VOLUME
48, ISSUE 2
ISSUE DATE: JANUARY 19, 2016
PUBLIC NOTICES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AIR QUALITY, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
DIVISION OF AIR QUALITY
48 N.J.R. 142(a)
Notice of Opportunity for Comment and Public Hearing on Five-Year Progress
Report for Regional Haze SIP Revision
State of New Jersey's Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report, State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision
Take notice that the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (Department) has prepared a five-year progress report
(Progress Report) for the Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision for public review and comment. The Progress Report documents New
Jersey's continued progress in reducing emissions within the State resulting in
improved visibility levels. The Progress Report demonstrates that the
Department is on track to meet New Jersey's 2018 visibility goal at its Class I
area: the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife
Refuge (Brigantine Wilderness Area).
The components of this Progress Report meet the United States
Environmental Protection Agency's regional haze rule requirements for the
regional haze five-year progress report. The Progress Report explains the
implementation status of all regional haze SIP measures, both within and
outside the State, to achieve the reasonable progress goal (RPG) for the
Brigantine Wilderness Area; summarizes the emissions reductions achieved throughout
the State through implementation of all regional haze SIP measures; assesses
the visibility conditions and changes for the most impaired and least impaired
days at the Brigantine Wilderness Area; tracks changes in emissions in New
Jersey by visibility impairing pollutant, types of sources, and emission
activity; assesses whether any significant changes in emissions have limited or
impeded regional haze progress; assesses whether the current Regional Haze SIP
and strategies are sufficient to meet the established reasonable progress goal
at Brigantine Wilderness Area; reviews New Jersey's visibility monitoring
strategy; and determines adequacy of the existing regional haze SIP to ensure
reasonable progress towards the established visibility goal for the Brigantine
Wilderness Area.
Copies of the Department's Progress Report for the Regional
Haze SIP revision are available on the Department's website at www.nj.gov/dep/baqp/sip/siprevs.htm
and from the Department's Bureau of Evaluation and Planning at 401 E. State
Street, second floor, in Trenton, New Jersey. A copy of this notice is also
available on the Department's website at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/.
A public hearing concerning the Department's Progress Report
will be conducted on February 23, 2016, only if requested by February 16,
2016. A request for a public hearing may be submitted to the Department by
e-mail (NJDEP-BAQP@dep.nj.gov)
or by mail at the addresses shown below. If no request for a public hearing is
received by close of business on February 16, 2016, the hearing will be
cancelled by a notice posted on the Department's website at: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/.
If a public hearing is requested, it will be conducted as follows:
Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at 1:00 P.M. until the close of
comments
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Public Hearing Room
401 East State Street, 1st floor
Trenton, New Jersey
Written comments on the Progress Report may be submitted by
close of business, March 19, 2016. Please e-mail comment(s) as a document
attachment to: NJDEP-BAQP@dep.nj.gov
and include "5-Year Progress Report for Regional Haze SIP Comments, BEP
2016-0001" in the subject line of the e-mail.
The Department encourages electronic submittal of comments.
In the alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Attn: 5-Year Progress Report for Regional Haze SIP Comments,
BEP 2016-0001
Bureau of Evaluation and Planning
401 East State Street, 2nd Floor
Mail Code 401-7H
P.O. Box 420
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420