N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-21.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:27-21.8 - Certification of information

(a) Any owner or operator who submits an Emission Statement to the Department shall include, as an integral part of the Emission Statement, the following two-part certification:

1. A certification signed by the individual or individuals (including any consultants) with direct knowledge of and responsibility for the information contained in the Emission Statement. The certification shall state:

"I certify under penalty of law that I believe the information provided in this emission statement is true, accurate and complete. For those portions of the above information based on estimates, those estimates are the result of good faith application of sound professional judgment, using techniques, factors, or calculations approved by the Department or EPA, or generally accepted in the trade. I am aware that there are significant civil and criminal penalties, including fines or imprisonment or both, for submitting false, inaccurate or incomplete information."

2. A certification signed by a responsible official, as defined at 7:27-21.1, which states:

"I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this emission statement and all attached documents and, based on my inquiry of those officials immediately responsible for obtaining the information, I believe that the submitted information is true, accurate and complete. I certify that, based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately responsible for obtaining the information, I believe any estimates are the result of good faith application of sound professional judgment, using techniques, factors, or standards approved by the Department or EPA, or generally accepted in the trade. I am aware that there are significant civil and criminal penalties, including fines or imprisonment or both, for submitting false, inaccurate or incomplete information."

(b) Certification of an Emission Statement, pursuant to (a) above, shall be performed in accordance with the following:

1. If the Emission Statement is being submitted through NJDEP online, the responsible official shall certify the submittal by inserting his or her personal identification number (PIN), as assigned by the Department, into the applicable signature area following the text of the certification language; and this insertion of a PIN shall constitute certification of the Emission Statement in accordance with (a) above; or

2. If the Emission Statement is being provided to the Department through the mail or by a courier service (such as

USPS, FedEx, or UPS) the responsible official shall sign the certification on the paper certification form available at the website of the Bureau of Evaluation and Planning at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/aqm/es/emstatpg.html; and this signature shall constitute certification of the Emission Statement in accordance with the certification language at (a) above.

(c) If a claim of confidentiality is being asserted pursuant to 7:27-1.6 for any part of an Emission Statement, both of the submittals shall be certified. That is, the submittal which omits the confidential information, and which includes only the information for which no claim of confidentiality is being made, shall be certified; and also the submittal which includes all the required Emission Statement information, including the information for which a claim of confidentiality is being made, shall be certified.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-21.8

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