N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-18.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024
Section 7:27-18.4 - Air quality impact analysis
(a) Any person, subject to this subchapter pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27-18.2(a) and (b), who proposes to cause a significant net emission increase of an air contaminant listed in Table 3 of N.J.A.C. 7:27-18.7, not including VOC, shall conduct an air quality impact analysis to determine whether the proposed net emission increase would result in an increase in the ambient concentration of the respective criteria pollutant, not including ozone, and shall determine whether the increase in ambient concentration would:
1. Equal or exceed the significant air quality impact level for the respective criteria pollutant as set forth in Table 1; or
2. Taken together with the existing concentration of the criteria pollutant in the ambient air, cause a violation of a NAAQS or a NJAAQS.

TABLE 1
SIGNIFICANT AIR QUALITY IMPACT LEVELS FOR INCREASES IN AMBIENT AIR
CONCENTRATIONS IN NON ATTAINMENT AREAS
AveragingTime
PollutantAnnual24-Hour8-Hour3-Hour1-Hour
SO[2]1.05.025
[micro]/m3[micro]/m3[micro]/m3
*
TSP1.05.0
[micro]/m3[micro]/m3
NO[2]1.0
[micro]/m3
CO5002000
[micro]/m3[micro]/m3
Pb0.1
[micro]/m3
PM-101.05
[micro]/m3[micro]/m3
PM[10] 1.0[mu]/m3 5[mu]/m3
PM[2.5] 0.3[mu]/m3 1.2[mu]/m3

[mu]m3 = micrograms per cubic meter

(b) Any person conducting an air quality impact analysis pursuant to (a) above is subject to the air quality impact analysis service fees set forth in the Supplementary Fee Schedule at 7:27-8.11 or 22.31, whichever is applicable.
(c) An air quality impact analysis shall be performed in accordance with a protocol approved by the Department. The protocol shall be prepared in accordance with the Department's technical manuals on Air Quality Modeling (Technical Manual 1002) and Risk Assessment (Technical Manual 1003). These manuals are available on the Department's website at http://www.nj.gov/dep/aqpp/techman.html, or by mail at the following address: Department of Environmental Protection

Air Quality Permitting Program

Bureau of Technical Services

Air Quality Evaluation Section

401 East State Street, 2nd Floor

Mail Code 401-02

PO Box 420

Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420

Telephone: (609) 633-1110

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-18.4

Adopted by 49 N.J.R. 3511(a), effective 11/6/2017