N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-32.12

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:27-32.12 - Required submissions by owner of regulated vehicles and regulated off-road diesel equipment

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the owner of a regulated vehicle or a piece of regulated off-road diesel equipment shall, prior to purchasing and installing a retrofit device in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.7, complete and submit electronically to the Department, on a form supplied by the Department, the following:

1. An inventory of all on-road diesel vehicles and off-road diesel equipment owned, operated, or leased by the owner;

2. Identification of the chosen method of compliance for the vehicles and equipment in the inventory that are subject to the retrofit requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.7 by the following:

i. Including on the inventory, for each regulated vehicle or regulated piece of equipment, a notice of intent to comply; or

ii.Submitting a fleet plan, for review and approval by the Department, if one or more of the regulated vehicles or regulated equipment in the fleet cannot comply through the use of the best available retrofit technologies as designated and provided for at N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.8. A fleet plan must include a justification for each regulated vehicle or regulated equipment not meeting the minimum BART level requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.8. A fleet plan shall be developed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.14 and 15, as applicable; and

3. A cost estimate, developed in conjunction with an authorized installer, detailing the cost of any retrofit device and any cost associated with the installation of that retrofit device for review and approval or disapproval in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.17(d). The estimate will be on a form or in a format supplied by the Department.

(b) The owner of a regulated vehicle or regulated equipment shall make the submittals required pursuant to (a) above in accordance with the following schedule:

1. For regulated solid waste vehicles, no later than March 6, 2008;

2. For public regulated commercial buses, no later than September 8, 2008;

3. For private regulated commercial buses, no later than March 7, 2009, except that no owner of a private regulated commercial bus will be required to comply with this deadline until the owner of public regulated commercial buses has made its submittal. The Department will, on or before January 6, 2009, place notice on its website at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/stopthesoot/ of any change to the March 7, 2009 deadline and shall extend the deadline by no fewer than 60 days; and

4. For regulated on-road diesel vehicles and regulated equipment, other than regulated solid waste vehicles and regulated commercial buses, no later than September 8, 2011.

(c) The owner of a regulated vehicle or regulated equipment who commences operation of a fleet after September 8, 2007 shall submit the documents in (a) above, within 180 days after the date on which operation commenced, or by the applicable date in (b)1 through 4 above, whichever is later.

(d) Forms and information may be obtained by contacting the Department at (609) 292-7953 or visiting the Department's website at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/stopthesoot.

(e) The owner of a regulated vehicle or piece of regulated off-road diesel equipment shall also submit annual supplements and modifications to notices of intent to comply and fleet plans, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.19, and, after the installation of the retrofit device, a copy of the compliance form, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27-32.20.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-32.12