cars, trucks, buses, and other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Inspections and investigations may be complaint-based, targeted or random surveillance and may be coordinated with County Environmental Health Act (CEHA) agencies and the Air Compliance &amp; Enforcement regional offices. Enforcement actions, as well as education and outreach efforts are directed at individual, fleet, and corporate levels, and include government agencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What We Do<br \/>\n<\/strong>While our primary focus is on diesel-powered vehicles, we have several initiatives pertaining to both the diesel and gasoline regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:27-14 and 15):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manage the New Jersey Anti-Idling Enforcement Program. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/\">StopTheSoot<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct vehicle tampering investigations and issue Enforcement Actions.<\/li>\n<li>Oversee the Special Over-Time Idling Project \u2013 an elective grant-funded program where idling enforcement activities are performed by County Environmental Health Agencies outside of normal work hours.<\/li>\n<li>Handle smoking vehicle complaints.<\/li>\n<li>Perform periodic inspections of on-road vehicles for emissions, except for publicly-owned emergency vehicles such as fire, police and first aid.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that vehicles have a properly-maintained emissions control apparatus.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that emissions control devices are not disconnected.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor Public fleet vehicles (municipal, county, state, federal, military) for compliance with inspection, idling, and emission standards, except for emergency vehicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Regulations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check for compliance with the Mandatory Diesel Retrofit Program (N.J.A.C. 7:27-32) which requires publicly-owned diesel-powered vehicles, and those under contract to public agencies, to be equipped with diesel particulate filters.<\/li>\n<li>Enforce Model Year 2027 or later heavy-duty new engine and vehicle standards (N.J.A.C. 7:27-28A)<\/li>\n<li>Enforce fleet reporting requirements (N.J.A.C. 7:27-33)<\/li>\n<li>Enforce requirements for mobile cargo handling equipment at ports and intermodal rail yards (N.J.A.C. 7:27-34)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1770304279021{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www9.nj.gov\/DEP_RSP\/Orchestrate.do?initiate=true&amp;orchestrationId=Core-Payment-ExpressPayment&amp;service_category_id=7&amp;service_class_id=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Have an Invoice to Pay?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Contact Us:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list-group list-group-flush\">\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><i class=\"fa-2x fa-light fa-envelope\"><\/i> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:NJDieselEnforcement@deptest.nj.gov\">NJ Diesel Enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><i class=\"fa-2x fa-light fa-envelope\"><\/i> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Idling@deptest.nj.gov\">Idling<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><i class=\"fa-2x fa-light fa-envelope\"><\/i> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Tampering@deptest.nj.gov\">Tampering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750855678001{margin-top: 3px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][info-box-shortcode imageclass=&#8221;300&#215;400&#8243; title=&#8221;IDLING&#8221; buttontitle=&#8221;Learn more&#8221; buttonlink=&#8221;https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/idling\/&#8221; bgimg=&#8221;779&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/idling-fact-sheet-2025-04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDLING FACT SHEET<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Idling Regulations:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/aqm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sub14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diesel<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/aqm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sub15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gasoline<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[\/info-box-shortcode][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][info-box-shortcode imageclass=&#8221;size-small&#8221; title=&#8221;TAMPERING&#8221; buttontitle=&#8221;Learn more&#8221; buttonlink=&#8221;https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/vehicle-tampering\/&#8221; bgimg=&#8221;86&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/docs\/2017-08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compliance Advisory<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tampering Regulations<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/aqm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sub14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diesel<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/aqm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sub15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gasoline<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[\/info-box-shortcode][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][info-box-shortcode imageclass=&#8221;size-small&#8221; title=&#8221;CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT AT PORTS &amp; RAIL YARDS&#8221; buttontitle=&#8221;Learn more&#8221; buttonlink=&#8221;https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/cargo-handling-equipment-at-ports-and-rail-yards\/&#8221; bgimg=&#8221;74&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/che-fact-sheet-03272024-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHE FACT SHEET<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/docs\/2023-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compliance Advisory<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/aqm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sub34.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHE Regulations<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[\/info-box-shortcode][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][info-box-shortcode icon=&#8221;fa fa-solid fa-laptop-file&#8221; title=&#8221;TRAINING&#8221; buttontitle=&#8221;Learn More&#8221; buttonlink=&#8221;https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/training-resources\/&#8221;][\/info-box-shortcode][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element m-0 p-0\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"text-center font-weight-bold text-danger\">Environmental Emergency?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center wpb_content_element text-danger\">\n<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><a class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded vc_box_border_grey\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/warndep\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" title=\"NJDEP Warn Dep phone number\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/warndep-phone-number3-1.png\" alt=\"NJDEP Warn Dep phone number 1-877-927-6337\" width=\"436\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element m-0 p-0\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"text-center font-weight-bold\">Environmental Non-Emergency?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center wpb_content_element\">\n<figure class=\"text-left wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><a class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/warndep\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" title=\"warndep-app\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/warndep-app-1.png\" alt=\"Use the WARN NDEP Mobil App\" width=\"436\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element m-0 p-0\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"text-center font-weight-bold\">Contact Us?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center wpb_content_element\">\n<figure class=\"text-left wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><a class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_border_grey\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/easyaccess\/air-energy-and-materials-sustainability\/#division-of-air-enforcement\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" title=\"Contact Us\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/contact-us.png\" alt=\"Contact Us\" width=\"436\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;625&#8243; 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New Jersey has over 6 million registered cars, trucks, buses, and other vehicles. 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