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NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AIR, ENERGY AND MATERIALS SUSTAINABILITY
DIVISION OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND MONITORING
Notice of Rule Proposal and State Implementation Plan Revision
Advanced Clean Cars II Program; Low Emission Vehicles; Diesel Powered Motor Vehicles; Gasoline Powered Motor Vehicles; Model Year 2027 or Later Heavy-Duty New Engine and Vehicle Standards and Requirements; Advanced Clean Trucks Program
Proposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 7:27-14.1, 14.3, 15.1, 15.7, 28A.11, 29.2, 29.3, 29.4, 29.5, 29.6, 29.8, 31.3, and 31.4, and 7:27A-3.10
Proposed New Rules: N.J.A.C. 7:27-29A
PUBLIC NOTICE
Take notice that the NJ Department of Environmental Protection is proposing the promulgation of new Air Pollution Control rules at N.J.A.C. 7:27-29A, and amendments to N.J.A.C. 7:27-14, -15, -29, and -31, and N.J.A.C. 7:27A-3.10.
The primary component of this rulemaking is the incorporation by reference of California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulation, which will require manufacturers of passenger cars and light-duty trucks to meet an annual zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) requirement intended to increase the percentage of ZEVs sold in New Jersey that meet the minimum technical requirements. Additionally, the ACC II regulation includes more stringent multi-pollutant exhaust emission standards that manufacturers of internal combustion engine passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles must meet. The Department proposes this rulemaking to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and local air pollutants, like nitrogen oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), from the transportation sector.
This rulemaking has other components that will clarify and update several subchapters related to motor vehicles including N.J.A.C. 7:27-14, Control and Prohibition of Air Pollution from Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicles, N.J.A.C. 7:27-15, Control and Prohibition of Air Pollution from Gasoline-Fueled Motor Vehicles, and N.J.A.C. 7:27-28A, Model Year 2027 or Later Heavy-Duty New Engine and Vehicle Standards and Requirements, N.J.A.C. 7:27-29, Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Program, and N.J.A.C. 7:27-31, Advanced Clean Trucks Program. Additionally, the proposed rulemaking includes penalty provisions at N.J.A.C. 7:27A for the proposed new rules to the Air Pollution Control rules.
The proposal also constitutes a revision to New Jersey’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the attainment and maintenance of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone.
The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated August 21, 2023. A copy of the proposal is available on the Department’s webpages at: https://dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/rules/proposals/proposal-20230821a.pdf and LexisNexis free public access to the New Jersey Register at https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/njoal/.
A public hearing concerning the proposal will be conducted virtually via the Department’s video conferencing software on September 21, 2023 at 9:30 A.M.
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 230 156 178 133
You can also dial in using your phone (audio only)
+1 856-338-7074,,116894402# United States, Camden
Phone Conference ID: 116 894 402#
If you are interested in providing oral comments at the virtual public hearing, please email the Department at monica.miranda@dep.nj.gov no later than 5:00 P.M. on September 19, 2023, with your contact information (name, organization, telephone number, and email address). You must provide a valid email address so the Department can send you an email confirming receipt of your interest to testify orally at the hearing and provide you with a separate option for a telephone call-in line if you do not have access to a computer or mobile device that can connect to Microsoft Teams.
Written comments are due by October 20, 2023. The Department encourages electronic submittal of comments. Written comments may be submitted electronically at https://dep.nj.gov/rules/comment-on-dep-rulemaking-2/. In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to:
Alice A. Previte, Esq.
ATTN: DEP Docket No. 07-22-10
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Legal Affairs
Mail Code 401-04L; PO Box 402
401 East State Street, 7th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
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