NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
\n<\/b>ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
\nDIVISION OF AIR QUALITY
\nAIR QUALITY PERMITTING ELEMENT<\/p>\n
Notice of Rule Proposal<\/strong> Public Notice<\/b><\/p>\n Take notice that the New Jersey Department of Environmental The Department has initiated efforts to adopt new rules and These new rules and amendments would apply to owners or operators
\nN.J.A.C. 7:27-19 Control and Prohibition of Air Pollution from Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and other related provisions at N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.1, 8.2; 7:27-16.1, 16.8, 16.9, 16.10, 16.16; 7:27-22.1; 7:27A-3.10<\/p>\n
\nProtection (Department) is proposing new rules and amendments
\nat N.J.A.C. 7:27-19, Control and Prohibition of Air Pollution
\nfrom Oxides of Nitrogen (NO x). The Department is also proposing
\nrelated amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:27-8, Permits and Certificates for Minor Facilities
\nand Major Facilities Without an Operating Permit; N.J.A.C. 7:27-16, Control
\nand Prohibition of Air Pollution by Volatile Organic Compounds; N.J.A.C. 7:27-22,
\nOperating Permits (for Major Facilities); and N.J.A.C. 7:27A-3.10, Air Administrative
\nProcedures and Penalties. This proposal also constitutes a proposed revision
\nto the State\u2019s Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) and a copy was forwarded
\nto the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). A statement of
\nthe substance of the proposal follows:<\/p>\n
\namendments to incorporate six regional air pollution control
\nmeasures endorsed by the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC).
\nThese six measures were previously identified in the State\u2019s
\nOzone SIP to meet a USEPA identified ozone precursor emission
\nreduction shortfall. This proposed rule for additional NO x
\ncontrol measures is the last one of the six measures. The goals
\nof this rulemaking are: to obtain additional reductions of
\nNO x emissions to assist in the attainment of the National
\nAmbient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS); to address the NO x emission
\nreduction shortfall identified by the USEPA; and to implement
\nthe Department’s Ozone SIP commitment to USEPA.<\/p>\n
\nof stationary sources of NO x emissions, including industrial\/commercial\/institutional
\nboilers, combustion turbines, and reciprocating engines. Owners
\nor operators of such sources would be required to achieve the
\nemission rate limit specified in the rules or to comply instead
\nwith alternatives if technically or economically infeasible.
\nThese rules would also regulate emissions from distributed
\ngeneration, consistent with the OTC recommendation in its March
\n2001 “Resolution of the States of the Ozone Transport
\nCommission Concerning the Creation of Incentives for Additional
\nClean Distributed Generation of Electric Power.” Distributed
\ngeneration is the use of small scale electric generating technologies
\ninstalled at, or in close proximity to, the end user’s location.
\nThe proposed new rules and amendments would seek better control
\non diesel electric generators and encourage the use of cleaner
\ntechnologies, such as fuel cells and microturbines.<\/p>\n