NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<\/b>
\nAIR QUALITY, ENERGY, AND SUSTAINABILITY
\nDIVISION OF AIR QUALITY<\/p>\n
Notice of Rule Proposal <\/strong>and State Implementation Plan Revision<\/strong> PUBLIC NOTICE<\/strong> The Department\u2019s rules at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8, 16, 17, and 21 and related penalties at N.J.A.C. 7:27A-3.2 and 3.10 are part of New Jersey\u2019s State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the attainment and maintenance of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone. To the extent that the proposed amendments, repeal, and new rules impact rules in the SIP, this rulemaking constitutes a revision to the SIP.\u00a0 The proposed amendments and new rule at N.J.A.C. 7:27-22 do not constitute a revision to the SIP as those provisions at N.J.A.C. 7:27-22 are not part of the SIP.\u00a0 The Department will submit the rules that constitute a proposed revision to the SIP to the United States Environmental Protection Agency to revise New Jersey\u2019s SIP, as required by the Federal Clean Air Act.<\/p>\n The proposal indicated that written comments may be submitted by April 30, 2021.\u00a0 The public comment period is hereby extended until June 1, 2021.<\/p>\n
\nPermit and Reporting Requirements for Fumigants and Other Hazardous Air Pollutants
\nProposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.12, 8.18, 8.20, 8.21, 8.28, 16.1, 16.1A, 16.17, 16.22, 17.1, 17.3, 17.5, 17.7, 17.9, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 7:27-21 Appendix 1, 22.1, 22.3, 22.5, 22.6, 22.8, 22.18, 22.19, 22.22, 22.27, 22.30, and 22.35; and 7:27A-3.2 and 3.10
\nProposed Repeal: N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.27
\nProposed New Rules: N.J.A.C. 7:27-17.10 and 22.36<\/p>\n
\nTake notice <\/strong>that, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:1D-5.1(a), the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is extending the comment period on the proposal of new Air Pollution Control rules at N.J.A.C. 7:27-17.10 and 22.36, amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:27-8, 16, 17, 21, and 22 and 7:27A-3.2 and 3.10, and proposed repeal of N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.27. \u00a0The proposed rules clarify regulatory requirements for fumigants and fumigation operations, regulate three new toxic air pollutants, add 13 air contaminants to the emission statement program, include related penalty provisions, remove references to the discontinued Facility-Wide Permit program, and include administrative amendments. The proposal was published in the New Jersey Register on March 1, 2021.\u00a0 53 N.J.R. 317(a).<\/p>\n